The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-20
They Established an Agency
Today at Sharon, Pa, and
Are Securing the Entire
United States.
AT TOLEDO
UNDER SURVEILLANCE
1t Is Believed That Every Az
enue of Escape Has Been
Blocked Farmers Join in
The Search.

Sharon. Pa, March c0.-Search for
Willie Whitla- the abducted son OF At
torney Whitla, took a systematic form
today. The Pinkerton agency estab-
lished headquarters here with a large
force of men in the field and constant
use of the long distance telephone. The
entire country is being secured by
farmers and every avenue of escape is
blocked. A report from Toledo said
that man and woman We're under
surveillance there on suspicion and
that an arrest is expected at any mo-
ment.
Search in Cleveland.
Cleveland. O.. March oO.-The Cleve-
land police are confident they will cap
ture the men who Thursday kidnapped
Willie Whitla. son Of Attorney James
B. Whitla, of Sharon. Pa. They stand
by their first declaration that they will
recover the boy despite the fact that
the first clew they followed failed last
night
Men who claimed to have seen the
boy Thursday night, together with
Frank H. Bull. millionaire iron man
and uncle of the boy. have left with the
police on another search. They were
taken away from police headquarters
in an automobile and their destination
was kept secret.
The first chase was in the east end
of Cleveland. 1t was made on the
strength of a statement of q man now
under arrest who answers the descrip-
his school at Sharon.
Hotel Clerk Gives CIew.
The clew as to the whereabouts Of
the boy was given by George Dougher-
ty. clerk of the Hotel Euclid. He rec
ognized in the published photograph of
Willie Whitla the features of a boy.
who in company with man, appeared
at the hotel last night.
The man told the clerk he was wait
ing for friend. with whom he expect
ed to transact some imDcrtant bust
ness. Dougherty paid no immediate
attention to the matter. but today in
formed the detectives of his suspi-
cions Every detective in the city was
placed on the trail and late tonight
Clerk Dougherty accompanied by Of
ficers. went away in an automobile, APP
parently to assist in the Identification
of the boy.
At IL o'clock the officers returned
and reported they had been unable to
find the boy at the address given
Porter Gives Failing Report.
According to the police. the man
who furnished them with the informa-
tion for the first hunt is Henry Ball. a
porter in a local restaurant. Ball told
the officers that a friend who lived at
the Hotel Benway. in Ontario street.
met him on the street last night. The
friend had the boy with him. saying he
was the son of Mrs. Satchell, and
asked Ball to take the child to place
near the Erie depot where the boys
father would meet him.
Ball received s. as remuneration
he says. He failed to find the father
and then proceeded to visit all the ho-
tells in the hone of locating him. Not
Ball took the child back to
the Hotel Benway and left him. 1t
was to this hotel that the police first
went tonight.
Frank H. Buhle. the millionaire I'M
Gle of Fillie Whitla. arrived here to-
night from Sharon. and Immediately
charge of the hunt for his
nephew Accompanied by detective
and Clerk Dougherty. they departed in
an automobile on a second search.