The San Francisco call., 1909-05-11
,KIDNAPER GETS
LIFE; WIFE is
GIVEN25 YEARS
Boyle issues Statement Accus=
ing BIackmaiIed Man of
WhitIa Abduction
Woman Makes Vain Effort TO
Kill Herself With Morphine
Tablets

prisonment in the western penitentiary
st Pittsburg for the kidnapping of
Billy Whitla. Mrs Boyle. indicted as
Mary Doe. received a sentence OF 25
years with fine Of $4,000 and the costs
Of the prosecution.
Before he was taken from here to the
penitentiary at Pittsburg today Boyle
made the statement which both he and
his wife have been promising and
which they said would shake the
country" The statement follows:
ON the morning Of -. between the
hours Of -. Dan Reeble Jr. was
found dead on the sidewalk in Youngs-
town and over the PROSTATE form was
Harry Forzer Of Sharon. Pa. holding
in his right hand a package of letters
gathered from the sidewalk near the
body
As he was about TO depart he was
ercepted by the writer and man
n lO has since passed TO his reward,
Dan Shay. q saloon keeper
In Mr.. FOrker's hurry 10 leave the
scene he failed 10 find two envelopes
that contained four letters.
WRITTEN BY WOMAN
The letters were written by a lady
TWO from party in New York and the
others from Cleveland. O. At a later
date Mr.. Forker was appraised Of the
fact that the writer held these letters
ln his possession and asked if he could
use the same A letter was Immediate
ly sent the writer by Mr.. Forker, stat
ing that he (Adr. Forker) would like
10 have a personal talk with the writer
and a meeting took place a day or so
after. Mr.. Forker acknowledged he
would pay for the letters. The amount
not being considered sufficient, was re-
fused and from that day on and up
until March. 1908, the writer on the
preteXt of exposing the letters and the
coincidence Of Mr.. Forker being dis
covered bending over the PROSTATE
form Of Mr.. Reeble, had received at diff
ferent times amounts of money from
Mr. E-Orker to remain silent.
About six months ago. when 1 re-
turned to Sharon with my wife, ] met
Nr. FoTizer and informed him that un-
less f received $4,000 between then and
the time [ intended to leave Sharon I
would hold the secret no longer
KIDNAPPING PLOT OUTLINED
March I6. 1908. I received an answer,
which read as follows:
%. You know the circumstances and
the promise I made you when you left
here. but if you really are desper-
ateIv in need Of money. as you pro-
TESS to be- ] viii outline a little plan
which with your cooperation cap nc
very successfully carried out, viz: The
bduction Of J. p. Whitla's son. I can
orange 10 have the boy brought TO
Warren. O.. due there at 1l:1S with
escort.
II left Cleveland at sis a. m and
arrived at Warren at 1906 a. m. then
proceeded 10 Niles, O.. by streetcsr. 1
srrived at Warren at 1l:lS a. m. but,
= ling TO see the boy and his escort, 1
got Of at Warren ana remained IN
the vicinity Of the depot.
About 10 minutes later boy and es-
cort arrived and I was then informed
that they drove from Sharon TO War
-ren. i warned the party to take the
boy up along the Pittsburg and West
cru track. leave him there and that
would attend to the rest of it. and
which he proceeded to do.
j brought the boy to Niles, o.. from
there TO Ashtabula and then TO Cleve-
land. On March p ] received a letter
from Mr. Forker stating that some
one had informed Mr.. Whitla that they
had recognized his boy. March IS. in
Niles. O., and that James Boyle OF
Sharon was with him.
Upon learning that my name was
mentioned in connection with the case,
z met Mr. Whitla personally in Cleve-
land at Fifty-third street and ST. Clair
avenue, showed him the letter that
nassed between Mr.. Forker and my
self also the Youngstown letters, and
Mr- Whitla promised that If ! would
substantiate the truth of the Youngs-
town letters he would see there would
be no prosecution.
GAVE wHITLA LETTERS
y then surrendered through Mr..
Whitla all the letters that were III
my possession, and the world knows
the result. I was arrested and con-
victed and deprived by my own coun-
sci Of telling my story on the stand.
] informed my wife the boy was
brought in order to escape being quar-
sntined in the pesthouse and we were
to be handsomely rewarded for taking
care Of him
That the threats Of double suicide
made by Mrs. Boyle last night were
not mere idle words was shown today,
which had been secreted in his cloth
ing. was taken from Boyle today, and
that Mrs. Boyle had taken what she
says was enough morphine TO kill two
people She was rendered partly un-
conscious during the night and was
very sick this morning. IT is believed
the effect Of the morphine caused her
10 collapse in the courtroom.
Foraker Denies Story
SHARON, Pa. May I0.-Harry For
ker was seen tonight regarding the
statement issued by Boyle. He said:
j know absoluteluy nothing of this
case I only know Boyle and other
members OF his family as residents Of
Sharon have never had any deal
ings with him ] do not know the
woman who is said 10 be his wife. /
can conceive Of no reason why BOYLE
should make such statement unless
IL be TO get even with the Whitla fam
lily for his prosecution. Boyle never
showed me any letters Boyle did not
see me in Cleveland"
J. p Whitla, father OF the kidnaped
boy, today, after BoyIe's statement
had become public, denied he had seen
Boyle OF talked with him in Cleve
land prior TO his sons return and the
arrest Of Boyle.