The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-26

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In Ohio the extreme penalty for black
mail is FIVE years in the peniten-
tiaay and fine OF $1,000,
wElnTIsA HOMIE WITH HIS MONEY.
sharon. pa. March 26. Guarded
by several private detectives in plain
clothes. James p. Whi1a. father of
the abducted lad, for whose ransom
$4,000 was paid, returned home,
bringing with him the money which
was recovered when James Boyle and
his wife were arrested In Cleveland.
The package OF bills still marked as
they were said to have been when
paid TO the abductors by Nfr. whitla.
were taken to the safety deposit de-
partment of the Sharon Savings and
Trust company, which kept It's doors
open till Mr.. WhiSa reached here
last night The money was careful
ly placed in safety deposit box, TO
remain till Il may be needed as evil
dence in the kidnapping trial.
An air OF what might happen at
tend the Whftla kidnapping case in
this city and It's vicinity. Yesterday
and last night sensational disclosures
were expected. IL is apparent, how
ever, that none of these anticipated
developments is going to material
ize. The kidnapping case was exclt-
ing. but the developments hinted at
would have been startling.
The woman under arrest is not the
one whose Identification would have
caused a great sensation I'm the alb
duction case. The w)man's remark
at the time of her arrest at Cleve-
land that pThere VIII be hell in
Sharon, when Bull hears of It, has
it is generally said now, no special
significance. All are inclined to
think that it was a chance remark.
In the early stages of the child
stealing case, many stories we're
published concerning the wealth Of
Frank II. Buhl. the uncle of the
the boy, and the large sum OF
money he would Willingly spend to
recover the boy and capture the kid
napers. II is believed these stories
impressed the woman and that when
she was arrested, she could picture
the pleasure Buhl would take In
prosecuting her, hence the remark.
There are few persons in Sharon
who know much about James Boyle,
The woman is She same one who
accompanied Boyle to this city re-
Gently for the purpose OF attending
the funeral OF John Boyle, an uncle.
At that time, Boyle introduced the
woman as his wife. Attempts were
made to establish relationship be-
tween the woman and prominent
family in this city. The Sharon
family owns large department
store, but when a member was
asked II the wcman was relative
he denied II empha.ically.
Residents who haye known Boyle
since he was a little boy insist that
either his wife or third person
planned the kidnapping. Boyle IS re-
garded as n shiftloss sort OF fell
low, who might have been infllu-
enced by the cunning of his wife or
carried out the kidnapping for a
third person but It would be diff
cult to convince many people here
that he originally planned the crime
SPECULATION AS To THE RE-
WARD.
There is a reward OF $50 from
the state OF Pennsylvania for the
captors OF the abductors and several
thousand dollars additional from
newspapers about dhe country. The
question as to who is entitled to the
reward interests a large number of
people. When Detective Perkins, of
PittsbuTg, whose agency has been
so prominent in the case, was asked
for his views, he said:
II believe the Cleveland police au-
thorities are entitled TO the reward.
Captain Shattuck and Detective
Wood certainly made the arrests,
and | don't care where they got
their information. They did a clev-
er piece OF work. In fact, I wish to
compliment and congratulate Chief
Kohler and ihis men on the admir-
able manner in which they have
the case"
Billy Whitla Is the marble
king of Sharon. He received $3.50
fees for appearing before
the grand jury in Cleveland. To this
he added the II cents that
" Jonesey'' gave him and now he is
investing in marbles. Atmospheric
conditions We're such that he could
not play outdoors, but he and sew
eral of his boy friends had the
game of the year indoors at the
Whntla home.