The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-28
WOMAN TRIES
 TO ESCAPE Attempts to Jump From
 Train. OFFICERS PREVENTED HER Mrs. Boyle Denies Taking Part in
 Kidnapping. She Also Declares That sbe is Net Anna McDermott of Chicago
 Now in Jail at
 Mercer, Pa.


 Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad train bearing Mrs. James H. Boyle. fmph- cated In the whitla Kidnapping case was making thirty miles an hour at Valencia. twenty miles north or this city. Mrs. Boyle made daring buf unsuccessful attempt either to escape or to seriously injure herself.
 Mrs. Boyle was en route 10 the 3ier- cer County Jail at Mercer. Pa, and was in charge of sheriff Gumbert. of Ale gheny County, and Detectives W W. Perkins and Gilbert B. Perkins. Jr. or Pittsburg.
 The train had reached the Bakers town hill, one mile south Of valencias William Campbell, a railroad brake man, opened the rear door of the chair car in which the woman and omcers were riding. The next instant Mrs. Boyle jumped from her seat and ran to- ward the platform of the car.
 Some one made a sharp cry ana Brakeman Campbell slammed the door and faced the woman. Mrs. boyie quickly stepped into the lavatory ana was attempting to open the window when Sheriff Gumbert forced his way into the little room and seized her. n the meantime the two detectives guarded the rear platform.
 Mrs. Boyle was taken back to her seat and the three officers, visibly ex- cited by the daring of the woman, im- mediately arranged their chairs m circle around Mrs. Boyle. The efncers refused to talk of the attempted escape of the woman. Campbell, the brake- man however, admitted 1t was true.
 Father to Rescue.
 William McDermott, the retired Chi cago fireman, who believed that Mrs. James H. Boyle, one Of the alleged kidnappers of Willie Whitia is his daughter. has retracted his deciara- ton made yesterday. that he would not assist the woman. and on his ar rival in this city today is said to have retained an attorney to look after the case. .r-s
 McDermott did not get a chance to see Mrs Boyle as the woman had been taken to Mercer. Pa. before he could visit her. After the departure Of tne prisoner, 1t was learned that her sud- den removal from this city was due 70 a fear on the part of the detecuVes. with the case that McDermott would institute habeas corpus proceedings. to secure the release of the woman he believes Is his daughter. McDer- mott is said to have made his ar engagements so quietly today that few persons knew he was in the city, and if is impossible to locate him tonight. A note on the door leading to the of- Aces of Attorney William J. Jordan, who. it is reported. will protect MT. McDermott's interests in the case. said that the lawyer would not be back until Tuesday. It is thought he has gone to Mercer and that Mr. AcDer- mott went with him.
 A special dispatch from Mercer to- night says Mrs. Boyle admitted to tho correspondent that she was Anna Mc- Dermott. and that her father was Will liam McDermott of Chicago.
 According to the correspondent. the young woman. when told that her fath- CT was in Pittsburg and had retained A lawyer to look after her interests said:
 1I'm tired and sick of the whole bus mess. There is no use denying 1t any longer am Anna McDermott and my father is William McDermott, of Chi cago.
 T have told so many Hes lately. but now will tell you the truth. Yes, he ls my father.
 Boyle, twas received In the public schools of Chicago and then later l was sent to convent In Wisconsin. It's name is not necessary. My mother has been dead for several years. I really am Mrs. Boyle. We were mar ried three years ago. No, we have no children. but I am very fond of little ones
 Afraid to stand trial? No. When I 20 on the stand and tell my story, it will throw an entirely different light. on the Kidnapping episode. Until then I would ask the public to withhold it's judgment. I want you to correct one thing for me. In no way am I related to the Whitlas or Buhls in sharon. mean to stand by my husband through this affair. I do not know what his wi dreadful thing Is, but I am sure he was not the instigator of the Kidnapping plot. I will not say whether he had any knowledge or not"