Show MAN ANn AND WOMAN i UNDER ARREST FOR I Cleveland Police Make Quick Catch of Abductors of I Willie Whitla OFFICERS FIND MONEY IN THEIR POSSESSION LAD TAKEN HOME HOIE TO MOTHER WHOLE TOWN TURNS OUT OUTTO OUTTO OUTTO TO WELCOME HIM Cleveland Cleeland 0 O March 23 In the arrest here tonight of or a man and a woman having In their ther possession the police believe they have captured the kidnapers of at Willie Whitla The woman who was somewhat confused admitted that she had been responsible for the When placed In custody at atthe atthe atthe the Central police station she said to Captain Shattuck I am the one who planned the whole thing There will wilt be trouble for me and hell In Sharon tomorrow Beneath the womans skirt was found All AU of or it but 40 O was bound In packages with the original slips placed on the money when Whitla took it from the bank still around it IL Captain Shattuck and Detective Frank Wood made the arrests in the east end of ot the city Bullets Stopped Him When they neared the station the theman theman theman man broke away from Detective Wood and ran toward an alley while the po policeman fired two to shots from his re revolver revolver volver olver into the tho air ail at and a ld the man stopped The woman made no attempt to escape The woman appears to be well edu educated educated du ducat cat ed and is refined in manners She Shea sa saYs a sho h hc nent fifteen years vears of her life In lu a convent o In Pennsylvania but de denies denies denies nies that she has ever been in trouble before Both the man and the woman deny that they know the name of each other They admit that they are not notman notman notman man and wife According to the police pollee they were Intoxicated when placed in custody Due to their condition they the were not questioned closely closel by the po police police lice and were locked in separate cells Man Lives in Cleveland f Both will be arraigned in police court tomorrow on the charge of abduction according to Detective Wood Attempts were made to communicate with Whitla in Sharon tonight but he could not be he b located The man says that he has been a resident of or Cleveland for seven seventeen seventeen seventeen teen years cars He claims to have a moth mother er and sister here Captain Shattuck is said to have se secured secured Secured cured his description of ot the kidnapers from Willie Whitla Willie Whitla told Captain Shattuck on Monday fonday that the woman who kept him a prisoner had smallpox scars on her face The woman in custody has red spots on her cheeks and appears to have had smallpox She Is a tall taU blonde blond probably 25 years Oars old She was dressed In a black silk skirt a gray coat and black hat The man Is dark and Shadowed by Detectives Today Toda detectives heard that a man and a woman answering the description description description tion of or the kidnapers had been seen on the outskirts of the city They Th y came downtown and bought numerous arti articles articles cles des of Clothing tendering 5 and 10 bills in payment It was learned Later Latera a report came that the people had left lefta a package in a II downtown store which proved to consist of discarded clothing Captain Shattuck and Detective Wood trailed the woman and man around the business districts of the city for several hours during the afternoon but delayed taking them into custody Shortly after nightfall the police learned that the two had gone to the east end nd of ot the city The police walked up behind the pair and Captain Shattuck took the woman by the arm Detective Wood securing the man The couple staggered say sa the police as if they were intoxicated They The made no protest against accompanying accompanying partying the officers The man was downcast and would not talk The wo woman woman woman man chatted with the policeman at her side at first and asked to be released It was then she admitted having planned the In the meantime the man attempted to escape and the revolver shots of Captain Shattuck brought him to a I standstill Whitla says he has the numbers of the currency bills handed the kidnapers and the police are com oem comparing comparing paring the money found in the posses possession possession possession sion of the prisoners with the memoranda memoranda da of Whitla CLASPED IN MOTHERS ARMS Little Willie Return to His Home in Sharon Sharon Pa March tarch 23 Whitla the ransomed boy bo after an experience of five days das with kidnapers was as returned to his hi mothers arms soon after afternoon noon to Continued on Page 2 |