The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-23
"Pve Been Buggy Riding
Says Child as He Tells Story

! CLEVELAND. o.. March 23.-Willic
Whitla. the eight-year-old boy who
was restored 10 his father last night
1 nthe Hollenden hotel. told the story
of his travels with his abductor since
he disappeared from school In Sharon
The boy said his ab,iuctor was kind 10
him and that he received good things
10 eat Here is the boys story rs
told TO his father and a group OF re-
porters:
Papa" said the boy. I'm a tone or
childish prattle. Il nave been buggy
riding. been on cars and in a nice
big white house that looked like a
hospital. have been treated nice
and had lots OF good things to eat.
"One man. tall and with a black
mustache. came TO the school house
Thursday and told my teacher. Mrs
Anna Lewis, that you wanted me at
your office, ! went out tc buggy
with him. got in and then he got in
Then we rode away On the way down
town he asked NE TO address letter
to you. did this and ther dropped
IL into mail box. He was awfully
| kind
I'VE went from Sharon TO Warren.
We had the incest trip The man. who
was the same one who brought me 70
the car line tonight was nice to me
He tucked the robe about my legs and
made me comfortable IL was nice
ride and | enjoyed il. Gee. he was
good.
! Leaves Buggy in Warren
! when we got to a place the mar
said was Warren. the men left tn.
buggy in the road Then we got OF
what think was an electric car.
don't just remember what It. was, but
! II was something like street car.
Il don't Mt know what became Of the
horse and buggy. was Sleepy When
we got on the car and | slept much
Of The way 10 the place where We
we're going
When We got to town that the
man called Newcastle they took me
10 big binding and turned me over
TO woman. She VAS good 20 me
The hospital. or whsteyer the build.
ing was. was a clean place There
was a man ihcrc who think was n
doctor lie looked like a doctor. lie.
cause he had whiskers, short. gray
whiskcrs.
The people in the hospital told mc
] must do just what they told me 80
do. If ! did not obes them they said
they would take me tu place called
the pest house, where folks thai hayc
smallpox have To go II Wasnt p clean
or pretty place to 20. they told mo
would have been good. anyhow. but
when | thought there was any chance
OF having 10 go 60 the pest house.
didn't do thing that ! shouldn't have
done ! walked the chalk just like
good boy, papa, like you've told me-
TO-
"On Saturday night was taken
away from the hospital and / think We
went to a town called AshtaDula We
travelled in q buggy aud on foot. Ear
~ in the morning we went back To
the hospital heard one ~ the mon
say. There will be rcthing doing tu.
might. I guess
nright- itstvt.- tre-' if-fisttt- h.4F..-i9i
cleveland. though. n3Da fer some oi
the town chat ] saW tonight un Tho
car looked Ike the place vc went to-
Saturday night
Played Around Hospital"
They told mo all aions ,hM / wa
7
going to- be- hurt u.ov told me. so /
just noted nice anJ had It good tiRie.
playing around tho hospital. knc,
I would get back hor,c AL right ant
Just supposed Mr.. iuhes vas one ~,
my friends who W., treating me- nice
because Won wanted him to- treat mo
thar WAY. papa dear"
The boz told The story slowly a.