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Show COUSMS AIRE HELP AS WIIBERELL WMm tSs t3a aft A r9Si rPi r& .k -ci ji. jn. - JL -ci m. rju -n- m . r. jSIEII III iscid-fri:; lOIIElTJABIL' Two of Alleged Abductors Are Captured by Police of Los Angeles When They Find Rendezvous. BY CHARLES E. HTCHFS. (I. N. 8. Staff Correepondent.) -LOS ANGELE8, Jan. tl. After one of the moat dramatic and aenaational hunt In California criminal annals, Mrs. Gladya Wltherell, kidnaped from her home In Hollywood laat Tueaday evening, waa found aafe and unharmed early this morning In a lonely canyon cabin about mile, from Loa Angelea. A large poaae of. deputy aherlffa, po-Hoe po-Hoe and private detectivea. aome "f mhom were armed with aawed off lahotguna, eurrounded the cabin ani after a, given ala-nal crashed In the door and windowa, taking the lnmat- by complete eurpriae. - ura. Wlthfr-ell Wlthfr-ell waa found In an Inner room anl waa overjoyed when arouaed and tuld aha waa free. Hold Two Oonaina. Two coualna were captured by the offloera a . the ktdnaiiera. (m Arthur J. C'arr, waa trapped aa ha ' telephoning a nnaum demand. The aecond kldnnper waa taken after a atruggle In the canyon cabin at 4:10 thia morning when found hiding in a cloaet. He waa the myaterlous gray haired man who enticed Mra. Wltherell Wlth-erell from her home and gave the name of Floyd Carr. It waa through the vigilance of a, telephone operator that a clue to tha "neat" of the abductore waa dleeover ed. O. 8. Wltherell, huaband of tha kidnaped woman, waa called to hla telephone a few mlnutea before mid-night mid-night and a man began demanding the payment of i0,000 ransom or that Wltherell would auffer the death of hia wife by violent meana. Kecog-lUxing Kecog-lUxing the number of Wltherell'a telephone tele-phone and overhearing a few worda of the converaatlon. the operator at once tranamltted the Information to tha operators op-erators at police headquarters. i Officers were dispatched on a hurry call to a down town drug store- They covered the man aa he waa emerging-from emerging-from the telephone booth. Confession lUrrrala not. The man gave the name of Arthur J. Carr and waa subjected to terrlfle cross examination and after a grtlltnr made a confession Implicating seven men In the kldnaDlna- plot. These, be said, composed an organised croup of kidnaper. According to tha mank Mrs, Wltherell was chloroformed when leas than 100 yards from her home laat Tueaday about 10 p.m. She waa placed In an automobile and rushed to a house where the sans mad tu headquarters head-quarters and later taken to the cabin, five mllea east of Corona, All of southern California la bolting with indignation thla morning over the abduction. Extraordinary precautions pre-cautions will bo taken by th poltco and aherlff to protect the men arrested arrest-ed In connection with tho case. Bo-cauao Bo-cauao of the Increaslns frequepey with which young girls havo been attacked at-tacked In ls Angelea and vicinity la' tho last few weeks, stern demands havo boon made for heavy penalties' In caso arrests were made. Pastor t'rgeo Qnlek Trias. -Last night at Temple Baptist churoh th Kev. Dr. J. Whitcomb Brougher, on of the leading divines of th Pa-I Pa-I ciflc coaat, declared war on what ho j termed "th crooks who havo ten making Loa Angeles their wimr I bom." - - "A quick trial and a good stout rope," Dr. Brougher said, was 'lbs 1 finest remedy for th criminals and ! outlaws who have mad this city thaff? , winter rendexvous." "We ahould corral th bunch W ; robbers, hoiaupa, bunxo operator. kidnapera. attackera of women. mis derers. bootleggere and other of tM I lawless element who exploit our people peo-ple give them a three day. trial .nd hang the whole bunch who are gull ty," he added. Declaring a erussde on th. uad. .irable element." Dr. Brougher aaid: 'First, we ought to call on th. mayor and police commission to .n list six or seven of our leading eltl-sena eltl-sena and devise aome mean, to organize or-ganize 1.000 able bodied citisena for an active campaign to capture to. thugs of our city and deport them. TV! la of Kidnaping. The abduction of Mrs. WlrhereH, . a popular young matron of 25, wma th. moat daring crime vr exeeuteel In thl. vicinity. She was called t. th. door of her residence by a gray haired man. neatly dresswd and of medium build. He had Inquired of neighbor, where she resided. He told her that a woman had been hurt In ' (Continued an par tw.) i a hat and coat. The strsnger mentioned men-tioned that ha had an automobile a short distance away to rush her to the arena or the accident. "It was very dark an I could hare-ly hare-ly make out the form nf a little shack in a clearing- alone tha trees. They lifted ma out of the car and whan I tried to stand up I couldn't, I was so weak and cold. Clrrn Rough Treatment. "I couldn't hold my head up on account ac-count of the awful pain In my neck and shoulder caused from the hurt I Rot when they hurled me about the door of the car when I tried to get away. They took hold of me. one on either side, and they half carried ma as we walked toward the cabin. "When we got Inside they asked m if I wanted something to eat. But I couldn't eat-r-1 wasn't thinking about eating my darling baby- 1 only wondered If I would ever see my precious baby, my husband and dad, again. "One of the little rooms they said waa where I was to May. They told me I would not be permitted to leave that room under any circumstances, looked In Room. 'They took me in the room and placed aome food before me but I wasn't hungry. When they went out into the other room of the cabin they bolted the door and told me to be quiet and take things easy. It was dark and I groped my way to the only window in the room to find that it waa nailed up with heavy wooden slats. I realised that I waa a prisoner can you Imagine my feeling as a prisoner in the hands of two strange men whom I hsd never seen before maybe to be murdered. Oh, It all (seems like a night mare, an awful band's mother, who was coming te have dinner with me that evening, and I hurried away as fast aa pos-sit-la. "When w got to the machine, which waa waiting In front of my home, there waa another man at the wheel, Floyd Carr helped me into the automobile. We had no more than been seated in tha car when the man driving opened the car up at reckless speed. I thought nothing of thst. however, feeling that he wss hurrying hurry-ing me to the aide of my husband's mother who needed me. Beoosnea Buepfcmoua. "We turned th corner from Whitley, Whit-ley, the street my home la on. to Hun-set Hun-set Boulevard and kept on speeding toward town. Wa got to Sunset boulevard boule-vard and he turned In there and kept right on speeding. They had not gone very far when I tried to atop him. " 'I thought you said the accident waa on Hollywood Boulevard.' I asked. ask-ed. I was beginning to become frightened. fright-ened. Ha aald, 'No, you misunderstood misunder-stood me.' Then they kept right on speeding tha car and I made up my mind that I must get out. "When I pressed him for detsils of th accident and the make of the car he aald it waa a sedsn. I tried to think and could not think of any relatives rela-tives or personal friends, who owned own-ed a sedan. I Immediately waa seised with a fear that almost overwhelmed me. Immediately I began to struggle to get out of the car but he held me snd kept telling me that everything waa alright and to keep quiet. Cries For Help. "1 scrssmed at tha top of my voice, shouting 'murder' as loud aa I coull but there was nobodv passing us to esse e-e rail fee lisle. 1 heal aa- ' "Finally I dosed off In a sort of 1 1 stupor, weak from my continued I struggle, to free myself. 1 didn't sleep . I Just fell Into a kind of daxe. I , heard them talking over their plans. They talked In a low voice and I couldn't make out what they aald. Then they became quiet and I Just . kept still and prayad. , here Vision of Child. "My little baby's blue eyee eeemed to peer at me through the darkness and I Just thought I would have to . hurl myself through the wall in order ' to get out. But I knew they would choke me ho. that awful choking! "Then daylight came. One of the men railed to me through the walla of the room and asked me if I wanted any thing. He said they hsd prepared some breakfast ami asked me If 1 didn't think I had better eat. I waa faint anil not hungry but I thought beat to listen lo them, fearing they might harm me if I did not. Isiet Hhue Worriea. "They saw that I had loat one of my slippers and that worried them greatly. great-ly. They were afraid somebody would find liand that it might give my folks some clue of my whereabouts. "One of them said ha would buy me snother pair of shoes and later In the day he went away snd bought ms these things I've got on now. They're paper makeshifts for shoes. I don't know where he got them but he said he paid 14.(0 for them. I gueee he did. . "They were very kind ro me all the time I wae held In captivity only they refused to let m go out of the house. They never once mistreatsd me. They were Juat as courteous aa they could be. only they made me realise 1 was being held a prleoner and that tha little lit-tle room In which I was kept wss my prison. j Thouairt IHwth Near. "This morning whsn the officers crashed In the windows and dooia of the place I screamed with all my might. I thought that I wae going to be murdered. I knew lha men who raptured me were armed with revolvers revolv-ers and I wss afraid that thsy would shoot me before th officers could gst to me. "tt wss a terrible suspense t dresd to think of It. And the next thing I knew my desr husband thrsw his ai ms sround me my husband and freedom at last!'' fighting the man and trying to get out and I tor th rallrobe from the bsrk of th seat In my struggle. All the time I kept kicking and fighting him but he waa to atrong for me and held m tight while the other man kept the car running at high speed. "Then when I kept up my cries for hslp h put his hands around my throat and choked me. I never will forget the awful aensatlon aa I was rendered unconscious. First It seemed seem-ed that everything turned red and then I couldn't aee at all. He had thrown m down on the floor of the ear when ha atarted choking me and I was unconscious for som time. Attempt to Ferape. "Finally I regained consciousness a little while later and then 1 laid still In th bottom of the car trying to make up my mind what to do. From th conversation of the two men 1 learned that we were driving toward Vernon. I decided to make one more try to get out. Hlowly and cautiously I reached the lock on the side of the car and opened the aide door. Quick aa a flash I hurled myeelf out, feet first and waa clear of the machine alt but neck and shoulders when he grabbed me and atruggled to get me back In the car. "I kept kicking and erreatiilng all the time and some plsrs along the line I lost one of my shoes.' I tore the side curtains off tha machine In my fight lo free myself and 1 fought him desperately. des-perately. is Choked Agala. "Then he choked me sgsin. My Ood! Thst awful feeling that comes ovsr you whsn you realise thst a msn 1 choking you to death and your life la going. 1 did not know anything mora till we got out someplace and then we had stopped because they blew out a tire. They hsd stopped to fig It. Then I ranie to and laid still. "Ths next thing I knew we stopped alongside of another machine. Then they bound me hand and foot. Then they took the belt off my roat and strapped my anklea with It and tied my hands behind my back with some kind of rope. They threw me In the bottom of the rsr and Floyd Carr drove It. The other man got in the second car and trailed along behind us. "As near aa I remember now It s so much like a horrible dream and It la hard to collect my thoughts on some of the details of the wild ride Mrs. Witherell Telia How She Wss Kidnaped leO A NO ELKH. Cl., Jan. SI Unfolded Un-folded In th protrctlnn arm of hr hunbnd ht w blng hurried from the seen of her captivity In a peed I tiff automobile to the aide of her It-montha-old baby. Jack, air a. laJyT, w.theiell aofebed 4v her story early today reciting. In graphlo detail the Incldenta of her abduction, step by me p. from tha tuna aha waa atolen from her homa until ah waa reacuad ! at an early hour thia morning. Aa tha frail Httla wife and mother told her etory aha pauaed at Interval, from the pain of a poaaibly dial oca ted shoulder on her neck were the black finder print niaika of hands of Kloyd Carr. who twice choked her to atop her crlea aa she fought to free herself while being eplrlted away. THIa Her Hinrj. Here la Mra. Witherell'a atory told in her word: "When the gray haired msn came to my home In Hollywood he waa In a hurry and told me that t waa wanted by a woman who maa hurt In an auto- It waa at .lurmnfton para mi . tlrs blew out. Fifth, is Keiicwfd. 'After we got to where the other machine was and they began to atrap me. I fought desperately to get free. They choked me and lammed me a ruin at the car dnnr ao hard that It hurt my neck snd ahouldera. J am afraid thst my ahouldar Is dislocated It pslna me eo dreadfully. "A 4hy-had ma- lying helpless on the floor of the car snd one of them held me down while the other poured something of the nature of chloroform or ether Into my face, for whatever it a. It made me unconecloua for s white ' Everything waa dark when I finally fin-ally came to my eenaee and we were driving driving driving I did not know where. I wsa chilled with the cold and I nesrly frote aa I Ihv atretched In the bottom nf the car with my handa snd feet tied. "I kept quiet. 1 could hear the ; noise of the other car following ua. Tit Ink a of Her Baby. j "A a 1 lay there In th bottom of j th ear 1 thought of my bahy my darling little baby mv huaband. my I father. I wondered If they knew) what waa befalling me. I ehiiddered ae I thought that I might never see them again. "It aeemed that we never would etop. Then after a long while it seemed like an age of eternity we slowed down Immediately at some place and came to a eieo. They talked to me then and told me not to be afraid. That they were not going to harm ma " 'We got you because we know your family la rich and haa plenty of money and that they will pay eome of It to get you back," the gray haired man said. tine Hear of Ransom. "Now you Just keep quiet snd don't make any oulcriea and you will be all right. When they pay us a reward w will ae that ou are safely returned re-turned te your home. But not till then. We're net going to hurt you. so you don't need to be one bit afraid. We're going 10 keep you here In this little place till we get the money eo make up your mind lo make the best of It and no harm will befall you. "Then they untied my ankles and tumsd me around so they could unfasten un-fasten h rope from my hsnds. waa eo sore and stiff that I could hardly sit up. They rsisrd me to the seat and ail the time kept telling me they weren't going to harm me and for me not te be afraid." STOLEN V.'OVA!, RESCUED reoa Miy cabin Continued from page onei an automobile accident and wa asking ask-ing for her aid. "Mrs. Wltherell hsd been expecting a call from her mother-in-law and as-oelsted as-oelsted her with the accide.nl. A neighbor wss cslled in to care for llttie Jack, the Wltherell lt-moiuhs-old son. and Vfra. Wltherell hasteneC swsy with the stranger after donning |