Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-25

lHey maze no protest against accom-
panying the officers. The man was
downcast and would not talk The
woman chatted with the policeman at
her side at first ard asked to be re-
| leased
1t was then that she admitted hav-
ing planned the kidnapping. In the
meantime the man attempted to
escapes and the revolver shots Of
Captain Shattuck brought him to a
stardStiIl
.Whitla says he has the numbers on
the currency bills handed the kid
napers and the police are comparing
the notes found in the possession Of
! the prisoners with the memoranda of
! Whitla.
The principal hope of the detectives
lay In the fact that The numbers of
all the bills in the $4,000 in currency
paid as ransom for the boy by his
! father are known, A list was made and
kept of every bill in the entire list and
this list has been furnished to the
detectives. Whether Mr. Whitla kept
the list of numbers or whether he Sc
cured them is not stated by those who
know, but there is a list and by means
of 1t the detectives expect to be able to
trace the men who We're implicated
in the kidnapping.
A partial list of the numbers of the
bills were none larger in denomination
IL is so incomplete as to be of little
value while complete list would fill
several columns of a newspaper. The
bllls were non larger in denomination
than $40 and averaging them at $40
there would be a thousand of them.
The name of the bank issuing the bills,
If national bank notes, and the nun.
her of each bill is given
Child Gives information.
Cleveland, O., March "a = The
simple, childish habit of Willie Whitla
Of spelling out the names on street
cars may prove helpful to the police
Of Cleveland in finding the house in
which the boy was held captive
during his enforced absence from
home
While the boy was seated at a table
yesterday he began spelling street
nomenclature. Among others was the
name of street car line in Cleveland.
Detective Ward, who was near the
lad. asked him what he meant by
spelling the word which he had seen
displayed on the top of the car.
Why that's the name of the street
car which passed the hospital where
Mr.. Jones kept me, answered the
boy.
Detective Ward at once commune
Gated the clew to the police in Cleve-
land. Private detectives were sent
here from Sharon and Pittsburg to go
over the car line and look for the
house described by Willie in his pratt
tie. Chief Kohler has issued orders to /
his men to question the occupants of
every house on the street car line and
satisfy themselves that the kidnapers
are not now or have not been con-
cealed therein.
Detectives Shield Cews.
Detectives refuse to designate
which car line the house is believed to
be located on. 1t is believed, however,
that the house is not far distant from
the corner at which Willie was placed |
on the car by one Of the kidnapers
Monday night.
The police have a description of the
house. From the lips of the kidnapped
boy have fallen from time to time a
few words about the place. The first
and yard surrounding it was given in
a letter written by Willie to his father
Saturday. The boy said the house
was encompassed by number Of
large trees.
Willie told the detectives here yes
terday that he was often placed in
large closet under sink in the
kitchen of the house or hospital as
he calls 1t. When strangers came to
the house, he was placed under the
sink and warned to remain quiet
No arrests were made by the police
While the boy in charge of
his father, was the center of trium-
ohant Homecoming, the officials were
at work on the slender clews given
hem by the boy who had been safely
'eturned to mis- father here after the
payment of the $4,000 ransom.
Conference With Police.
A representative Of the Cleveland
police department had long confer
ence with ]. P. Whitla and Willie be-
ore they left for their home in Shar
on The lair of the abductors remains
l mystery. The departure Of Attorney
Vhitla and his son for their home in
Sharon was the occasion for dem
,nstration. Thousands of persons
gathered about the Hollenden hotel
md followed them to the railroad de-
DOT. With the matter. Of the boys
safety no longer in doubt, the police
supplemented by detective
agencies, spurred on by the large re-
wards offered, the work of tracing
he kidnapers began in earnest. The
officials are working independently,
Is Mr.. Whitla has declared he will
AXE no part in the search. 1t is
bought by those taking part in the
earch that the house in which the boy
vas held is located near East Thirtieth
treet. which is only one mile from
he city's center. Druggist Unger, in
whose store Attorney Whitla obtained
. letter giving final instructions for
he payment of the ransom, and Mrs.
;. A. Hendrickson, who was In charge
# the little candy store where the
money was paid. were closely ques-
toned by the officials, but little Of
alue was learned.
The off Gals believe Mrs. Hendrick-
on was an innocent agent of the kid