The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-26
PAGE TWO.

cOnveneE the third Monday In April
and court opens April 10.
The grand jury at noon returned a
joint indictment charging blackmail
against James H. Boyle and Helene
Boyle, alias Faulkner. who are held
as the kidnapers of Billy Whitla.
The Indictment charges that on
March % they sent letter to James
p. Whitla threatening harm to Billy"
unless money was paid. The letter
upon which the indictment was found
is the last one received by Whitla
from the kidnapers.
Prosecutor Cline said the object of
returning the indictment was to pre-
vent possibility of i1abeas corpus pro-
ceedings to release the couple and be-
cause there was some doubt II the
woman could be held for kidnapping in
Pennsylvania.
Despite most vigorous sweating"
the police were unable to pierce the
veil that conceaIs the identity of the
woman In the case.
Never Lived in Cincinnati.
Yesterday afternoon she said her
maiden name was not Helen Faux
ner. as she had insisted 1t was up to
this time. She said she was BOyle's
wife. but declared she never had been
on the stage, and refused to say
where she was educated. She said
she never had lived in Cincinnati and
has no relatives, unless they are dis
tant cousins.
II never was in Cleveland before, .
she said.
She would not say when she first
came to Cleveland. She said BILLY"
was the only member of the Whitla
family she knew.
Il have no parent" she told the re-
porters. Il have not had any for a
great many years. just growed, like
Topsy, you know | only have some
forty-second cousins somewhere, and
none are in Cleveland or in any part
of the East that l know Of
And what do you think of Billy?''
some one asked.
He is a dear child: / really hated
to part with him. she answered.
Before leaving for Sharon James
Boyle added to the mystery surround
ing the woman by declaring that she
had prominent male friends in Cleve.
land who would come to her assist
ance, and that money would be provid-
ed to prevent her being "railroaded'
to Pennsylvania for trial.
Late yesterday afternoon Boyle sent
for Police Prosecutor Dan Gull, and,
taking him to one side. said:
Now, I am not going to make any
fight In this matter, although they are
going to railroad me back to Pennsyl-
vania. don't even want lawyer to
defend me. But this woman (mean-
ing the supposed Mrs. Boyle) has
friends here and she will be able to
raise money and make big fight.
Seeks to Protect Her.
Il want to get. somebody to take
care of her interests. SO that she will
not be railroaded out of here with
me-
Boyle further told Gull that he had
not been in Cleveland for six years
prior to March 81 last.
Chief Kohler. in an interview late
yesterday afternoon on the Whitla
kidnapping case, made the following
statement:
Boyle has been identified from the
time that he left Warren with Billy
until he reached Cleveland. From
Warren to Ashtabula they went on a
Pennsylvania train. The conductor OF
that train has identified him.
From Ashtabula they came to
Cleveland on a suburban car The
conductor of that car has identified
him.
Mrs. Hendrickson. who had charge
Of the candy store when Boyle came
for the ransom, has also identified
him.
There is no other person concerned
in the kidnapping but the Boyles. Mrs
Boyle was not in Sharon or in Penn
sylvania at the time Billy was kid
naped.
From the time that Boyle kidnapel