Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-03-26

MIN 70 have patience. A friend an.
preached and Whitla walked into a
secluded corner Of the hotel and
talked to him in monosyllables. His
eyelids twitched nervously. He
rubbed his hands and silently prayed
for the quick return Of his boy.
The woman at the candy store had
done her duty. She communicated
with the captors Of the boy and told
them that the father had made no at
tempt to trap them. The kidnapers
We're satisfied. But Whitla, senior,
declines to name the woman in charge
OF the confectionery store and almost
dares the police TO locate her.
So the boy was brought from his
hiding place - where 1t was no one
knows-to a car line in the east end
of the city which would bring him
into town quickly. The kidnaper, &C.
cording to While. was cheerful
enough. The mysterious one and the
youngster skipped in school boy FASH
Ion toward the trolley line, testing in
the meantime.
A few, rods from the car line the
man stopped the boy. Pulling q pair
of smoked glasses from his pocket he
adjusted them to the lads head with
the remark: You'll look better in
these" The sides OF the black yarn
cap were pulled carefully over the
boys ears. A slip. which Willie was
to hand to the conductor. was put in
the boys pocket. It read: Send this
boy to the Hollenden hotel double
quick"
AS soon as he could push his way
thru the crowd. Whitla senior went
to his room on the second floor. He
carried the boy In his arms. For sew
eral minutes he was alone in the room
with his school boy son. Then thru
the door came these words. spoken by
the father to the boys mother on the
long distance telephone:
"Oh, mother. have Willie here in
my arms. He Is safe. Glory to God.
mama. it is the happiest night of my
life"
Whitla received the newspaper men
later. Willie told his story as best
he could. It was not lucid story
in every way. but it was romantic
from his childish lips. He could not
remember every place he had been,
but he gave an idea Of his travels SO
that it will be possible for the police
to cover part of the trail made by
the kfdnapers.
zone man, tall and with black
mustache, came to the school house
Thursday and told my teacher, Mrs.
Anna Lewis. that you wanted me at
your office. went out to buggy
with him. got in and then he got
in. Then we rode away.
"We went from Sharon to Warren.
We had the incest trip. The man,
who was the same one who brought
me to the car line tonight. was nice
to me. He tucked the robe about my
legs and made me comfortable. It
was nice ride and enjoyed It, Gee,
he was good.
When we got to place the man
said was Warren, the man left the
buggy on the road. Then we got on
what think was an electric car.
don't just remember what it was, but
1t was something like street car
don't know what became of the horse
and buggy. II was sleeping when we
got on the car and slept much OF
the way to the place where we were
going.
when we got to town that the
man called New Castle, they took me
to a big building and turned me over
to woman. She was good to me.
The hospital, or whatever the building
was. was a clean place. There was
man there who think was doctor.
He looked like doctor, because he
had whiskers. short gray whiskers.
1.-The people in the hospital told me
that / must do just what they told
me to do II l did not obey them
they said they would take me to q
place called the pesthouse, where
folks that have the smallpox have to
|, go. 1t was not clean or pretty place
to go to, they told me. would have
been good anyhow. but when thought
there was any chance of having to go
to the pesthouse did not do thing
that should not have done. walked
the chalk just like a good boy, papa,
like you've told me to do.