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Show that they are men of more than average aver-age Intelligence. Cleveland. March 23- James I. Whitla. and bH son Billy, lert today for tho family home in Sharon, Pa , and were escorted to the railroad station sta-tion by a cheering crowd of poplo. The kidnaped youngster was clasped in the arms of his father from the mo-ment mo-ment thoy left the Hollenden hotel until they reached the train. Hundreds crowded the corridors ot tho Hollenden hotel in tho hope or catching a glimpse of the lad whose whereabouts had become a puzzle to the detectives of the land. "Gee, papa," said the youngster, as he was being helped Into a taxlcao, "I hopo mama Is on the front porcn waiting for us." "She will be there," was the simple answer from the father as he clasped the hand of his boy. The speed of a Cleveland taxlcao did not deter hundreds from following to the Erie station where the Whit-las Whit-las boarded a train. The father appeared ap-peared to be the happiest man in ' northern Ohio, and "Billy" proreased to believe that a "real chu-chu was more better than one of them street engines." Mr. Whltla w-as not Inclined to discuss dis-cuss the matter of ransom, or the plans of the family in dealing with tho kidnapers. j "I am so glad to have the boy in my arms," said the fathor, half smiling and half crying, "that I have given no thought to the kidnapers. That will , bo up to the police, and as I live and breatho, I am not worrying over their i . movements." ! The $10,000 ransom of "Billy" Whlt-' Whlt-' la was paid to his kidnapers in a little lit-tle grocery store at East Firty-thlrd street and Standard avenue, an hour after noon Monday. ! The money was received by an ordinarily or-dinarily dressed working man who ; gave his name as'Hayes. He picked j up the package filled with yellow baek- ed billa, smiled nonchalantly and lert, Mrs. Bernard Hendrlckson. tempor-I tempor-I arlly in charge of the store lor her j mother, Mrs. Margaret Uhle, forgot i to notice which way the man went, and. at the door of the little grocery. Is the last trace the police have ot i him. I The Hayes man 'stepped into the ! Btore at noon, and asked if a package j ; had been left there for him. Mrs. i Hendrlckson, without noting his ap- j pearance, told him there had not been. An hour later a prosperous looking man, who said his name was Williams, came in with a Bmall package in lits ! pocket. "Ho said he wanted to leave it for a man named, Hayes," said Mrs. Hen- j drlckson today.. "He asked if Hayes had been here and 1 said he had. Wll-J Hams left the package and not twoj , minutes later Hayes came in and aslC I ed: I " Is mypackage here?' ! "I told him that it vn, and he took ! it from where it lay exposed on top i of the cigar case, and went away," The Uhle store is' near the Stand-j Stand-j ard school and is one of the familiar small shops where school children may purchase pencils and note books. Its customers are frequent, and the i place was exceedingly well chosen for j Buch a transaction when publicity was I not desired. i Mrs. Uhle, the proprietor, has conducted con-ducted the place ror seventeen years, . She was not in the 6tore when the j passage of the ransom took place, and j her daughter was the only witness to j the transfer. i Throughout, the development bt the plans of the kidnapers show that they ; operated with the utmost skill.. Each time they have appeared lnany public pub-lic place, their trail ends w here they i wanted it to end. j At the east end candy store, where j the money was paid, the tracks of the ', man who got it end at the door. At Tayne avenue and East Thirtieth ' street, where the boy was .taken to board, there is no trace of the mon who accompanied him beyond the vacant va-cant lot, where ho stood and watched ; the boy take the street car. It may be a day or two berore Willie Wil-lie Whitla is able to tell the whole ; story of his wanderings. When he ' came into the hotel Monday night he j was dazed. He scarcely knew his father when the man leaped to him and- seized him in his arms. J He did remember that a woman gave him "medicme," evidently a strong ; narcotic, for many of tho child's recol- lections were hazy In the extreme j His heavy eyes and unaccustomed dullness of 6peech prove that he was in a stupor most of the time he was ' In custody of the child thieves. i ! Even when he came to the Hollen-1 , den Monday night, he thought he wan ' in Ashtabula or Akron he had heard , the men tell of those two places. He knew that he had been in Warren and in New Castle. He thought he had been in the latter three days, most of which time ho spent In bed. This was while he was drugged. , FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE Populace of Sharon Give Little Fellow and Mr. Whitla an Ovation That Could Not Have Been Heartier After an Absence of Five Days, Kidnaped Boy Is Restored to His Mother's Arms. ing with happy anticipation, since last night, to see her boy. affectionately affection-ately clasped her child to her breast and for several minutes they clung to each other and sobbed. j "My boy, my dear, dear boy, you are back .in mother's armB." I Crying and hugging the little fellow, ' the mother showered him with kisses, and seemed reluctant to leave bim from her arms to answer the callB of the multitude gathered In iront or the house. After being in the house live minutes, Mr. and Mrs. Whitla, wicli Billle, his uncle, and aunt, Mr. ana rJ9. Ruhl, and his grand-parents, Mr. 1 and Mrs. William Whitla, both ot j them over 80 years old, came out on the front porch. The crowd cheero; and rushed toward the houBe. For a moment, it seemed aa though some ot the people would be crushed. They j were restrained by tho detectives, however, and consented to keep still I while the family poBed for a photo-giaph. photo-giaph. As soon as this was over, the demonstration dem-onstration broke forth again, Willi') climbed to the railing fturroundlng the porch, and, apparently paying no attention at-tention to the great crowd, yelled to several school companions whom he saw in the street. f. Tonight thero will bo a big celebration celebra-tion in honor of Willlo's return, with Frank . Buhl, the millionaire uneio ' of the boy, taking the leading part. The police have started to work in earnest now, and every effort will be made to arrest tho abductor. it is believed when Mr. Whitla 'tolls tne complete story or Ida negotlatioui j with the men, some clue will develop I that will eventually lead to their capture, cap-ture, i i The successful manner in which this case was worked out by the boy's cap- j tors, is evidence to tho detectives Sharon. Pa., March 23. Willie Whitla, Whit-la, the ransomed boy, after an experience experi-ence of five dayB with kidnapers, was returned to, his mother's arms toon after mon today. The reunion took place around the family hearthstone in the Whitla home, and no prying eyes were peimiited to witness the greeting greet-ing of mother and son, only tbe intimate relatives of the family being present at the Joyful homecoming of the lad. Accorded an ovation bv the populace popu-lace or Sharon that cor.Id not have heen heartier, tho little fellow and his father arrived here at 12: OC, after an absence of 125 nourf.. Fully 5.000 per-on per-on extended the lad a demonstrative greeting. Punhlng their way through' the dense crowd sunoundlug tho rail-Kai rail-Kai blatk.u, Mr. Whitla, Willie, his uncle and a detective boarded a cab and were quickly driven home. Cheering and singing, the great gathering of enthusiastic neighbors and citizens followed the cab through the street. Business was practically at a standstill, public schools were dis-rulftsed dis-rulftsed and a jollification that will last until late today was given full sway. At the Whitla residence a seconJ large crowd had been congregating throughout Uie morning. As .the cab and cheeiing ijurong were 'sighted, those surrounding the Whitla home shouted and danced with Joy. When tbe boy and hla father attempted to alljrht from the cab they were in the midst of a remarkable demonstration. Tears were In man,' eyc3 and all Sharon Shar-on seemed mail with Joy. With difficulty the party succeeded In extricating "themselves from tho crowd. Once inside the huae, the mother, who had been patiently wait- |