The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-25


DO you know this man." the chief
asked Billy
Il do. That is Mr.. jones'" answered
Billy"
Did he get you at the school
house?"
He did, said BILLY" and the chief
then had the lad recite every detail
of his kidnapping and the events that
took place from the time he was taken
from the school until he returned to
his father at the Hollenden hotel Mon
day night.
In Boyle's presence BILLY" told in.
his boyish way of how he was decoy-
ed from school; of how Boyle told
him he was taking him away because
his father feared he had been exposed
to smallpox: of how Boyle had him
hide under the lap robe in the buggy
ride to Warren.
Hid Him in Lumber Yard.
Billy" said that at Warren, Boyle
hid him in a lumber yard while he
went up town to a barber shop to get
shaved. He said when he came back
his mustache was off.
Billy" told of the trip to Ashtabula
of his walking with Boyle past the
cannon where the ransom money was
to have been placed last Saturday
night. and of being taken from Ashta-
bula to what Billy supposed was the
hospital. but which was in reality the
Cro rfr
Billy" was kept prisoner several
days.
The Identification Of Boyle was
made complete by BILLY" and the
janitor
Mrs. Boyle was then brought into
the chiefs office. She was taken
there by an underground passage to
evade the hundreds of curious spec
tators lining the halls of the station.
Big Crowd Gathered.
Boyle meantime had been taken
back to prison through the open cor
ridors.
The big crowd surged around the
prisoner and his guards, making their
march to the turkeys office a diff
cult one. Everybody tried to get a
look at him. and many threats were
made in an undertone.
AS Mrs. Boyle entered the chiefs
office from the basement stairs she
at once recognized Billy" and greet
ed him with:
Hello. Billy"
The boy ran to her and she put an
arm about him, bending over as if to
kiss him. but 1t appeared as if she in
voluntarily glanced at "Billy's'' moth
er, and then decided not to kiss the
lad
BILLY" shook hands with her. and
the boy laughingly shook his head in
response to question from her as to
whether or not he would like to go
home with her.
do you know her?' Chief Kohler
asked Billy.
THAT is nurse" said the little fell
low.
Chief Kohler then produced the cap
and apron Mrs. Boyle wore while with
Billy, and he identified both. In leav-
ing the woman bid Willy" good-by,
and he returned her salute vigorously.
Her confession followed soon after
ward.
The woman was returned to the
prison, and the members OF the Whit
la party were then conveyed to the
court house, where they were taken
before the grand Jury.
Before Grand Jury.
Sheriff Hirstius had served subpoe-
mas on Whitla, Billy and Sloss, the
janitor. The grand jury was in ses-
sion, and the testimony of the three
was at once presented to this body.
The work of the police and county
criminal authorities was aided by At
torney Cochran. representing the
Whitla family.
Prior to leaving Sharon Martin
Grain, chief of police of Sharon. at
the request of Cochran. filed COM
plant before Justice s. S. Gilbert,
seeking the arrest of the Cleveland
couple on the charge of KIDNAPPING.
Billy" Whitla and Sloss. after
leaving the grand jury room, swore to
affidavits, declaring that Boyle and
his wife were the abductors
A dispatch from st. Louis. Mo-,
where Boyle met her. says she is we'll
known there by the police. She is
evidently the brains of the partner
ship. as Boyle was a sober. Industrious
fellow until he met her, says the dis
patch.
Arrested in illinois.
Boyle was a plumber in st. Louis.
After he met the woman they went to
Springfield, ILL.,. where they were ar
rested on some slight charge. They
were released without trial. The wom-
an said there that her name was Hell
en- Falkner.
Isaac Boyle. brother of ]. H. Boyle,
is a bartender in East st. Louis. He
said the description of the man arrest
ed in Cleveland tailed with that of
his brother. He said he did not know
where his brother was living. He de-
clared that he was supposed to have
left ST. Louis about six months ago
with a woman. Since that time. he
said, J. H. Boyle had been roaming
around the country.
Al tho office NJ the chief 0f r,olic<,