Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1909 — KIDNAPERS HOW IN PENNSYLVANIA [ARTICLE]

KIDNAPERS HOW IN PENNSYLVANIA

Boyle Declares The; Have No Evidence Against Wile. WfIITLA GETS BACK SONET Woman Denies She Has Been on the Btage But Bmllingly Adds That Bhe May Try the Footlights—'The Couple, Escorted by Two Pollcemerv Are Jeered by Crowd That Gathers in Trainehed—lndictment For Blackmail In Ohio. Pittsburg, March 26. James H. Boyle and his wife, arrested as the kidnapers of little Willie Whltla of Sharon, Pa., arrived here today. This practically closes the caseß as far as Cleveland is concerned as further action will be taken by tbe Pennsylvania authorities. The, Cleveland police have a club over the heads of the Boyles in a joint indictment, charging James H. Boyle and Helene Boyle, alias Faulkner, with blackmail. This charge Is based on the payment of SIO,OOO ransom by J. P. Whltla for the recovery of his son. As Boyle and his wife, each accompanied by two patrolmen, walked through the train shed the crowd greeted them with hoots and jeers. That Mrs. Boyle had nothing to do with the actual kidnaping of Willie Whltla was the statement made by the woman and her husband. Boyle declares there is absolutely no way to connect his wife with any offense committed in Pennsylvania. Mrs. Boyle denied that she is Helen Faulkner and declared emphatically that she had never been on the stage. "But maybe I’ll get the chance now,” she added merrily. Mrs. Boyle also denied that she is in anyway related to the Whltla family. Mrs. Boyle said she was born and reared In Chicago and that her father Is a resident of that city. Whltla has received the money recovered when Boyle and bis wife were arrested.