The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-24
THE ROWLAND DRY GOODS CO
BILLY WHITLA'S OWN STORY OF
 KIDNAPPING
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 con the door where he rapped was a
 fgre and Mrs. Jones opened it
 qickly. She was a nurse and dress
 ed in a nurses clothes with a white apron and little white cap. He said, Heres a little Jones for you'' and she laughed and asked how I was and took off my things.
 "Jonesy had to cook supper and he bought all the things and cooked er- erything while I was there. Nurses eat much and Mrs. Jones put me in the big bed. It seemed awful long since I left school that morning.
 That day I wrote a letter to mother and told her I was safe and feeling well and about the doctors and the hospital. Mrs. Jones always jerked me back when she saw me at the win dow but every time I got a chance I'd peek out if there was nobody at the hospital window. She said the doctor at the hospital was a rubberneck and would see me sure and send me to the pest house.
 'But I saw a whole lot from the window" Billy's description here ex- actiy fits those of suspects in Cleve- land.
 ''We had just the two rooms and I never left them from Thursday night until I went down to meet dad last Monday night. In the other room was the iron bed. There was sink where I got under and hid every time there was a rap on the door for fear 1t was the doctors atnd so they couldn't find me.
 .'Every day wrote to mother or to Aunty Buhl Sometimes I just wrote what I wanted to and sometimes he told me things to write Once l wrote that was mad at dad because he had not come to get me but was not mad. Jonesy made me say that
 MT Jones brought in lots of papers. My own pictures were in them and ,c,l-n cd why and they said because I had es- caped from the doctors and had small pox. They would not let me read the papers. , ,-o,+ hair and sometimes talked funny so I would think she was French or some thing She was tall and not fat She had awful red marks on her race ano said my face would be hke tnat q E,, was always pretty nice to me. ( It IS believed that the woman painted chalk marks on her face as disgulse.)
 yesterday CMonday), was the we st day of all. I felt awful too because dad had not come for me Sunday but T never cried once. And on Monday ne (Jones) came in and told me 10 set under the sink quick and l stayed there the longest time I ever did ana when got out they told me that dad dy was coming for me. l Kept ask ing Mrs. Jones why he d1d not come and finally it got dark and then Jones said he would not wait any longer but go down to the hotel and find dad They were sorry to have me go and gave me pin for present So the doctors would not know me they put my sweater inside my blouse and put a pair of glasses on me. I looked funny.
 ..He gave ne 15 cents, for car rare and the rest Jonesy said I could put in my bank He took me out Of the house and down the back way. Then we walked a long ways until we came to street where there were other cars. We waited in the dark.
 ..Jonesy got back in the shadows when the car got close. He said: Now run and get on the car man and lady got on there and I got on too looked back but Jonesy had sneaked away.
 "Of course when they asked me on the car if I was Billy Whitla I said for TNneSv had