The San Francisco call., 1909-03-24
Arrested With Man, She Admits
Part In Willie WhitIa
Abduction
Trouble for Me and Something
Else in Sharon" She
Says
Nearly Full Amount of Ransom
Money Found Beneath
Her Skirt
Disclosure OF Her Identity Is
Expected to Result in
Sensation

Expected to Result In
Sensation
- LEvELAND. O.. March 73-In
the arrest here tonight OF a man
~ and woman having ss,sSs In
their possession. the police be-
Heve they have captured the kidnzp-
ers OF Willie whitla The woman. who
was somewhat confused. admitted that
she had been responsible for the kid
naping- When placed in custody a. the
central police station she said to Cap
tain Shattuck-
! am the one who planned the whale
thing. There viii be trouble for me-
and he'll in sharon tomorrow"
Original Slips Found
Beneath the woman's skirt was
found ss.sss. All Of it but $40 was
bound in packages with the original
slips placed on the money when Thitlz
took it from the bank still around IL
Captain Shattuck and Detective Frank
Wood made the arrests in the east end
OF the city.
When they neared the station the
man broke away from Detective Wood
and ran toward an alley. The police
man fred two shots from his rsvolve-
into the air and the man stopped. The
woman made no attempt 10 escape
Educated and Refined
The vorna, a,,aa-- -, - --.rf -
Gated and is refined in manners Sns
says she spent Is years OF her life in
convent in Pennsylvania. but denies
that she has ever been in trouble be-
fore 10th 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 Gus
tody. Due TO their condition they
were not Questioned closely BY the
police and were locked in separats
cells.
Both viii be arraigned IN the police
court tomorrow on the charge OF ab-
duction, according TO Detective Wood
Attempts were made 70 communicates.
with whitIa in Sharon tonight. but he
could not be located The man says
that he has been a resident OF Cleve-
land FOR II years He claims TO have
mother and sister here
Willie Gives Description
Captain Shattuck is said TO have Sc
cured his description OF the kidnapers
from Willie whitla-
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 the smallpox She Is a tall
blonde. probably 25 years old She was
dressed in . black silk skirt gray
coat and black hat The man IS dark
and smooth faced
Today the detectives heard that nan
and a woman answering the description
OF the kidnapers had been seen On the
outskirts OF the city. They came down
town and bought numerous articles OF
clothing. rendering IS and SO bills in
payment. II was learned Later a re-
port came that the people had left a
package in a downtown store. which
proved TO consist OF discarded clothing.
Police Trail Couple
Captain Shattuek and Detsctfvs
Wood trailed the man and woman
around the business districts OF the
city for several hours during the aft
ernoon. but delayed taking them into
custody. shortly after nightfal the
police learned that the two had gone
70 the east end OF the city.
The police walked up behind the
pair and Captain shattuck took the
woman by the arm. Detective Wood Sc
curing the man The couple staggered.
say the police. as II they were intoxi-
Gated. They made 10 protest against
accompanying the officers The man
was downeast and would not talk The
woman ehatted with the policeman at
her side at first and asked TO be re-
leased.
Admits the Planning
1t was then she admitted having
planned the kidnapping In the mean
time the man attempted TO escape. ard
the revolver shots OF Captain shattuek
brought him TO a standstill Whitla
/ says he has the numbers on currency
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