The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24

hair. She became reconciled in a few
minutes and talked about the kidnapping
in commonplace manner.
Had Lots of Fun.
Il used to get the newspaper every
day, she said, my, had a lot of fun
reading the prophesies of the different
reading the prophecies of the different
charged up to the folks who had the
boy that were not true"
That the woman is clever and of good
education was proven by her conversa-
ton.
She carefully warded off every ad-
vance that the police made which might
have caused her to answer questions
which she should not have answered
She has not confessed that she kid
naped the boy-far from it-she has
said she was in charge of him, but that
is far as her story goes. AS she
office and encountered a crowd of news
paper men in the hall she said:
1T looks like a parade this morning,
doesn't ft?'' Then she laughed and went
back to her cell
John Doe" her mysterious man part
Iner, proved a tartar. He walked into
the chiefs office cautiously. Every
question that he was asked, he an
Chief Kohler asked him about himself
his name, how long he had been in
Cleveland and a score of other ques-
tiOnS.
You tell me the answers first and
then 1 will tell them back to you," an
sWered the suspect.
The chief told him of a number of
places he had traced him in the last
two days. watched him buy goods,
drink and eat. He told him what he
ate on Monday night for dinner, and
then what he ate Tuesday night, after
the ransom money had been paid to
the kidnapers. The second meal was
of far better quality than the first,
said the chief. Instead of trying to
explain to the chief how he had raised
the money, Doe" just grinned and
man tells you. Whatever she says
goes he remarked once to the po-
She Framed Up the job
The woman herself said during the
course of the night:
81 am the kid that framed up this
job all right"
The woman is tall and blonde. She
appears to be about 25 years old, al
though she says she is younger. Her
face is pitted with smallpox scars. She
wore a black silk dress, a gray cloak
and a black hat. The man wore a
gray suit and a light soft nat The
clothes of both the man and woman
were new Several sales slips were
found in their purses, showing that
they had purchased the clothing yes
terday.
Willie Whitla's place of captivity
while he was kept in Cleveland was an
Old abandoned residence on Prospect
avenue, southeast, diagonally opposite
Plymouth Congregational church This
fact was learned by the police acting
on meager information furnished them
by the boy before he was taken to
Sharon by his father. The house hit
upon by the kidnap pers has been un-
occupied for some time. In the rear
of the building are stables.
While imprisoning the Whitla boy
in the old residence, the kidnapers
man and woman. ate most of their
meals at the restaurant of the Hotel
Thorpe, 2113 Prospect avenue, south
east, across the street. This enabled
them TO return to their captive with
out leaving him alone long.
About five days ago" said Thomas
f. Thorpe, the proprietor of the hotel
today. "a man and woman began
coming to the hotel for their meals
I know now that they resemble the
descriptions I have read of the kid
napers. NeithSr offered any informa-
tion concerning their business. The
man wore dark spectacles, the very
ones, 1 suppose. that the boy had on
al the time of his return They never
brought the boy here
The discovery of Billy WhitIa's
hiding place was made by Detective
Bernhardt after talk with Billy. The
boy remembered little distinctly, but
he recalled that he had been kept in
a house from which he could see tall
trees, stone church and the sign of
''Thorpe's hotel