The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-23
MOTHER AND HER KIDNAPPED BOY REUNITED;
SCHOOLS CLOSE TO OBSERVE BILLY WHTTLA DAY.

he seems to have remembered every
thing that occurred.
Billy. after much persuasion. gave the
following brief and rather disconnected
story Of his wandering during the past
five days.
Tt was lust a little while before the
geography lesson began when teacher
called me 10 the door and said there was
a man there who wanted me to so with
him to see my father
I went to the coat room with teacher
and she helped me with my coat, and
then ] went downstairs with the man.
7 don't know how ola he was-perhaps
as old as my papa.
! 1--WE went out the front walk of the
school building, and there, on State
street he put me into buggy. There
was only one man He was short, not
so tall as you. C1ere he looked up at
his questioner) He had a red face and
: a brown Overcoat, and wore mUStache,
! cut short
| Drove Out of Town.
.eThen we drove out of Sharon, and
! asked him where I was going. We
crossed the river and took the road to
Warren, and all the way I kept asking
where my papa was. ! wasn't scared at
first.
/ Just before we got into Warren Qt
was almost noon, them, the man gave
me two sandwiches to eat, for 1 was
hungry.
walked into town and I got awfuly tired
( OF the wa. I can't remember just how
we went away from there. whether It
was on the steam cars or the electrics,
b11t 7 think we went to Newcastle.
I'VE slept there that night, the man
who took me from the school building
and another. younger man, who dldn
wear a mustache-
I thought we came to Ashtabula
! some time but / cont know l can't
{ remember much abOut II all. for ! was
! awful tired all the time, but | heard
the men say Ashtabula lots Of times.
and once or twice they said Akron
There was a woman who had me some
Of the time. too, bat l can't remember
much about her.
/ They took me to the corner OF two
! streets and told me To get on a street
car ] saw coming and say I wanted
to go to the HOlenden.
L told the conductor, and he asked
me my name, and told him Jones,
| because that was what they said to me
! to say
Up Early Today.
Billy and his father were up and
dressed by 6 O'Clock today. Although
wearied almost to the point of collapse.
they spent little of the night In sleep.
For a long time they were in COM
munication with the whitIa home il
Sharon by telephone.
When they sat down to breakfast a
| crowd gathered in the dining room, and
upon the sidewalk outside the window
One woman crossed the floor and kissed
! Billy.
God bless you, little man. she said
! The crowd outside made such a COM
motion that finally Billy stod up and
| bowed.
Then everybody chered. a mob jam
med the door when they left the hotel.
| Hold his up" shouted some one.
: WhitIa swung Billy to his shoulder
and the crowd yelled again
Look for Woman.
The police this morning sent out the
first general alarm for It peck marked
elderly woman From the boys story,
, as yet formiess and confused, they
gained that the kidnapers put him in
charge Of such a woman. The boy does
not know where He says. however
that they walked him "a. least five miles
before thel left him on a trolley car
last night.
Information reached the city today
that a peck marked woman called al
/ the business place of William KintZler
Payne avenue and East Thirtieth
street. last Saturday night and tele-
phOned to Sharon