The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-24
SUSPECTS IN KIDNAPPING CASE ARE HELD Man and Woman Arrested at Cleveland Undoubt-
 edly Concerned in
 Crime. Most of the Ransom Money Found on Woman's
 Person. Little Billy Whitla Goes to See If He Can Identify Them - Suspects Give Names of G. III. Boyle and Helen Fa1kner-WiIl Be Turned Over to Pennsyl- vania.
Special from United Press.)

Whitla stepped off the train from Sharon this afternoon he identified photographs of the man and woman who gave the names of J. H. Boyle and Helen Falkner. now under arrest at the police station, as his kidnap-
 pers.
 Cleveland March 24-The names G. H. Boyle and Helen Falkner were g;v-
 en to the police this morning by the man and woman detained last night in connection with the kidnapping of Billy whitIa. ''FaIkner'' wal Mrs. Whitla's name before her marriage and this fact tends to confirm the sus- picionS of those who have said all along that the kidnapping was accom- plished by someone connected with the Whitla family. The police are sure they have either the kidnanpers them federates
 The most telling evidence of their guilt is the money found on the wom- an, s9,S4s, and the fact that it was wrapped just as Whitla says he wrap ped the ransom money.
 Until brought face to face with the boy and accused by him it seems to be the intention of the pair to deny their guilt. The nearest to a. confession thus far was an exclamation of the woman:
 'There'H be - to pay in sharon when Buhl hears of this.'' She referred to Frank H. Buhl, millionaire uncle of the boy.
 The police are now seeking the ac- complices of the kidnappers in Sharon, for they are certain the crime could not have been pulled off without more help. At the same time they have warned the Sharon authorities to guard Billy closely for the woman-this- morn ing threatens trouble for someone in the family
 Billy Whitla was held a captive in an apartment house on one of the princi- pal streets of Cleveland. barely mile from the center of the city. From his description the police were able to recognize it. The man and woman were locked up just before midnight formally charged with the Kidnapping.
 At POP Prospect avenue is rather handsome apartment house called the Granger. From Billy's description the police concluded that this was the place of his captivity. Yesterday they visited the place and talked with the very couple now under arrest but through a mistake failed to make any arrest then. This may have lulled the fears of the suspects for they made no attempt to leave town. Last night Police Captain Shattuck and Detective Frank Wood shadowed the pair to saloon and when they came out made the arrest. Just outside the police sta ton the man tried to break away but after a chase he stumbled and fell and was captured.
 At the first search the only money found on them was s5S in currency carried by the man. Then the police matron undertook the job- Concealed on the woman's clothing she found s9,S4S The money was tied in $500 packages with pink tape bearing the imprint Lawrence. Saratoga. N. Y.'' While no identification of the bills by numbers has yet been made MT. Whit la said over the telephone early to-day that the ransom greenbacks were wrapped up in the same manner as the money found.
 When asked if he would prosecute the kidnappers if they are identified will"
 we could have arrested these peo- pie Sunday said Chief Kohler to-day. s.If WhitIa had answered a letter writ ten him by them we could have taken the kidnappers into custody. Whltla did not seem to want to act with us We will turn the prisoners over to Pennsylvania authorities as soon as they get here" said Koh1er. '1ts up to them to prosecute.
 The arrest was finally made on a tip given the police by Patrick O'Reilly. saloon keeper. The couple had D 'anned to leave town at once. They visited O'Reilly's saloon and bought a num- Der of drinks. The man told ORellly that he was having trouble in the city and wished to leave secretly He ask ed O'Reilly to escort his '1ady friend' to a depot. He himself planned to take an automobile to Shelby and catch Big Four train fer the west there. O'Reilly refused to escort the woman or to permit his bartender to do so. He notified the police and the man and woman were taken as they were starting for the station.
 Sharon. Pa. March 24.-"Billy'' Whit la, accompanied by his father. James P Whitla. his uncle. Frank Buh1 and Chief of Police Crane will leave at 11:2 o'clock this morning over the Erie Railroad for Cleveland to view eae two suspects said to be Helen Forkner and James Boyle now held in that city
 Cleveland, March 24.-Chief of Police l KohIer this afternoon said that J. H. Boyle under arrest charged with the I<idna pping has admitted he is a plumber residing in Sharon and that the woman calling herself Helen Faulkner is his wife.
 John Boyle, secretary of the County l Commission, this afternoon | identified the man as distant rela- i tive He says he lives in Sharon and | that the name he gives is correct.
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