Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-05-19
BOYLES ARE SAFE
IN PRISON CELLS
He A sToIc, SHE DEVOTED TO
THE HOUR OF sEPA.
RATION.
kiDNAPER TELLS STORY IMPLI-
eating HARRY FoRKER
IN THE CRIME.
LATTER ENTERS DENIAL AND
POLICE RECORDS oIscREDlT
THE YARN.

aAunS"lS, 1SleH Boyle were lOQSoQ
in the western penitentiary here last
night, shortly before eight o'clock
the former under a sentence of life
Imprisonment, the latter to 25 years.
The prisoners were taken first to
side room and told that they would
have to say goodbye as the rules of
the prison would not permit them to
see each other again. Mrs. Boyle
threw her arms around "Jimmy's"
neck and kissed him. She said:
I'VE must take it as best we can"
The prisoners then shook hands and
the matron escorted Mrs. Boyle from
the room. When she reached the
corridor, she burst into tears and
asked to be permitted once again to
see her husband. The request was
granted and she again kissed and
embraced Boyle. The man maintained
his silence and had nothing to say.
When Mrs. Boyle gave her belong
ings 10 the matron she asked permits
sion to keep a small mirror she car
ried, saying: 81 do not want to leave
it behind as that would give me bad
luck for seven years"
The mirror was returned to her and
she was allowed to keep it in her cell.
Boyle's number at the penitentiary
is 6631A and that of his wife is 6632A.
The prisoners will be photographed
today and Bertillion measurements
taken at that time.
During the trip from Mercer, where
they left late yesterday afternoon,
the kidnapers spent most of the time
in quiet conversation together. They
discussed the sentence, which they
allege was unjust, and asked what
steps they would have to take to get
a review of the case, and how to see
~En attorney. Mrs. Boyle tried to
cheer Jimmy" and wanted to know
if he would be permitted to smoke at
the pen.
When asked how she felt, Mrs.
Boyle said: Pretty bad
On arriving in Pittsburg, she re-
marked: cit seems to be colder here
than in Mercer, but Mercer will sleep
quieter tonight-sleepy Mercer-since
we are out of it,
Boyle duplicates Another.
Mercer, Pa, May Thames II.
Boyle, who was sentenced to the peni-
tertiary for life for kidnapping Willie
Whitla gave out yesterday a state
ment marked, by James Boyle" in
which he tells of the alleged murder
at Youngstown, Ohio, several years
ago. of Daniel Rebel, Jr. He tells of
finding Reeble's body on the sidewalk,
and saws lover the PROSTATE form
was Harry Forker of Sharon, Pa,
holding in his right hand package of
letters that were gathered from the
sidewalk near the dead body of
Reeble''
He says Dan Shay, now dead, was
present. In Forker's haste he left
four letters, says Boyle, who declared
Forker paid him money regularly for
years to keep them quiet. During
Boyle's recent visit to Sharon, he
saws he demanded $4,000, which For
ker promised to secure in short
time. On returning to Cleveland he
wrote Forker and received in reply
an unsigned letter, proposing the aD-
duction of Willie Whitla. He says
the abduction was carried out and that
he (Boyle) showed the letter to Mr..
Whit'a in Cleveland and says Whitla
promised if he would substantiate the
Youngstown letter that he, (Whitla),
would see that there was no prosecu-
ton.
Forker Enters Denial.
Sharon. Pa, May Hilary Forker
. says he known absolutely nothing OF
yhe matters contained in Boyle's state
ment: that the only motive he can
imagine for the tale is revenge on the
Whitla family for prosecuting him.
Forker also declared that Boyle never
showed him any letters. and denied
the story as 'wilfuL, malicious and
slanderous lie"
Up Whitla, father of the kidnapped
boy. who is alleged in James Boyle
statement to have accepted the let
ters BOYLE said he had and when ne
said belonged to Harry Forker' oe-
MES absolutely that any sucn deai
with Boyle occurred.
On the witness stand, during the
trial of Boyle, he denied having seen
Bowie on the street corner in Cieve-
land and discussed with him the KID
mapping and ransom.
Yesterday, after Boyle's statement
had become public. Whitla denied 10
the Associated Press that he ever had
seen Boy.e or talked with him IN
Cleveland prior to his sons return
and the arrest of Boyle.
The whole statement he sald' Is
a wilful and malicious lie."
He called the statement given out