Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-03-25
Police of Cleveland Arrested Two
Suspicious Men and a
Woman.
HAD S9,S45.50 IN CURRENCY
pnvt Of II was In n Sntchrl and Fart
Sccrctcd In the Womnn's skirt
they Refuse "a RevcN, Thrtr
Identity but Woman Gives
Their Case Away.

cleveland. Ohio. March c3.--Tvo men
ana woman. unidentified wore arrested
hcre tonight by capt. ShattucK ana
detective Ward on ontario street nav
ing IL, thelr possession 81, $3.50 In currency
To the police they explained that they
were OIL their way 10 the Baltimore ~
Ohio railroad depot but they declined 10
reveal their identity or their destination
Part II the money was found in
sstchel which was carried by one of the
men and upon being searched at the
police station more Of the rncrcy In cur
rency form was found sccreted in the
skirt of the woman.
At tho police station the woman ap-
peared to b. tho spokesman of the party
and said.
YOU have got the goods on us ana
there will be hell In Sharon tomorrow.
Captain Shattuck and Detective Ward
wero attracted by the movements OF tho
tho and approached them with view
r. learning the'r identity.
''Whithe- are you bound IN such
Nasts' inquired the police captain.
The man carrying the satchel dropped
his precious burden and started to run.
The remaining man and tho woman
stood their ground. Shattuck took UP
the chase for the fleeing man and cap
tured him only after two shots had been
fred while Ward stood guard over the
others chief Of Police Kohler and In
rpector Rowe are confident that the pos
ression OF so large an amount 81 money
warrants the suspicion that the trio
may have been implicated in the kidnap-
ping OF Willie Whitla
WOMAN ADMITS TIE CRIME.
The woman in the case, who is some
what befuddled. admitted that she had
been responsible FOR the kidnapping.
When placed in custody at the Central
police station she said 10 Captain Shat
tuck
II am the one who planned the whole
affair
All but $40 of the $3.50 found beneath
tine woman's skirt was bound in pack
nges with the original slips placed on
the money when Nrtla took it from
the bank still around il.
When near the police station the mar
broke away from Detective Ward an,
ian towards an alley. but at the two IA
volver shots fred into the air stopped.
The woman appears to be well edu
Gated and is refined in manners. Sh
she spent 70 years OF her life in q con
vent in Pennsylvania but denies That sh
las ever been IN trouble before.
Both the man and the woman den,
that they knew the name OF each other
They admit they are not man and wife
According 10 the police they were in
toxicated when placed in custody. pu
70 their condition they were not ques
toned closely by the police and wer
locked in separate cells. Both Will b
nrraigned in police court tomorrow OF
the charge OF abduction, according Z
Detective Ward.
Attempts were made to communica.
with Whitla in Sharon tonight but n
could not be located The man says h
hae been resident Of Cleveland
years He claims 70 have mother an
sitter here
HAS SMALLPOX SCARS
willie told Captain Shattuck on Mond~
tia. tina woman who kept him prisons
had smallpox scars on her face. IT
woman IN custody appears TO have ha
smalbSvs. She Is tall blonde probab
q year, old