The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-23
THINK WHITEHALL
WAS DEGENERATE
POLIcE SCOTT IDEA MAN Found
DEAD WAS NOTORIOUS
CROOK.
BODY NOT IDENTIFIED
snIEr WERNER REF, sEs TO TALK
tBetT CASE ExCErr To SAY
MYSTERY u sTIiI-
uNsulvED.
BODY NOT IDENTIFIED

The mystery IF Emo WhytehaH Is
5ast as much mystery 10 the police
of RiehInond as it .ta.S eesu from the
I'D Essa2E ia Grove avenue last Ned
nssaas, ~ a aaestiot4 Chiel ot Poiirc
Werner retaseS 20 answer
-A sEss La AHass measures to find out,
Hs said Monday. and do not care
70 aGoEec oA tfae matter until /
and @af definitely.
Although Chiet Werner does not
Weh TO re quoted u Is nevertheless
= i@ss that he does not octieye that
Ah5 tshsA was what is known as "A
erSck. The litter If stun that
WEgtehall carried jn the valise he
lad wftn MIN when he was seize1
Ag death II Sufficient proof pt this
IhAt the man was a degenerate is
TIE opinion of the enief.
ns police VINO have looked into
TIE case Say that Nhytehaii un-
a9Ehtedly vas guilty OF some crime IN
which child figured. lie had pie
xaF@s galore OF children I'm his Valise.
lie bad clippings relating, To- out
rageous crimes upon children. One
u the cases was that of Charles X
C'anno. the Jersey CITY y. j. lawyer
WHO fed from the count7s alter being
indicted for such osfensess The pub
lfshed pictures of Cannon bear "A
striking resemblance to Whytehau.
but that they are the same person
Us very douttful Cannon was a
lawyer ann even In mis- tcmarka HE
VIII Whytehail showed iacA OF rndl.
mentary learning.
WHITEHALL was a degenerate, from
the police point of View and IL is
along this line that chief Werner s.
seeking to establish his identity.
However. there is another side to
re seen IN this matter In WHITE
halls viii he tells how his first born.
Martha. Tas abused and IL may lie
mat the old man was only inordinate-
~ fond OF children. His prosnectus
10 build home or retreat for little
ones, where they would be cared for
and he free from all communications
would tend ia bear out this theory.
Whytehall may have BEEN arrested
II is pointed out but thai would not
make him eut crook
A clew furnished in Philadelphia
tends 10 show that WHITEHALL and
Ross Norwood or Thomas WALTON.
were one and the same persons.
Among the many newspaper clip
pings that were found in the yalise
belonging to WHITEHALL. as the man
was known here, were two from Phil
adelphia newspapers. They told 81
fht arrest OF one Ross Norwood in
that city, charged with attempt to
teal nine diamond rings from Mrs
tacoby, a iaudiRdy. When the bag
gage of this Norwood was searched
lp the police stock certificates made
oat To Thomas Walton were found,
and IN" Philadelphia police believed
that Norwood was only an assumed
name. and the real name OF the man
they had arrested was Thomas WAL
ton.
he disposition Of the Philadelphia
case Ia unknown. but the prisoner
probably was released, as the evidence
was not particularly strong against
him.
Monday Chief Werner came upon
document that gave weight to the
idea that Whytehall aud Norwood
or Walton were one aud the same
person
Upon sheet Of brown paper was
written commentary Of the evidence
in the case of Norwood and the writ
or went on; she said that she would
change $40 bill for me-" Later on
ne wrote; The man said he saw me
fumbling around the cushion where
til" diamonds We're found
Which is all that the police have
Z" establish the claim that Norwood
Whytehal and Walton are the same
person.