The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-24

al to explain who they were that led to
their arrest.
The money is done up in packages,
each bearing pink slip marked Law
renee, Saratoga. N. ""
AS the list of the bill numbers given
to the public is only a partial one. 1t
may take hours to identify the money.
Messages have been sent to the de-
tectives asking for an entire list.
Mr.. Whitla later practically identi-
fled the money recovered atRthe police
station as part of that which he paid
over as ransom for his son. He said
it was in $500 packages bearing pink
slips, with the words Lawrence, Sara
toga, KY" on each slip.
When the police matron was search
ing the woman more thoroughly later.
she found considerable money sewed
in the prisoners skirts. 49,
Captain Shattuck and myself were
attracted by the movement of the trio
and approached them with a view to
learning their identity" said Detective
Ward, late last night.
Whittier are you bound in such
haste?'' inquired the police captain.
"The man and the woman started to
run.
1--WE took up the chase and captured
them only after shots had been fired
Says Prisoners Are the Ones.
Captain Shattuck issued the follow
ing statement at midnight:
I'm the arrest here of man and a
woman having $1,000 in their posses
sion we believe we have captured the
kidnapers of Willie Whitla.
In fact, the woman in the case. who
is greatly excited, admitted that she
had been responsible for the kidnapping.
When placed in custody at the Central
Police station she said:
81 am the one who planned the
whole thing. There will be trouble
for me and hell in Sharon tomorrow
Beneath the woman's skirt was
found $9,79O. All Of it but 40 was
bound in packages with the original
slips placed on the money when Whit
la took it from the bank still around
it,
Both the man and the woman deny
that they know the name OF each other.
They were intoxicated when placed
in custody. Due to their condition.
they were not questioned closely, and
were locked in separate cells.
The man says that he has been res
ident of Cleveland for II years. He
claims to have a mother and sister
here
Captain Shattuck is said to have Sc
cured his description of the kidnapers
from Willie Whitla and this descrip-
ton led to the arrest.
Willie Whitla told Captain Shattuck
on Monday that the woman who kept
him a prisoner had smallpox scars on
her face. The woman in custody has
red spots on her cheeks and appears
to have had smallpox. She is tall
blonde. probably % years old. She
was dressed in black silk skirt. a
gray coat and black hat.
Detectives Get the Tip.
Yesterday detectives heard that a
man and a woman answering the de-
scription OF the kidnapers had been on
the outskirts of the city.
They came down town and bought
numerous articles of clothing. tender
ing five and ten dollar bills in pay
ment. 1t was learned. Later a report
came that the people had left pack
age in a downtown store. which prov.
ed to consist of discarded clothing
Captain Shattuck and detectives
trailed the man and woman around the
business district of the city for several
hours during the afternoon. but delay
ed taking them into custody.
Shortly after nightfall the police
learned that the two had gone to the
east end OF the city. The police walk
ed up behind the pair and Captain
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