The Detroit times., 1909-05-08
MRS. BOYLE FOUND GUILTY;
MAY GET Is YEARS
,co-tInsea from r.ss o.<J

back TO the Jail was undisturbed.
Those who hissed and fiouted her yes
terday now showed nothing but pity.
William r. McDermott the Chicago
brokers' clerk. said 10 be "A brother or
Mrs. James n. Boyle. Today made aII
apparent acknowledgement OF the rela.
tionship. He appeared FOR the first
time In court where the woman is on
tria, for kidnapping Billy Whitla and
took seat beside her. McDermott 10
quoted as saying that he will spend
all his small savings TO keep his sister
from prison. To his influence Is at
tributed the woman's consent 10 keep
on the stand and deny the prosecu-
tion a chance TO probe her past life.
In beginning his argument for the
defense Attorney s. h. Miller told the
Jury there was no more evidence that
Mrs. Boyle did anything In Mercer
county toward aiding in the kidnapping
that that she committed IN act really
toward the kidnapping itself. He said
this because the prosecution did not
ask a conviction for KIDNAPPING. the
first count OF the indictment, but only
for aiding In a KIDNAPPING. the second
count Miller asked the court TO
charge that Mrs. Boyle could not be
convicted unless IL was shown she
committed some overt act In Mercer
county" and that no act In Ohio could
be used against her. Attorneys for
the prosecution denied Millers con-
tention that there was no evidence OF
an overt act in Mercer county.
The evidence that Mrs. Boyle said
at Sharon she was expecting money
from her father said Miller. lis NJ
evidence that she planned there 10
get n ransom for Billy Whitla. II you
start in TO guess. the decision might
as well be left 10 the crowd. IL might
as well be left to the crowd OF women
who so far forgot themselves as 10
surround Mrs. Boyle in the court yard.
| did not fear they would do her
harm. But their actions were q dis
grace to Mercer. They forgot them
selves. See that you do not forget
yourselves.
not do something In Ohio that makes
her amenable 20 the law there. | do
maintain that she has done nothing
in this county"
Attorney O. A. Gordon began his
argument for the prosecution sooa
after ten o'clock Compared TO a
kpdnaper." he said "a burglar Is re-
spectacle. A kidnaper must be mark
ed as a man without human sympathy
and this is the sort OF man Boyle ID
admitted TO be.
Keep in mind how detailed and
carefully made must be the plan by
which ransom for a kidnapped boy Is
collected. Mrs. Boyle said in Cleve-
land she was the 'Frail little woman
who manned it. No one denies this
statement The plan must have been
made somewhere. Mrs Boyle was liv-
ing in Sharon just previous to the kid.
naping. We say the Boyics planned
the kidnapping in Sharon. The fact
that they both said when they left
town that they were going to Den
yer, when in fact. they went TO Cleve-
land. indicated that they wanted 10
conceal their movements and that the
plan for the kidnapping had already
been made
Mrs. Boyle listened to this arraign-
ment with her chair tilted back
against the wall facing the speaker
with levelled eyes and pdrsed lips.
When Gordon said Jimmy Boyle was
not clever enough to form the plan
she dropped her eyes modestly.
The state finished Its argument IN
bali an hour. After a fifteen minute
recess Judge Williams began his
charge to the jury.
Jimmy Boyle was not In court this
morning. The sheriff had LETT him In
his cell under strong guard. I'm
satisfied" said Boyle What's the
use going to court II they won't let you
talk T"