Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-02-01
'Witherell
Kidnapers
Admit Act.
Cousins Plead Guilty to Alb.
Quoting Los Angeles Woman
-Sepence Deferred Tn
til Wednesday.
Was Treated Kindly

Us tAttSNiNNs ldt's ~ " Nllhl w =
Carr and Floyd l.. Carr, cousins,
confessed kidnapcrS of Mrs. Gladys
. Withcrcll, wiic OF @. ). Withcrel',
investment company president,
rl2aded guilty to a charge oi Kid
napiuc in the superior court late
today. Sentence was deferred until
rtNt "Wednesday Morning.
Mrs. Glady, Withcrcll Sjsappcarcd
was found carly Ibis morning
prisoner in a suail house OF a sheep
ranch eight miles cast ot Corona,
II Riverside county. about 20 miles
SnqshcaSt Ct Los \agelcs.
Operator is Responsible.
\ telephone operators quicb&vit.
torness led TO tie discovery OF Mrs.
Nihcrell and .Fc Cars arrest. TIE
operator received a call from pav
station for the residence of O. s.
Wither;1 and DELAYED making the
call until the police had been sent
Ito the pay station. where they ar
rested \ l. Carr lust as he was con-
cluding a delayed'ronversation which
he had promised relatives in a letter
sent them Satu' day.
Mrs. Witilere!l and her husband
rushed into each others arms. She
>obbed and called him "laubie, lam
be over and over again.
TFe scene between Mrs. Witherell
and her father, John {. kratz, was
as affecting. .~
Rewards totaling $1,000 were oil
tered for information as to Mrs,
Withercll's Whereabouts Witherell's
former business partner and former
stenographcr. Charles Beverly, and
Mrs. Eleda Westrem Tenney, were
Killed early Sunday i'll an automobile
accident while detectives were fol-
lowing them into Los Angeles from
a suburb. Why they were followed
was unexplained. |-
Revenge Was Motive.
At the police station the Cars
said they came here three months
ago and had lakcn most of that
time preparing Tor revenge on the
elder Withcrcll. because he had once
blocked a deal" whereby Floyd
Carr could have gotten fishing
Yacht, according TO the police.
I'VE sure treated the little dame
(rcferring to Mrs. WithercllI all
right the police said Jack Carr
told them. I'VE even bought her a
powder puff, sandy and the daily
papers"
Nfrs. Walitrell bore up web l3nrtil 4
>atic, she was reunited vita her
child, Then She suffered a nervous
collapse and on the advice of a
physician. was put to bed.
Story of Abduction.
Through her husband, she gave
out a brief story OF her abduction,
1t follows; 49,
Il was. getting dinner las Tues
day night--Moth Withercll was
Coming over--When he. the man |
learned later was Floyd Carr. came
TO the door, saying someone was
calling for me--a woman hurt ii ar
accident on the boulevard.
Il had never seen helm before. out
| thought my husbands mother had
been hurt SOL went with hir'
rWe got in a r1acii'ne down the
street. Another man, who | found
out afterward, vas Arthur Carr,
was at the wheel rode i'll the
hack scat with thc one who came
10 the house. e--
"\Ne turned on the boulevard. !
was wondering how soon we would
get to the scene OF the accident.
They did not say much. and sudden
" ! knew. something was wrong. |
tried TO jump out, but one OF them
GRABBED me- ! felt a wet rag around
my face. | smelled tie odor OF
ehloroform. 81 struggled as long as
could, Then knew nothing,
Was Treated Kindly.
came to Just before we reached
the cabin where they kept me.
They told me they were after
money. realized | must wait my
chance to escape, q. he next day
they let me write. to MY husband,
= Just to say that | was all rightA They
told me afterwards they sent my
letter with theirs. demanding S20,-
900 to let me go.
NO. they did not hurt me, When
they took me out OF the house for
fresh air they bhndfolded me. Floyd
Carr was with ME most OF the time.
They brought me the papers. did
some OF the cooking. ! was wild
TO do anything besides wait. wait.
wait | could not sleep was so
werried about the baby-he had not
beer well-and my husband and all
my family.
asopl 'AeMe seM | ann spl ~.
terrible days and uights--l slept