The Washington herald., 1909-03-23

Negotiations with Kidnappers.
This attempt followed the receipt in
Sharon this morning or a negotiation from
the kidnappers. the fourth since O'Clock
last Thursday morning. when the boy
was abducted in a buggy from has school
IN :he Pennsylvania city
This letter had brought James p.
Whltla. the father, 10 Cleveland in secret
to-day, while his associates put out an
nouncements in Sharon 10 the effect that
detectives had been called of the hunt,
in the hope that the lidnappers would he
reassured and would reopen negotiations.
Police activity iu Ashtabula. too. had
been reported, all conspiring TO cover the
presence OF Whiua in Cleveland. He IS
believed to have paid the $1,000 ransom
in the east end Of Cleveland this after
noon. though reticent on this point in
conformity with his arrangement with
the kidnappers Of his son.
Whitla had been recognized by but few
as he sat in the Hollenden lobby. He
was nervous, and kept glancing at the
clock He showed great agitation as the
hour approached $50.
Father sees His SON.
It was just al that moment that a po-
Uceman and the boy. with Thomas W
Ramsey and a friend OF the latter. en-
tered. Whitla saw his son.
My boy" be cried. and grasping him
is his arms fed weeping up the stairs
10 the room he had occupied. The re-
union Of father and son was not per
mitted 10 be interrupted for time
Thomas W. Ramsey it was who recog-
nized the boy I'm a Payne avenue car as
1t turned the loop az tie city hall and
Federal building, q block below the Hol-
leuden. The conductor. I'm ~ rush Of
caring for q crowd had forgotten the
boy. He had been told 10 deliver him az
the Hollenden Hotel corner. and after
ward said he intended taking him back on
the east trip. He had picked up the boy
IN the east end. beyond East Fifty-fifth
street, the conductor said.
Ramsey. a young man living at 1910
HOugh avenue northeast. and employed
by the Patterson Supply Company. PSI ST.
Clair avenue, had been downtown at din
ner He played a game Of billiards and
had forgotten his pipe. Returning for the
pipe. he was just in time to board the
Payne avenue car as il turned the loop
70 return on an eastern trip. He saw the
boy In a rear seat Struck by his similar
ity to the photographs OF Willie Whitla,
Ramsey spoke TO the child Hello. Billie
Whitla," he said.
The child smiled back.
Hello he said How do you know
me2"
Talks 20 the Child.
Ramsey. too surprised at his own sue
cess. was speechless for moment Then
he sat down with the boy. talked 2 mo-
ment with him. and took him on the car
at the HOllenden Hotel corner. the con-
ductor meanwhile having explained the /
message OF the persons who put the child /
on his car.
As the boy and Ramsey left the car
Ramsey spoke to a patrolman
The latter accompanied them into the 4
hotel. Ramsey was accompanied by a \
friend TO whom ne had cOnhded the news I
on the car.
Whitla quickly dismissed the patrolman.
and Ramsey and his friend when ne |
grasped the boy, crying, "In see you all /
later
AAlN AFAVNNAg u Al4t NRe was QUICKLY ]
noised about downtown Cleveland. extra |
editions we're on the streets I'm a few
moments. and great crowd surrounded /
the hotel. anxious 20 see the principal in 4
the kidnapping case
In the hotel a dramatic scene was en- 4
acted as the father seized his son in his I
arms. Only q few seconds was required 4
20 tell the crowd In the lobby that 1t was /
Whitla and his son they saw rushing for /
the stairs
Speech, Speech was the cry. The 4
father kept on weeping as he fed
He remained in the room he had pre-
pared for the boy for some time.
When he reappeared the cries for a
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