Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-03-24
K|DNAPERs
CAPTURED
Whitlas Go to Cle-
veland to Identify
Them
MAN AND W0MAN DRUNK
Had Nearly All Of the Ram
som Money on the Fee
males Person.

SnarOn "a, March 24.-FOr the
purpose of Identification and getting
possession of the man and woman,
who are under arrest at Cleveland in
connection with the Whitla kidnapping
case, Chief of Police Grain Detective
Kempler, District Attorney Liiiinger,
former District Attorney Cochran and
Willie Whitla, accompanied by his ia.
ther and uncle, Frank II. Buhl. left
here this morning for Cleveland. The
names of the prisoners are said to
be Helen Foulkner and James Boyle.
Had Almost All Of the Money.
Cleveland, March 24.-Tn the arrest
here tonight of man and woman
having $3.50 in their possession, the
police believe they have captured the
kidnapers of Willie Whitla. The wo-
man. who was somewhat confused ad.
mitted that she had been responsible
for the kidnapping. When placed in
custody at the Central Police station
she said to Captain Shattuck
II 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 $3.50. All of it but $40 was
bound in packages with the original
slips placed on the money when Whit
la took it from the bank still around
it.
Captain Shattuck and Detective
Frank Wood made the arrests in the
east end Of the city.
When they neared the station the
man broke away from Detective Wood
and ran towards an alley. The po
liceman fired two shots from his re-
volver into the air aud the man sto,e
ped. The woman made no attempt to
escape.
The woman appears to be well edu-
Gated and is refined in manners. She
says she spent fifteen years of her life
in convent in Pennsylvania, but de.
MES that she has ever been in trou-
Bile before. Both the man and the
woman deny that they know the name
of each other. They admit they are
not man and wife. According to the
police they were intoxicated when
placed in custody. Due to their con-
dtion they were not questioned close
ly by the police and were locked in
separate cells.
viii Go Back to Pennsylvania.
Cleveland, Ohio, March 24.-After
cross-questioning for over four hours
of the man and woman taken into Gus
tody as suspects in connection with
the Kidnapping of Willie Whitla, by
the chief-of-police, the latter said to-
day that he is confident that the cou-
pie We're in possession Of the lad all
the time he was away from home.
"The woman confessed that she was
in charge OF the boy" said the chief
"She says she was In Cleveland with
Willie four days" The woman said
that when her identity became known
| it would show that she was of good
family. The man first said his name
was Jone Doe, but later admitted that
he was James Boyle, a plumber of
Sharon, and that the woman was his
wife. They signified their willingness
to return ITO Pennsylvania without
requisition. The woman is clever and
has good education.
Sensational Developments.
Sharon, Pa, March 4.-Important
developments concerning the Whitla
case are expecte dto occur in Cleve-
land this afternoon Rumor has it
that the woman was personally known
by the entire Whitla family. Efforts
will be made to have the prosecution
stopped. It is reported that the wom-
an responsible for the kidnapping is
! ultimately known to the Whitlas and
acquainted with their affairs. 1t is
also rumored that they will not prose-
cute her.
"She carefully warded off every ad-
vance that the police made which
might have caused her to answer
questions she should not have an
swered. She has not confessed that
she kidnapped the boy, far from II" he
said. "She was in charge Of him, as
far as her story goes"
RICHEST WOMAN
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