The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-24
Man and Woman Who Stole Willie
Whitla Captured Last Night
by Cleveland Police
After a Chase.
WOMAN ADMITS GUILT
Said: "You've Got the Goods on Us
and There VIII be He'll In
sharon'-Money is
Recovered.

J CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 24.-One
man and woman were arrested last
night in connection with the Whitla
kidnapping case. The police report
they had satchel filled with currency,
When the police searched the satchel
they found $9,S45.50 in currency.
Inspector Rowe processes to believe
he has captured the kidnappers of
Willie Whitla.
The man and woman in custody
thus far has declined to explain the
possession of such large sum of mon
ey or where they came from or their
destination.
To the police they explained they
were on their way to the Balti
more and Ohio railway depot, but they
Ideclined to reveal their identity or
their destination.
Part of the money was found in a
satchel carried by the man and upon
being searched at the police station,
more Of the money in currency form
was found secreted in the skirt of the
woman
At the police station the woman ap.
peared to be the spokesman of the
party and said:
You've got the goods on us, and
there will be hell in Sharon tomorrow"
CAPTAIN Shattuck and Detective
Ward were attracted by the move
ments of the trio and approached them
with view to learn their identity.
Whittier are you bound in such
haste?' inquired the police captain.
The man carrying the satchel drop
ped his precious burden and started to
run. The woman stood her ground
Shattuck took up the chase for the
fleeing man and captured him only
after the two shots had been fred.
while Ward stood guard over the wo-
man. Chief o. Police Kohler and In.
spector Rowe are confident that pos.
session of SO large amount Of money
warrants suspicion and the couple may
have been implicated in kidnapping
Willie Whitla
The Woman Admitted She Planned IT,.
When once in custody at the police
station, the woman said: Il am the
one who planned the whole thing.
There Will be trouble for me and nell
in Sharon tomorrow" Beneath the wo-
mans skirt was found S9,790. All of
it but $40 was bound in packages with
the original slips placed on the money
when Whitla took it from the bank.
The woman says she spent fifteen
years of her life in a convent in Penn
sylvania but denies she has ever
been in trouble before. Both the
man and woman deny they know the
names of each other. They admit they
are not man and wife. Both will be
arraigned in police court tomorrow on
a charge of abduction, according to
Detective Wood.
Attempts were made to communicate
with Whitla in Sharon last night, but
he could not be located, The man says
he has been resident of Cleveland
for seventeen years. He claims to
have a mother and sister here.
Captain Shattuck is said to have Sc
cured description of the kidnappers
from Willie Whitla and this descrip-
tion led to the arrest Tuesday de
, tectives heard man and woman
answering the description of the kid
, nappers had been seen on the out
skirts of the city. They came down
town and bought sone articles OF
! clothing, rendering 50 and $40 bills in
: payment. 1t was learned later thai
g the people had left a package in {
down town store, which proved to con
sist of discarded clothing. Detectives
trailed the couple around the business
, district several hours during the otter
!. noon, bit delayed taking them int
, custody Shortly after nightfall th,
police learned that the two had gon
TO the east end Of the city The polio
!. walked up behind the pair, and Shat
!, tuck took the woman by the arm
: Wood securing the man. The coupl
. struggereG, say the police, as If II tox
Gated The man would not talk, bu