Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-24
Boyle once lived in Sharon.

money. Boyle once lived in Sharon
believe
After letting the man and woman sleep
for time, because of their condiIion.
which verged on stupor because of in
diligence in liquor. Capt. Shattuck at
o o'clock in the morning had them brought
into his Office. He put them through
The woman, after her arrest, reviled the
policemen In fluent French. as well as in
English. The detectives were astonished
at her flow of profanity. she appeared
she had been schooled in convent,
where. she would not say. She said she
was I'm the convent sixteen years. That
she could fight. Matron Love. who
searched her. comedies. She battied IKE
a tigress when the money was found be-
meath her skirt.
She is undoubtedly college bred and
with an excellent education" said Capt
Shattuck. She appears to be woman
of gentle birth who has been led astray.
She was under the influence of liquor and
we knoV she had been in saloons the
greater part of the afternoon
Confessed She Had Boy.
After cross-auestioning the man and the
woman for over four hours. Chief OF
Police Kohler said that he was confident
the people were in possession of the lad
all of the time he was absent from home
THE woman has confessed that she
she says she was in Cleveland with
Willie for four days. They roomed In
the east part of the city.
II believe that she first met the boy
and the man outside Of Cleveland. prob
ably in Ashtabula, and then came here
with them They were in Cleveland with
the boy from midnight Thursday until
Monday night.
"She admits that she disguised herself
as nurse while the boy was In her
were picked up by the police We secured
her disguise and two OF her grips. The
moment she entered my office l threw the
nurses apron over her shoulders and
placed the cap on her head. She OBJ
jected at first. but finally smiled and
admitted that the goods belonged to her"
Attempts to make either the man or the
woman reveal his or her name were
useless. The woman said that when her
identity became known it would show
his name was John Doe. The woman
claimed that they were man and wife.
Chief Of Police Crane of Sharon was
communicated with by Chief Kohler to-
day. He promised to start for this city
at once and take charge of the suspects.
They have signifed their willingness to
return to Pennsylvania without requisi-
ton papers.
Man Attempted to Escape.
The suspects were landed in the police
station late Tuesday night after the man
had made a desperate effort to escape
from the police. He jerked away from
Captain Shattuck on the street near the
police station and ran. Captain Shattuck
fired two shots at the fleeing man, and
the suspect. thoroughly frightened, STOP
ped and surrendered:
''Oh. it's all off now" said the woman
as she entered the police station door.
You got us dead right. There will be
hell in Sharon when Bull hears of this
When the woman was searched In the
police station 50, 790 in bills of IS, $40 and
$40 denominations were found sewed care
but $40 Of the money was done up in $500
packages. This Is the shape In which
Mr. Whitla withdrew the money which
he paid to the kidnapers In this city.
general description of the packages of
money was read over telephone to Mr..
Wnitla at his home in Sharon. and he
said he believed 1t was the same money
which he had left as a ransom for the
captors of his son. Bills and loose change
to the amount of $3.50 were found in
the pockets of the man suspect when he
was searched. This brought the total
amount of money which the two suspects
had up to $9,S4S.5O.
At first the woman refused to talk to
Kohler escorted her into his private office
and then began a grilling examination OF
her. She appeared frightened when he
threw the nurse gown over her shoulders.
the chiefs hair. She became recohciled
in few minutes and talked about the
kidnapping in a commonplace manner.
Read the Papers Closely.
Il used to get the newspapers every
he f,oA lat Of f,,y
reading the prophecies of the different
sleuths and near-sleuths. There were a
lot of things charged up to the folks who
had the boy that were not true
That the woman is clever, and Of good
education was proven by her converse
ton. She carefully warded off every adj
vance that the police made which might
have caused her to answer questions which
she should not have answered. She has
not confessed that she kidnapped the boy
far from 1t; she has said she was in
charge of him, but that is as far as her
story goes.
AS she tripped out of the door of the
newspaper men in the hall she said:
1T looks like parade this morning,
doesn't it?''
Then she laughed and went back to her
cell.
John Doe" her mysterious man part
chiefs Office cautiously.
Every question that he was asked he
answered guardedy. Chief Kohler asked
him about himself. his name, how long
he had been in Cleveland, and score of
other questions.
You tell me the answers first and then
l will tell them back to YOU answered
the suspect.
The chief told him of number Of
places he had traced him in the last two
days, watched him buy goods, drink and
eat. He told him what he ate on Monday
night for dinner and then what he ate
Tuesday night after the ransom money
had been paid to the kidnapers. The
second meal was of far better quality
than the first. said the chief. Instead of
trying to explain to the chief how he
had raised the money Doe just grim
ned and kept quiet.
Listen TO what the woman tells you,
whatever she says goes he remarked
once to the police.
Says She Framed the job"
The woman herself said during the
course of the night:
II am the kid that framed up this
job. all right
The woman is tall and blonde She
appears to be about % years old. al
though she says size is younger. Her face
is pitted with smallpo scars She wore
a black silk dress, gray cloak and a
n IL hat fI.o