The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-09
MRS. BOYLE IS FOUND GUILTY Second Conviction in
 Kidnapping Case. SAYS SHE WILL SUICIDE
Maximum Penalty in Case ], Twenty-Five Years.
The Report That . Thira Party is Implicated in The Case. wiIi Bs thoroughly Investigated ny
 The Authorities.

Mercer, Pa. May s--Manifesting an indifference to her fate. Mrs. James H Boyle sat immovable as the jury re- turned verdict of-guiIty on the secona count of the indictment against her to. day.
 During the noon recess. if became known that the jury had agreed upon c verdict, but court had ad1ourns1 until 1:s0 D. m., and until that hours no intimation could be had of what the verdict was. The room was crowded when the jury filed in at :so and the foreman announced they had agreed When the verdict was read. Mra Boyle calmly drew on her gloves, arose from her chair and went with the sheriff back to her cell Mr. Miller. Mrs. Boyie's attorney has announced. that he will make q motion on Mnnday for new trial The penalty in Mrs. Boyles case is. as q maximum. twenty five years.
 It was reported here after the trial today, that Attorney Miller, Of the de- fense: Attorney Cochran. of the prose- cution. and Attorney w. w. Moore. q close friend of District Attorney Lanin- ger. had arranged to go to sharon to investigate the identity of a third par ty alleged to have been implicated ID the abduction. No one could be found who was in a position to discuss the matter officially. It is said to be claimed by Boyle that q prominent man of sharon. of good family. was the instigator of the abduction plot. that he, had been paying Boyle money and when the payments failed. the man suggested the abduction to Boyle. and tt. was arranged that he and Boyle should divide the ransom money
 Life in the penitentiary would kill me in a week or ten days and rather than submit to this, I would commit suicide" said Mrs. Boyle today If my husband ana I are sent to the penl< tentiary, we will not so alone. Half the truth has not been told In this case. One other man who planned the whole affair has not been arrested.
 The addres4 of Mf. Nriliar. counsel for Mrs. Boyle. to the jury was begun at s.a0 o'clock today Just before he started he pfessfltsd to the cuxft eight points of law which he asked to have submitted to the jury.
 Tn substance they were to the ef- feet that a crime can only be puni9h- ed in the Jurisdiction where 1t Is ooEn.
 mitted and in the pending case there has been no testimony to show that Mrs Boyle had committed any overt act in Mercer county in connection with the abduction of the Whitla boy
 Mir. Miller's address occupied an hour and he was immediately followed by quincy Adams Gordon. for the prosecu- ton. ts
 Mir Gordon declared the crime ol kidnapping second only to that of nlur- der. tie denied Mir. Miller's statement as to the insufficient evidence. He reviewed the entire testimony and said that as a whole it presented a clear case against the woman. He was not so insistent in asking for a conviction on the count charging kiinaping as on the second count. that of aiding, abet- ting and assisting In it.
 Judge Williams gave practically all the instructions to the jury offered by the defense.
 The court called special attention to the fact that the renting of rooms to- gether in Cleveland and the possession of the ransom money in Cleveland, did not constitute a crime here. He niade it clear that the commission of an act in thls county would have fo be proven to convict on the charge of kidnanpInG and that 1t must be proven that the crime was planned in Mercer county before Mrs. Boyle could be convicted on the second count. The court then gave the case to the jury.
 During the dag's proceedines Mrs Boyle's brother. William MeDermott. of Chicago. sat by her side.