Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-29

WAS lutHtlHtu Dy tieFeidHu sdiuuH
keeper as James Boyle, who, he says.
rs steamfitter who has been in Den
yer for the last four years.
II Is moi. believed by the police All,
tborlties that the woman arrested in
connection with the kidnapping of VIII
lie WhitIa of Sharon. Pa, Is the wife
OF Mr. James Boyle, MS claimed
Reports from other cities indicate
that he has been In trouble before.
Reports from East st. Louis, ILL.,, tell
of Boyle being arrested at Springfield,
ILL.,, about year ago on the charge
o, uttering false mortgages. The ar
rest was requested by the East st.
Louis police, but the case was dis.
missed with no prosecution. Boyle
was born in the vicinity OF Sharon,
Pa, where his mother, sister and four
brothers are living at present. Eight
years ago Boyle Joined the army and
| was sent to the Philippines where he
remained several years. He returned,
suffering with growth on the sid7
of his neck, his relatives say, which
also affected his mind, and he AID
queer things. Boyle came TO Cleyc-
land five years ago, to seek treatment
for his neck. stopping with relatives
who wished to help him. He took
treatment at St. Alexis hospital, aud
the growth was finally removed II
was at that time that Boyle first gain
ed his familiarity in Cleveland became
acquainted with the Ontario street
saloon keeper whom he called on
shortly before being arrested, and q
few weeks later he disappeared.
Boyle says he met the woman who
is now in custody with him In Salt
Lake City. and that they we're married
there.
A woman known as Mary Dener
who, the police say, was associated
with the kidnapers implicated in the
plot, committed Suicide by drinking
morphine in front of drug store ri
the east end not far from the house
In which Willie Whitla was detained
She died In the ambulance on the
way to a hospital
DENVER, Mar 26.-Personally ap
proving the measure, Governor Shat
roth signed the senate bill permitting
city councils of cities of the first class
TO increase the salaries of city attor
neys to $4,000 per year. Il hated tc
sign this bill" said the governor. II
this money was to be paid out by the
state / would have vetoed the bill
but inasmrch as the matter is left tt
the people who control the cities,
decided to sign it and leave the citie.
do as they please. | do not favor al
increase in salaries for persons hold
ing public Offices"
CHICAGO, Mar. 26-Charles B
Waite, S5 years old, and for more thar
sixty-five years a resident of Chicago
court associate of Abraham Lincoln
territorial judge in Utah for year
during the turbulent times with tn,
Mormons, and an author and linguis
of distinction, is dead here of pneu
monia. Mr.. Waite married in 1868 t,
Catherine Won Valkenburg. who sur
wives him. Five children survive
They are: Mrs, Jessie Wright o
Washington. ID. c.. DIR. Lucy Waite o
Chicago. Mrs. Margaret Thornton o
Chicago, c. l.. Waite Of Denver ant
Joseph Waite OF Chicago.
DENVER, Mar 26.-A complete re
| vision of rates on Pullman sleeping
cars all over the western territory will
! be made at an early date. The Pull
man company are now engaged IL
, terially reduce the cost of sleepin,
car berths, the new rates to go int,
) effect June l.
DENVER, Mar. 26.-Two boys, bare
ly out of knickerbockers, tried to hole
up man on Capitol Hill last night
} They got their faces slapped and thei
revolvers taken away from them
Frank White, of Sixteenth and Gran
streets, was the intended victim o
the desperadoes. He was approach
ing his home. when the youngsters
+ their faces masked behind blacl
cloths, stepped in front of him ant
ordered him to throw up his hands
One of them leveled gun at Whites
head. Instead of obeying the com
mand of the boy holdups, White strucl
the one with the revolver blow thai
sent him reeling, and then smacke6
the other one. Then he grabbed the
revolver from them. The boys SET
out at top speed UP the street. White
turned the revolver over to Patrolman
Duncan.
DALLAS, Tex, Mar. 26.-Offering
no explanation other than that he
acted In self-defense. Roy H. Terry
or this city surrendered to the county
prison today in connection with the
killing of his brother. DR.. Hugh f.
Terry. the well known physician VINO
was stabbed and shot TO death In his
apartments short while before The
body showed sixty-seven knife wounds
besides six bullet wounds.
Other than an assertion by mem