The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-23
that they are men OF more than aver
age intelligence.

Cleveland, March 2S.-James +.
Wh!tla. and his son Billy. left today
for tho family home In Sharon, Pa,
and were escorted to the railroad sta
tlon by a cheering crowd of people.
The kidnapped youngster was clasped
in the arms OF his father from the mo.
ment they left the Hollenden hotel
until they reached the train.
Hundreds crowded the corridors or
the Hollenden hotel In the hope ol
/ catching glimpse OF the lad whose
whereabouts had become a puzzle TO
the detectives of the land.
Gee, papa" said the youngster. as
he was being helped into a taxlcap,
Il hope mama is on the front porcn
waiting for us.
"She will be there" was the simple
answer from the father as he clasped
the hand Of his boy.
The speed OF Cleveland tnxica5
did not deter hundreds from following
to the Erie station where the Whit
las boarded a train. The father ap-
peared to be the happiest man in
northern Ohio. and billy" proIessed
to believe that real chu-chu was
more better than one Of them street
engines"
Mr.. Whitla was not inclined to dis
cuss the matter OF ransom, OF the
plans Of the family in dealing with
tho kidnapers.
81 am 80 glad to have the boy In my
arms" said the father, half smiling
and half crying. that have given no
thought to the kidnapers, That Will
be up to the police. and as l live and
breathe, l am not worrying over their
movements"
The $4,000 ransom OF BILLY" Whit
la was paid to his kidnapers In a 1T
tie grocery store at East Firty-th!rd
street and Standard avenue, an hour
after noon Monday.
The money was received by an or
dinarily dressed working man who
gave his name as Hayes. He picked
up the package filled with yellow back
ed bills, smiled nonchalantly and left
Mrs. Bernard HendrIckson. tempor-
arily in charge OF the store Tor her
mother, Mrs. Margaret Uhle, forgot
to notice which way the man went,
and. at the door OF the little grocery,
is the last trace the police have OF
him.
The Hayes man stepped into the
store at noon. and asked II a package
had been left there for him. Mrs
Hendr1ckson, without noting his ap.
pearance, told him there had not been.
An hour later prosperous looking
man. who said his name was Williams,
came In with small package in hts
pocket
He said he wanted to leave 1t for
a man named Hayes" said Mrs. Hen
Erickson today. HE asked II Hayes
had been heres and l said he had. VIII
liams left the package and not two
minutes later Hayes came In and ask
ed:
rs my package here?'
81 told him that IL was, and he took
1t from where 1t lay exposed on top
of the cigar case, and went away"
The Uhle store is near the stand
ard school and Is one of the familiar
small shops where school children
may purchase pencils and note books.
It's customers are frequent, and the
place was exceedingly well chosen for
such a transaction when publicity was
not desired.
Mrs. Uhle. the proprietor. has con-
Quoted the place for seventeen years.
She was not In the store when the
passage of the ransom took place, and
her daughter was the only witness to
the transfer.
Throughout, the development OF the
plans Of the kidnapers show that they
operated with the utmost skill. Each
time they have appeared in any pub
lie place, their trail ends where they
wanted 1t to end.
At the east end candy store, where
the money was paid. the tracks OF the
man who got 1t end al the door AT
Payne avenue and East Thirtieth
street, where the boy was taken to
board. there is no trace OF the man
who accompanied him beyond the va
cant lot, where he stood and watched
the boy take the street car
1t may be q day or two before VIII
lie Whitla is able to tell the whole
story of his wanderings. When he
came into the hotel Monday night ne
was dazed He scarcely knew his
father when the man leaped to him
and. seized him in his arms.
He did remember that woman gave
him medicine" evidently strong
narcotic. for many of the child's recol-
lections we're hazy In the extreme.
His heavy eyes and unaecustomed
dullness OF speech prove that he was
in a stupor most Of the time he was
in custody Of the child thieves.
Even when he came to the Hollen-
den Monday night. he thought he was
in Ashtabula or Akron-he had heard
the men tell OF those two places. he
knew that he had been In Warren
and In New Castle. He thought he
had been in the latter three days.
most OF which time he spent in bed.