The Washington herald., 1909-03-22

Cleveland. Ohio. March 1--Police activ-
ity- following The apprehension tonight
in Ashtabuls Of tgro boys hired last night
To deliver tne note bungling OF whica
prevented the llidnappers taking 10000
placed under a cannon in Flat Iron PARK.
for Inc ransom OF Billie Whida. may fr8s-
trste reopening OF negotiations for paving
the money.
That this activity is in direct oppozi-
ton 10 the wishes Of James p Whi-ls
father OF hay. who planted the sioooe here
last night expecting 10 recover the child.
and against the request Of Mayor II B.
COOKS was indicated by T. s Ward or
PniladeiPais, member or the Perkins De
iectlve Agency, who gave out this STATE
ment in Sharon tonight.
The boy is in Ashtabula." bs sid
The AshIabula police can get hin, Bur
II crowd goes after the kidnappers We
. lear they VIII be alarmed end KIN the
hoy The AshtabUia police have prom
ised not To act NJ whirla wrote 8raro-
Cook. and we are awaiting word ae IN
where 10 put the money again for wfIie.z
return.
Hired TO Deliver Note
The boys apprehended in AshtsbuIa tod
OF being hired Tor a dime 20 take fbA
note addressed @. A. White % the hotel
II was the bungIilg Of thiz note bv
hotel clerk which foled the reeove-v
or the boy and the start OF the man hunt.
These boys described the men VINO en-
ployed them. Citizens are excited and
I talk Of forming a posse.
Wards statement indicated that Ash.
rabula activity in search of the nov *
considered dangerous The statement also
indicates that the chase Of the kidnao-
T pers is 10 be DELAYED. pending another
effort 70 pay the ransom and recover The
boy. That the boy is IN AshtsbuIa and
that the town is being carefully guarded
that the kidnappers cannot leave. also
is indicated
Nay Be On ship
That the bOy might be hidden in a YES
( sci Of some description in Ashtabula hsr-
Dor was the theory advanced tonight.
Ward words indicate that he does not
think this is so.
The kidnappers cannot take the boy
/ from Ashtsbuls- We are waiting word
from them" he ssid
The boys held by the Ashtsbula police
are nsmeless except 10 the police They
were found by the police tonight. and
readily tol6 Of their experience They
sad a man accosted them around the
corner from the hotel and asked them
10 take in the note.
He gave as a dine. said one OF the
boys 1t was pretty dark bur we could
see him
Police questions elected d fairly good
description Of the man.
Detectives Lie Hidden.
While Whitla was in Ashtab bulls last
night planting the ransom and awaiting
the return cs his son. a squad Of detect
Ives under G. 3. Perkins head Of the
Perkins agency. PittSburg. was hidden
in the HOllender Hotel here. with
special train prepared for their transpor-
tatiOu 10 Ashtabuia. Near AshtabuIs
was another squad. while twenJy-tarea
mounted members n the Pennsylvania
state constabulary. authorized 20 invade
Ohio awaited the signal FOR the chase
WhitIs received a message from The
htNIr fT=ale alaNlll N llLtr-- III DIEL DL HI
lie Willie. in part In the writing OF a
woman. whose hand had been seen iu the
kidnapping case before. This letter was
believed authentic. although others had
been discredited. In Il Whitla was di-
rected 10 inquire in The smith House. At
Ashta5uls- Saturday evening. Tor letter
addressed 20 c. A. White.
Whitla went himself from Sharon. 20
ing directly 20 the Smith House He
found the hotel in q buzz OF comment
4 youth had entered the hotel earlier
IN the evening lnQulTluE for C. a. White.
Clerk Temple said no such guest was
there. The boy left a letter addressed 10
.C A. White" and disappeared Temple.
puzzled. opened the letter. A Cleveland
travelling man was shown the document.
He recognized in It final Instructions 20
Whitla-
BunEIiHE Is seen.
The travelling man took II 20 the police
chief. and the hotel soon had the iufor-
nation. Coufederates OF the kidnappers