Whitaker waxa uu kula kulmay fanaan Xavier Martinez maqaayada Coppa ee San Francisco. Isaga oo ka helaya mawduuc ku habboon, wuxuu sawiray iyada oo bilaabay taxanahiisa Elsie. Dhulgariirkii ka dib 1906
, Martinez wuxuu u guuray Piedmont. Bilo kadib, wuxuu u guursaday Whitaker oo 18 jir ah, oo horey ugu yaboohday in ay guursato ugu yaraan afar nin oo kale, kuwaas oo ahaa saaxiibo aabbeheed. markay dooratay Martinez, waxay tiri, "waxaan go'aansaday in aan doorto qofka i siiya nolosha ugu xiisaha badan". Martinez, oo 37 jir ah, waxa uu labo sano ka yaraa Elsie aabeheed Herman Whitaker. Lammaanuhu waxay is guursadeen Oktoobar 1907.