Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-03-25
OFFICERS GOT EVIDENCE
Had the Womnn's Disguise NJ q vurS,
--Iind Been Shndowing
the Man.

Cleveland. Ohio, March 2i--Aftef
cross questioning the man and woman
taken into custody as suspects VI
connection with the Kidnapping Of
Willie Whitla for over four hour.
Chicf Of police KohIer said to-day
that he was conNlont the people were
in possession Of tho lad all the time
ne was absent from home.
The woman has confessed that she
was In charR" Of the boy" said the
chie'. she says che was IN Clcve-
land With Willie for four days They
roomod in the east part OF the city.
Il believe that she first met tine boy
and the man outside Of Cleveland
probably in Ashtabula. ana then came
mere with them. They were in Clevo-
land with the boy from midnight
Thursday until Monday night.
She admits that she disguised her
self n nurse while tho how was I'm
her hands. A shor. timc before the
people were picked UP by the polio.
we secured her disguise arj two OF
hcr grips. The moment She entered
my OFFICE I throw tho nurses npron
over her shoulders and placed the cap
on her head She objected ct first.
but finally smiled and admitted that
the goods belonged TO her"
Attempts To make either tho man or
the woman reveal his or her mama vera
useless. The woman said when her iden-
tity became known Il would show she
was OF good family The man said
his name was John Doe. the woman
cls.med tina: they were mnn and wife.
The suspects wcre landed In tho po,ics
station late Tuesday night after the man
had made a desperate effort to escape
from the police iie jcrked away from
Captain Shattuck on the street near the
police station and ran. Captain Shattuch
fired two shots at the fleeing man and
the suspect. thoroughly frightened, stop.
ped and surrendered
"Oh It's all off now" said the wo-
man az she entered the police station
door. You got us dead right. There viii
be nell IN Sharon when Puhi hears Of
this"
When tho woman was searched in III.
police station sa.N0 IN bills of s.. SO and
70 denominations were found sewed
carefully on the inner side OF her skirt.
All hut so of the money was Zone up
In $500 packages This is the shape in
which Mr. Whitla withdrew the money
which he paid 20 the kidnappers IN this
city.
general description OF tho packages Of
money was read over telephone 70 Mr.
N-hitla ct his home in sharon and he said
he believed It was the 'a.ne money which
he had left as .anson ror tie captors
of his son. Pills and loose change to tho
amount ri $50 were found In the rockets
OF The man suspect when he was searched
This brought the total amount Of money
that the two suspects had up to sa.s445o
WOMAN VAS UGLY.
Az frst the woman refused to talk to
the police. Snc is said to have been
slightly Intoxicated when arrested and,
hoping that her condition might DE better
later. the police locked her up for few
hours. shortly before daybreak Chief
kohler escorted her into his private Of
fec and then began a grillng examination
or her She appeared frightened when
he throw the nurses gown over her
shoulders She was angry too and at
tempted to pull the chiefs hair She be-
came reconcied In few minutes and
talked about the Kidnapping in a conf
lnonp'ace na nner.
II used to get the newspapers every
day" she said My, I had lot of fun
reading the prophecies Of the different
sleuths and near sleuths. There was A
lof Of things charged up 20 the folks
Who had the boy that wasn't true"
That the woman Is clever and OF good
oducation was proved by her CONVERSE
tiou. she carefully wardod or everv
advHncc that the police mad, which
might have caused her ia answer ,,,as.
tiDnS which she should nor Ia,a ~,
sver.d she has NOT corfassod iva. sh.
k'iuappad tho bnv-ear r~or, ,t-sbo Vas
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