The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-24
Man and Woman Are Caught With the Money By Po-
 lice In Cleveland
WOMAN CONFESSES ID THE
 CRIME WHEN IN CUSTODY
Kidnapers Get Drunk on Their Ran- som Money and Fall Into Hands of Police Without the
 Least Trouble.

Cleveland, Ohio, March 23.-In the arrest here tonight of a man and a woman hav- ing 9.790 in their possession, the police be- lieye they have captured the kidnapers of Willie Whitla- In fact, the woman in the case, who is greatly excited, admitted that she had been responsible for the kid naping- When placed in custody at the central police station, she said to Captain Shattuck: T am the one who planned the whole thing. There will be trouble for me and hell in Sharon tomorrow"
 Beneath the woman's skirt was found $979O. All of 1t but $40 was bound in packages with the original slips placed on the money when Whitla took it from the bank, still around 1t.
 Captain Shattuck and Detective Frank Wood made the arrest In the east end Of the city. When near the police station the man broke away from Detective Wood and ran toward an alley. The policeman fired two shots from his revolver into the air and the man stopped The woman made no attempt to escape
 Woman Is Refined.
 The woman appeared to be well edu- cated and is refined in manners. She says she spent fifteen years of her life in a. convent in Pennsylvania, but denies that she has ever been in trouble before Both the man and the woman deny that they know the name. of each other. They ad- nit that they sre not man and wife Ac- cording tor the police, they were fntoxi- cated when placed in custody. Due to their condition, they were not questioned closely by the police and were locked in separate cells. Both will be arraigned in police court tomorrow on the charge of abduction, according to Detective Wood. Attempts were made to communicate with MT. Whitla in Sharon tonight, but he could not be located. The man says that he has been a resident of Cleveland for seventeen years. He claims to have a mother and sister here. Captain Shattuck is said to have secured his description of the kidnapers from Willie Whitla, and this description lead to the arrest.
 Smallpox Scar.
 Willie Whitla told Captain Shattuck on Monday that the woman who kent him prisoner had smallpox scar on her face. TThe woman in custody has red spots on her cheeks and appears to have had smallpox. She is a tall blonde, probably 25 years old She was dressed in black silk skirt, q gray coat and black hat. The man is dark and smooth faced.
 Today detectives heard that a man and woman answering the descrip- ton of the kidnapers had been seen on the outskirts of the city. They came down town and bought numerous ar ticles of clothing, rendering $5 and $1o bills in payment, 1t was learned. Later. report came that the people had left a package in a downtown store which proved to consist of discarded clothing.
 TraiIed By Police.
 Captain Shattuck and Detective Wood trailed the man and woman around the business district of the city for sey- eral hours during the afternoon. but delayed taking them into custody. Shortly after nightfall the police learned that the two had gone to the east end of the city. The police walked up behind the pair and Captain Shat tuck took the woman by the arm, De- tectfve Wood securing the man. The couple staggered, the police say, as if they were intoxicated. They made no protest against accompanying the of ficers. The man was downcast and would not talk. The woman chatted Nltn Ine pOllceIIldn at her side at first and asked to be released.
 It was then she admitted having planned the Kidnapping. In the mean time the man attempted to escape and the revolver shots of Captain Shattuck brought him to a standstill. Whitla says he has the numbers on the cur rency bills handed the kidnapers and the police are comparing the notes found in the possession of the prisoners with the memoranda of Whitla.