The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-24
BILLY WHITLA'S OWN STORY OF
 KIDNAPPING He Relates His Experience to United Press Cor
 respondent.
 Tells All of His Travels from Time He Was Called From School Till He Was Returned to His Home.

(By Dorothy Dale, Special Staff Cor
 respondent of the United Press.)
 Sharon. Pa. March 24.-This is the story of Billy Whitla's abduction from the time he was taken from the East Ward School in Sharon last Thursday morning to his return to his mother here yesterday. as told me by the little boy at his home here. This is what Billy Whftla said:
 Last Thursday morning at school MT. Sloss (the janitor). stuck his head in the door and told Miss Lewis a man was there for me. sent by my dad. She put my jacket and cap right on and hurried to see dad. Outside there was a man sitting in a buggy. He told me to jump in and did. Then we drove to the corner where I put a letter in the post box The man said the letter would tell mother all about where ! was going and he had me write mothers name on the envelope.
 When I mailed the letter I thought was going to dads office but the man said right away: 'Billy,-he all ways called me Billy-'Billy.' he sa d, I am not going to take you to dads s office. I am taking care of you for dad. You know there's smallpox around and you've been exposed and dad says the doctors are after you to take you to the pest house.
 ''The man said his name was MT. Jones and that he was going to take me to Mrs. Jones and I was to be Billy Jones SO the doctors wouldn' t know meand everybody would think l was their little boy and not Billy body found out that I was Billy Whit la did would be awfully angry with me and with 'Jonesy.' and the doctors would put me in the pest house.
 I4 @< the depot at Warren for the train was gone that is. the train we were to go to Cleveland on. and Jonesy sa d a swear word and said we would have to wait and then get @ train that went a longer way to Cleveland.
 You know just before we got into town the first time-when we were driving in-he had taken his moustache right off. He said it was not real one. but he wore it to keep his face warm when he was out riding and when he took his moustache off-it was kind of fray9i-he took off his cap and put it under the seat of the buggy. and put on stiff hat like dad wears.
 When We went down the street where the barber shop was. JoneSy left me outside while he went into @ store and bought me two picture books funny ones. Then he took me to the lumber yard and I found dandy place to hide while Jonesy went and got his face shaved.
 "Then we went to Ashtabuia. saw that name on a sign When we got out he was mad again because we hal missed car and he swore. The next place where I could read any signs it said, Paynesville' and that's all the chince got to read signs until we got to Cleveland. I did not know it was Cleveland and after we got in the house JoneSy told me it was NewcaS la.
 When we got to Jonesy's house he only had two rooms and lived upstairs. There were more stairs and they sa d that up there was a lunatic asylum and had to look out for crazy people. Once they said if I made any noise they would send me up to the lunatic asylum
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