New-York tribune., 1909-03-24
TWO WHITlA ARRESTS
WOMAN ADMITS PART IN
KIDNAPPING.
CAPTURED, zCith Man, IN CleUctand
Has s9,79O in Original
Packets in Skirt.

Cleveland. March 23.-In the arrest here to-
night of a man and woman having Ss,i0 IN
their possession the police believe tney nave
captured the kidnappers Of willie" Whitla- In
fact the woman in the case, who was some
what befuddIed admitted that she had been re-
sponsible for the Kidnapping When placed IN
custody at the central police station she said 70
Captain Shattuck:
Il am the one who planned the whole thlng-
There will be trouble for me and hell in Sharon
tomorrow
Beneath the voman's skirt was found S9'So
All of it but $40 was bound in packages. with
the original slips placed on the money Vnen
Whitla took 1t from the bank.
Captain Norman Shattuck and Detective
Frank Wood made the arrests in the east end
of the city. When the police station the
man broke away from Wood and ran toward
an alley The police official fred two shots from
his revolver into the air and the man stopped
The woman made no attempt to escape
The woman appears TO be we'll educated and
refined in manners. She saws she spent fifteen
years in a convent in Pennsylvania. but de-
MES that she has ever been in trouble before
Both the man and the woman deny that they
know the name of the other They admit they
arc not man and wife According 10 the po-
lice. they we're intoxicated when placed in Gus
tody. Due TO their condition. they we're not
questioned closely. and were locked in separate
cells Both will be arragned in the police
court tomorrow on the charge OF abduction
according to Detective Wood
Attempts we're made to communicate with
whitla in Sharon tonight. but he could not be
reached The man says that he has been resi-
dent of Cleveland for seventeen years He claims
TO have a mother and sister here. Captain Snat-
tuck is said to have obtained his description OF
the kidnappers from Willie Whitla. and this de-
scription led to the arrest
WILLIE DESCRIBED PRISONERS
Willie told Captain Shattuck on Monday that
the woman who kept him prisoner had small
pox scars on her face. The woman in custody
has red spots on her cheeks and appears TO
have had smallpox She is tall blonde woman
rroba bIv twenty-five years old. She was dressed
in a black silk skirt d gray coat and black hat
The man is dark and smooth faced
Detectives heard to-day that man and
woman answering the description OF the KID
nappers had been seen on the outskirts or the
city. They came downtown and bought numer-
Gus articles of clothing, rendering 81 and SlV
bills in payment il was learned Later re-
mort came that the people had left package
in a downtown store which proved to consist
of discarded clothing.
Cantain Shattuck and Detective Wood tralieu
the man and woman around the business dls-
trict of the city for several hours during the al
ternoon but delayed taking them into CUSTODY
Shortly after nightfaH the police learned that
the two had gone TO the east end or the C'y-
The police walked up behind the pair ana
CAPTAIN Shattuck took the woman by the ARM
Wood securing the man. The couple staggered
cav the poIice. as if intoxicated. They made
no protest against accompanying the oln'eIS'
The man was downcast and would not talk. The
woman chatted with the policeman at -her sue
at first and asked to be released
II was then she admitted having planned the
1.idpapDing In the mean time the man at
tarnnted 10 escape and the revolver shots OF
Captain Shattuck brought him TO standstllI'
YbitIa saws he has the numbers of the currency
hills handed the kidnappers. and the police are
cornnaring the notes found in the possession OF
the prisoners with the memoranda Of Whtla-
Unger the druggist in whose store Mr.. Nhltia
obtained letter giving final instructions for the
r,avp,.nt of the ransom. and Mrs. B. A Hendrick-
or, who was in charge OF the little candy and
grocery store at East SD street and STANDARD ave
nue. where the money was paid. were closely ques-
toned by the officials to-day
The officials believe Mrs Hendrickson vas an in
nocent agent of the kidnappers. and that the abb
drction was conducted by men and woman.
The 900 ransom contained In n package
and was given by Mrs. Hendrckson. who was tenn
poraril in charge of the store for her mother Mrs
Nfargaret I-hIe to a man who said his name was
Hayes
81. man whom / hal never seen before came in
bera inst Al noon Monday said Mrs Hendrick-
SON to-day 'He asked for some stogies. and as
he paid for them asked how business was He did
not seem nervous but rather good natured. He
told me his name Hayes. and that he had ex-
nected package to be left here for him. 1 told
hin, $,ere was none and said he would come
hack He said a named Williams would leave
it for him.
From what | can remember the man seemed to
ba Irish Certainly he was neither German nor
Polish and he neatly dressed
III was nearly hour after that that finely
dressed man. whom I believe to be Mr.. Whitla.
came in and said he had a package for a Mr.
Hayes.
~ told him Mr. Hayes had been in. Williams left
the package. wrapped in a newspaper. ! did not
know there was all that money in it, He had
hardly got out OF sight when Hayes came in.
e. Your friend just went out, I said
HE laughed and said il too bad l gave him
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