The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-03-24
KIDNAPPERS OF
WH|TLA BOY CAUGHT
Suspected Man and Woman Arrested
In cleveland-Had $9,845.5o in
Their Possession.


Cleveland Ohio, Mar. 24.-In the
arrest here last night of a man and
a woman having 5000 in their pos
session the police believe they have
captured the kidnappers of Willie
Whitla. The woman, who was some
what confused admitted that she had
been responsible for the kidnapping.
When placed in custody at the central
police station she said to Captain
Shattuck
Il am the one who planned the
whole thing. There will be trouble
for me- and hell in Sharon tomorrow"
Beneath the womans skirt was
found 1890 All of it but $40 was
bound in packages with the original
slips placed on the money when
Whitla took it from the bank still
around it,
Captain Norman Shattuck and De
tectiye Frank Wood made the arrests
in the east end of the city. When
near the police station the man broke
away from Deceive Wood and ran
towards an alley The policeman
fired two shots from his revolver into
the air and the man stopped. The
woman made no attempt to escape.
Fifteen Years in Convent.
The woman appears to be well edu-
Gated and is refined in manners. She
says she spent fifteen years of her
life in convent in Pennsylvania but
denies that she has ever been in
trouble before. Both the man and the
woman deny that they know the name
of each other They admit they are
not man and wife.
According to the police, they were
intoxicated when placed in custody
Due to their condition, they were not
questioned closely by the police and
were locked in separate cells
Both will be arranged in police
court tomorrow on the charge of alb
duction, according to Detective Wood.
Attempts were made to commune ho
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could not be located The man says
that he has been a resident of Cleve-
land for seventeen years. He claims
to have a mother and a sister here. II
Captain Shattuck is said to have Sc
cured his description of the kidnapers
from Willie Whitla
After cross questioning the man
and woman arrested last night as sus-
poets in Connection with the kidnap-
ping of Willie Whitla at length, Chief
of Police Kohler stated the woman
has confessed she was in charge of
the boy in Cleveland from midnight
Thursday until Monday night. The
police found the house where the boy II
was imprisoned today. 1t is an old |
abandoned residence on Prospect ave-
nue., near the Plymouth Congrega-
tional church. Officers located the
house through information given them
by Billy. He recalled being kept in
a house from where he could see a
sign reading, Thompson Hotel"
The male prisoner held in connec-
ton with the kidnapping, admitted his
identity this afternoon. He is James
Boyle, of Sharon, Pa, and is plumb
er. He maintains that the woman az
rested with him is his wife. He has
a widowed mother and four broth ers
and a sister in Sharon. Boyle de-
clined to throw additional light On
the kidnapping.
Mrs. Harry Forker. wife of broth
er of Mrs. James p Whitla, of Shar
on, was seen at her home in Norwalk.
near here today and when the womal
under arrest was described, exclaimed:
That's he woman"
Mrs. Forker then broke down and
declined to say anything further to
explain her remark 1t is firmly be-
lieved the arrival of Mr.. and Mrs.
Whitla and Willie here this afternoon
will clear up the identity of the wo-
man in custody, who declared her i'd
entity not only will cause surprise in
Sharon, but it will reveal a scandal
involving prominent persons in that
town.
Sharon, Pa Mar. 24.-Willie Whitla
his father and uncle F. H. Bull. left
here for Cleveland to view the two
suspects held there.