Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-25
WOMAN ARRESTED FOR KlDNAP-
PING WHlTLA BOY NOT A
FRIEND OF FAMILY.
PROVES A STRANGER
TO WHiTLA FAMILY
Legal Complications to Be Overcome
in Prosecution of Boyle and the Wo-
rnan-Matter of Who Is to Receive
Large Reward Attracting Attention
boy Positively Identifies.

Sharon, Pa, March 25.-Air OF
"what might have happened perme-
ates the Whitla kidnapping case in this
city today. Yesterday and last night
sensational disclosures were expected
to occur in Cleveland. 1t is apparent to-
day, however, that none of these antic-
ipated developments are going to ma
terialize. Therefore Sharon is rapidly
approaching the normal tenor of its
way.
The kidnapping case was exciting,
but the developments limited at yester-
day would have been startling. They
did not come, and while everything
pointed for a time in that direction, the
deductions were wrong. The woman
under arrest in the case is not the one
whose Identification would have caused
great sensation in the abduction case.
Woman Unknown to Whitlas.
1t is believed now she is some west
ern woman who married Boyle and Is
unknown to the members of the Whitla
family. Her remark at the time of her
arrest at Cleveland that there will be
hell In Sharon when Buhl hears of 1t,
has, Ii is generally said now, no spe-
cial significance and all are inclined to
think it a chance saying and one
wherein the woman desired only TO
have reference to her subsequent pun
ashrnent for kidnapping.
WhitIa Family Mum.
= 1rh~ yXyl,ft1o "a rni1v TODAY refused To
be interviewed. They are tired of the
great publicity given them since last
THURSDAY, and want no more of it. The
legal principles in the case are occupy
ing the attention of detectives and at
torneys today. One claim is made that
the woman can not be brought back to
Pennsylvania to answer charge OF
kidnapping as, it is said, she was not
in the state when the commission OF
the crime occurred. The man will be
brought to Mercer county and tried Tor
abduction The woman, it is said, can
be tried for conspiracy and used as
witness against the man.
Legal Phase Of Case Complicated.
II is admitted the legal end of the
case is complicated, but what can or
can not be done will not be known until
several points of law are lookeu up
There, is a reward of $4,000 from the
state of Pennsylvania for the capture
of the abductors, and several thousand
dollars, additional from newspapers
about the country. The question as to
who is entitled to the reward interests
9 large number of people.
Sharon, Pa, March 25.-After ex-
haustye investigation into the circum-
stance surrounding the kidnapping Of
little v Vie whitla by James H. Boyle
and his wife now confined in the
cleveland Jail. District Attorney 4Linin-
ger believes today he has stripped the
case of all the cloak of mystery, ana
that the two kidnappers stand revealed
as the only criminal participants in
the taking of the Whitla boy. The
county prosecutor today sent requisi-
tion papers to Governor Stuart. at
Harrisburg, to extradite Boyle and wife
from Ohio on charges of kidnapping.
Governor yssarmon is expected to re-
ceive the papers Saturday. Boyle and
wife probably will be brought here
Sunday. Lininger said today he is
certain Boyle and wife are the only
ones concerned in the crime.