Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-25

as a nurse while the boy was In her hands
A short time before the people were picked
up by the police we secured her disguise
and two Of her grips. The moment she
entered my office I threw the nurses AKRON
eve her shoulders and placed the cap on
her head. She objected at fret. but finally
smiled and admitted thai the goods be-
longed to her"
Man Tries 60 Escape.
The suspects were landed in the police
station late Tuesday night after the man
had made a desperate effort to escape from
the police. He jerked away from Captain
Shattuck on the street near the police sta
ton and ran. Captain Shattuck fired two
shots at the fleeing man and the suspect.
thoroughly frightened. stopped and surren-
dered.
"Oh. It's Az off now" said the woman. as
she entered the police station door. You
got US dead right. There will be hell in
Sharon when Bull hears of this
When the woman was searched in the
police station -. 100 in bills OF s.. SO and
$40 denominations were found sewed care
fully on the inner side OF her skirt. All
but $40 of the money was done UP in $500
packages, This Is the, shape in which Mr..
Whitla Withdrew the money which he paid
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description OF the packages of money was
read over a. telephone to Mr. whltla at
his home In Sharon. and he said he be-
heved 1t was. the same money which ne had
left as a ransom for the capturs of his
son. .Bils and loose change 10 the amount
of $3.50 were found in. the pockets Of the
man suspected, when he was searched. This
brought the total amount Of money which
the two suspects had up to sS.SlS.5o.
At first the woman refused to talk to the
police. She Is said to have been slightly
intoxicated when arrested. and hoping that
her condition might be better later, the po-
lice locked her up for a few hours. Shortly
before dsybreak CHEZ Kchler escorted her
into his private office and then began a
grilling examination Of her. She appeared
BOY Kept in Old House.
Willie Whitla's place of captivity while
he was kept in Cleveland was an old, aban-
doned residence on Prospect avenue. south.
east, diagonally opposite Plymouth Con-
gregational church. This fact was learned
by the police, acting on meager information
furnished them by the boy before he was
taken to Sharon by his father. The house
hit upon by the kidnapers. has been unoc-
cupied for some time. In the rear of the
building are stables. -
While imprisoning the Whitla boy In the
old residence the kidnapers. man and
woman. ate most of their meals at the
restaurant Of the Hotel Thrope, 2l3 Pros
pect avenue, southeast. across the street.
This enabled them to return to their cap
tive without leaving him alone long.
About five days ago. said Thomas f.
Thorpe, the proprietor Of the hotel. today,
"a man and woman began coming to the
hotel for their meals. I know now that
they resembled the descriptions 1 have
read Of the kidnapers. Neither offered any
information concerning their business. The
man wore darks spectacles. the very ones,
l suppose, that the boy had on at the time
of his return. They had never brought the
boy here"
The discovery OF Billy" Whitla's hiding
place was made by Detective Bernhard
after a talk with Billy" The boy remem-
bered little distinctly, but he recalled that
he had been kept in a house from which
he could see tall trees, a stone church and
the sign Of f'Thorpe's Hotel"
Many Hints at Mystery.
SHARON, Pa, March A.-Important and
sensational developments concerning the
Whitla case and the woman suspect under
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this afternoon.
Rumor has 1t that the woman is person
ally known to the entire Whitla family
and efforts will be made to have prose-
cution stopped. An information made here
this morning has been destroyed, it is said.
The absence of Francis II. Bull, the mil
lionaire member of the family, was COM
mented upon freely. II will be remembered
that when the woman was arrested in
Cleveland yesterday she declared:
There will be HI in Sharon when BUM
hears of this"
What actuated Mrs. Whitla to go to
Cleveland with her husband and two chill
dren, Willie and Salina, cannot be stated
definitely. Many rumors are rife this aft
ernoon. 1t Is said that incidents happen
ing e number OF years ago have been sud
denly brought up by the abduction of the
boy.
divorces Suit FIEues I'm Case.
1t Is alleged that a divorce suit, which oc-
Cured some time ago, is playing an impor-
tant part in the kidnapping case and that
it Is desired to conceal the details Of a
scandal which has no direct bearing upon
the abduction affair.
The informations made here this morning
were destroyed and new informations
charging John Doe" and Mary Doe
with abduction were substituted. The cause
Of doing this Is said to have been due to
mistakes made in Cleveland.
Since the day following the abduction
rumors have been rife that a prominent
woman who formerly lived in Sharon might
be implicated in the case. This woman
knows all that could be known concerning
the Whitla family and Mr.. Whitla's finan-
cial standing would be perfectly known To
her.
The supposition here is that every point
OF the case was arranged by the woman.
The man, OF course, stole the boy from
the school. but outside OF this the woman
was the leader. 1t is said by detectives
today that the Kidnapping case has cost