Evening star., 1909-05-06

said BOYLE came to his stable March IS
at $50 am and hired rig. saying he
was going out collecting. 1t was brown
mare and single buggy. and was brought
back from Warren the next day oy one
of the liverymans employees.
As ex-Judge Miller was dismisslng the
witness. Boyle leaned across the table
and said:
Hold on. Ask him if the man who
hired the rig had a mustache?
No: he did not" answered the witness
who had heard the colloquy.
Tavern Smith testified to seeing Wliile
and Boyle driving away from Sharon ana
to seeing Willie get out and drop letter
in the mail box The witness had seen
Boyle at funeral shortly before, ana
said he recognized him. Judge Miller
got the witness to admit that, althOugn ne
knew the boy was kidnapped, he ola not
mention for three days having seen wine
mail the letter.
Abner Hancock. barber, of Miles, Ohio.
said he shaved Boyle. who entered the
shop at 2:3O pm. with boy, VINO ne
afterward learned was Willie.
He told me not to put powder on ms
face and to never mind combing his hair,
said the barber. He asked where he
could buy clean collar
Saw Boyle and wif1ie on Train.
Patrolman John Beatley of Ashtabula
said he saw Boyle and Willie on train
at Niles, and sat in the car with them to
Ashtabula. The boy sat four seats ahead
of Boyle in the smoker.
Frank v. Carter. street car conductor,
told of seeing Boyle and Willie on his
car from Ashtabua to Nottingham, and
=. b. Woodhead, another conductor, told
of taking them in his car from Noting
ham to Cleveland.
James P. Whitla the boys father. took
the witness stand. He said he had gone
to New Wilmington to see his mother the
fpep nf T. f1ra ,iynSp hn
learned by telephone that Willie was
missing. He drove to Pulaski, caught a
PENNSYLVANIA train and got back. to
Sharon in the middle OF the afternoon.
MY wife met me at the office, said
Whitla, land handed me a letter that
gave me additional knowledge. The ad-
dress was in my boys handwriting"
This is one of the letters which the pros
ecution subpoenaed Mrs. Helen Boyle to
produce in court.
Whitla produced a copy of the letter.
He said the original had been placed in
the package with the ransom money.
Woman Identifies Boyle and Boy.
Whitla read the copy of the letter and
testified to the contents of another let
ter. telling him he had blundered in
Ashtabula Saturday night. and telling
how the boy would be turned over Mon
day If the money was paid.
Mrs. Lena Hendrickson the next wit
ness, at whose store in East 53d street
the money was left, identified Boyle as
the man who had called for a package
and Whitla as the one who had brought
1t.
Police Capt. Norman Shattuck OF
Cleveland testified to seeing Boyle and
a woman come out of a saloon and to
their arrest later. Boyle, when near
the station. had attempted to escape.
The prosecution rested at 1885. and
after a short recess the noon adjourn
ment was taken.
1T is hardly probable that any evil
dence will be offered by the defense"
said Attorney w. s. Anderson, Boyles
personal counsel. Il think we shall al
low the case to go to the jury without
submitting any testimony"
Case Goes to the Jury.
Boyle did not offer defense when
court convened after the noon recess.
and the case was sent to the jury shortly
after clock.
Boyle's attorneys merely stated they
would offer no testimony.