Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-03-26

there had not been An hour later a
prosperous looking man, who said his
name was Williams, came in with a
small package in his pocket.
He said he wanted to leave it for a
man named Hayes" said Mrs. Hendrick-
son Tuesday. He asked if Hayes had
been here and 1 said he had. Williams
left the package and not two minutes
later Hayes came in and asked " Is my
package hereT
Il told him that it was, and he smiled.
Without another word he took it from
where it lay exposed on top of the cigar
case and went away
Place Is Well Chosen.
The Uhle grocery store is in the rear
of the Standard school and is one of
those familiar small establishments
where school children may purchase pen
ellis and notebooks. Its customers are
frequent, and the place was well chosen
for such transaction when publicity
was not desired
Mrs. Uhle, the proprietor has conduct
the place for seventeen years. She was
not in the store when the passage of the
ransom took place, and only her daugh-
| ter the wife of an employe OF the Nat
ural Gas Regulator company, was wit
ness to the transfer.
No Trace of Abductors.
| Throughout, the development of the
plans of the kidnapers show that they
operated with the utmost skill. Each
time they have appeared IN any public
place there trail ends where they wanted
| it to end At the east end candy store,
| where the money was paid, the tracks of
| the man who got it end at the door. At
PAYNE avenue and East Thirtieth street,
| where the boy was taken to board the
| car there is no trace of the man who
accompanied him beyond the vacant lot
where he stood and watched the boy
| take the street car. Whether they will
ever be captured is problematical
1t may be day or two before Billy
Whitla is able to tell the whole story OF
| his wanderings. When he came into the
hotel Monday night he was dazed. He
| scarcely knew his father when the man
leaned TO him and seized him in his arms
Child Was Dragged.
| He did remember that a woman gave
| him "medicine" evidently a strong mar
cotic. for many of the child's recoliec-
tions are hazy in the extreme. His heavy
eyes and unaccustomed dizziness OF
sneech prove that he was in a stupor
much Of the time that he was IN the
custody of the child stealers.
Even when he came to the Hollenden
Monday night he thought he was i'll
Ashtabula or Akron-he had heard the
men tell of those two places. He knew
he had been in Warren. and in NeWcas-
tie. He thought he had been in the lat
ter place three days. lie had peen lh
bed much of the time, apparently under
| the influence OF drugs.
Willie was returned to his father n
the Hollenden hotel of this city at
| o'clock last evening, after the father had
paid the $4,000 ransom demanded
80, my boy" suddenly cried the ia
Their. who had been sitting in the lobby
of the hotel. He jumped to his feet'
and grabbing his son IN MS arins' IAN
upstairs. :.
In a moment the report went out III
every direction that Willie had been
found.
Crowd Cheers for Boy.
A great crowd soon gathered in the
| HOlenden lobby, and in a few moments
ATTORNEY Whtla and his son came down
stairs. where Whitla mounted a table
and made speech while the tears rolled
down his cheeks.
The little boy, who stood beside his
father. was repeatedly cheered as Whit
la told the crowd how grateful he was
for the sympathies aroused everywhere
and the efforts which had been put forth
to help him secure the return of his
son.
In compliance with an agreement en-
tered into between the boys father and
an agent of the kdnapers here the boy
was placed on q street car on the out
skirts of the city and started to the ho-
tel shortly after s o'clock.
Two bOys-G. w. Ramsey and Edward
Mahoney-recognized the lad on the car,
and. taking him in charge, conducted him
to the hotel where the father was in
waiting, according to the dictation OF
the kdnapers. The boy wandered about
the hotel lobby unannounced for several
minutes asking bellboys for his father
before the latter knew his son was III
the big foyer. The moment the anxious
parent heard that strange boy was in
the hotel sauntering in aimless fashion
he rushed across the lobby, grasped him
in his arms and smothered his face with
kisses.
An attempt had been made to disguise
the lad He wore pair of smoked
glasses and large tan cap, which was
pulled down over his ears, and the father
said it would have been difficult to have
recognized the boy in such garb had he
passed him on the street.
Papa said the boy in a tone of
childish prattle. Il have been buggy
riding, been on cas-, and in a nice big
white house that looked like a hospital.
l have been treated nice and had lots of
good things to eat.
Tells of Leaving School.
"One man, tall and with a black nous
tache, came to the schoOlhouse Thursday
and told my teacher, Mrs. Anna Lewis,
that you wanted me at your office l
went out to buggy with him. | got
| in and then he got in. Then we rode
me to address a letter to you. | did this
and then dropped it into a 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 to
the car line tonight was nice to me.
He tucked the robe about my legs and
made me comfortable. 1t was a nice
ride and | enjoyed it. Gee, he was good.
when we got to a place the man said
was Warren the man left the buggy i'll
the road Then we got on what / think
was an electric car. l don't just remem-
Der what it was, but it was something
like street car | don't know what
became of the horse and buggy. l was
sleepy when we got on the car and /
slept much of the way to the place
where we were going.
Thinks He Was in Hospital.
| when we got to town that the man
called New Castle, they took me to
big building and turned me over to
woman She was good to me. The hos