Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-05-08
MRS. JAMES BOYLE IDENTiFiEn
ON STAND BY "RlLLYv WHlTLA
AS WOMAN WHO CARED FoR
HIM IN CLEVELAND.
BOYLE DECLARES HE
is NOT TO BLAME
MAN CONVICTED YESTERDAY
CREATES CONNECTION IN couRT
-ATTEMPT MADE TO MOB WON.
AN BY MEMBERS OF HER SEX. /

AN BY MEMBERS OF HER SEX
Mercer, Pa, May THE court ROOM
was packed today when the trial oA
Mrs. James Boyle, indicted as Mary
Roe" as an accessory to the kidnap{
ing of BILLY" Whitla was resumed,
Billy" Whitla, the kidnapped boy waa
the first witness. After repeating subj
stantially his testimonysof yesterday
he identified Mrs. Boyle as the woml
an who cared for him in Cleveland and
whom he mad known as Mrs. Jonesa
Several other witnesses gave praG
tically the same testimony they gayd
yesterday in regard to the kidnapping.
Boyle Creates commotion.
| Declaring he wanted to tell the
| whole truth about the kidnapping case,
James Boyle created commotion I'M
court today. Boyle was put on foR
the state and asked to produce the
first letter to Whitla demanding the
100000 ransom. Without any ref1
erence to the letter, Boyle almost
shouted out; Il want to tell the truth
about this case now want the
whole thing cleared up. I am not te
4 blame, The whole blame Is on sonrpi
/ one else"
Attorneys for both the state and the
4 defense, the court officials and Judge
Miller himself took part in an effort
/ to stop Boyle's tongue. He finally del
MED having the letter, saying he had
once had it and subsequent letters but
he does not know now where theT
are.
/ Woman Attacked by Mob.
Mrs Boyle" was attacked on the
streets here last night by mob OF
Emany hundred women while enrouta
from the county court house back td
the Jail. 1t was only Ly the combined
efforts Of several ministers and a scora
tof business men, assisting Sheriff
William Chess and his deputies that
the mob was kept from doing tha
woman bodily harm. She was badly
jostled.
The woman was being brought from
/ the court house with her husband1
James H. Boyle. who early In the aft3
ernoon had been convicted Of kidnapg
A ing by a jury that had been out but
a few minutes. Mrs. Boyle was fm1
mediately placed on trial and 1t waa
after court closed that the denonstra3
tion outside the court house occurredi ]
Mrs. Boyle had been brought from tho
Jail about 2:30 p. M, and the newa
that she was in the rickety old school
house, which Is being used by a court
house, spread rapidly.
Mob Soon Gathers.
The mob soon began to gather.
When Deputy Sheriff William Stuart,
with the woman handcuffed to him.
came out Of the court the mob nnni4
bered 1000, more than half of tha
, members women.
There's the hussy. They don u
/. need jury If they let me at her! =
shouted big woman.
"Hussy yourself. Go home and
wash your dirty face,' snapped Mrs.
Boyle slipping her hand out of
Stuart's pocket and starting for the
angry Amazon, handcuffed though she
was.
Then the mob's rage burst all
bounds. The women screamed and
jostled the deputy and Mrs. Boyle ofe
the sidewalk, many trying to hit her
with brooms or sticks.
Let us hang her. Get the rope.
,, Get the rope!" screamed some of the
mob. One threw an egg, which broke
on tree near the woman.
j Boyle Tried to Aid.
Boyle, who was in charge Of Sheriff
Chess, tried to break away and coma
back to the aid of the woman, but the
big sheriff would stand for no delay,
as he was of the opinion that there
might lurk under the demonstration q
scheme Of friends to rescue the pris-
oner. Chess went on with the prison
er to the jail and then came back 20
assist in the safe conduct of Mrs.
Boyle, who, with her escorts, was sur-
, rounded by the angry mob.
) The Rev. ]. S. Duncan, pastor Of the
, First Presbyterian church, who had
+ come from the court house with the
: Boyles, did his best to pacify the an
CRY women. He was brushed to one
side by some of them and told to hold
his peace.
: Flushed and angry, Mrs. Boyle fin
a ally reached the jail doors, and, turn.
/ ing, she said:
/ IF they'd let me I'd make you all