The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-29
TO HOLD UP WHITLA
FATHER or WILLIE RECEIVES An
OTHER LETTER.
Two Men Arrested Charged with Ne
manding eI0,o0o Of sharon
Man or wotzia Steal Hfs
Boy Again.

Boston, Mas8. April xb.--ShAfHeu
with attempting to extort 100000 from
James whItia, Of sharon. Pa. under
the threat that they would kidnap his
son Willie; two men were brought to
police headquarters today for an Ok
animation. The men who we're arrest
ed at the South End postoffice, gave
their names as John w. Wright and
Ernest H. Martin.
The police claim that on April %
Wright and Martin wrote to Mr.. Whit
- demanding that he send them eio.-
900 under penalty of having Willie kid
napped. The letter stated that the
writer's had no regard for the life Of
the child and that he would only be q
means 70 seoefnnllsh their end Of get
ting from Mr. Whieia the euni named.
From the Del raf tone Or the letter
the police believed that a close watch
at the South End postofsice might be
profitable. Yesterday, afternoon two
officers saw Wright and Martin enter
and arrested them. The police say
that q search OF Martins pockets re-
suited In tinding q red Ink pad, SINH
lar to the ink used in the letter re-
ceived by Mr.. Whltia.
The letter was printed In red Ink,
apparently with rubber tip, on white
paper and was marked @. Dorchester
Central P. o. 1t was as follows. shorn
of its misspeliing OF nearly every word:
Dear Sir-Our society. not having
received the money for return of boy,
voted TO send the four men that had
charge OF all arrangements Of getting
boy and take him again in the night
This may mean death to the boy, so 1t
was voted to give you chance to pay
the money. The black hand on re-
ceiving same will not trouble you. Not
interested in the Boylea, just tools of
our men. Send $1,000 In $50 bills and
$4,000 In $1,000 bills. Send 1t in three
lots. Have II here Monday morning.
No trickery or'it win 80 hard with the
boy when taken. VIII send man OF
steel for letters.
Send Arthur Howard Brown. Post
Station A, Boston. Mass"
After the arrest OF the two men Mar
tin told the police that he had net
man who told him he would give him
80 cents IL he would call at the South
End postofflce (Station ~ and AJAX for
letter for Arthur Howard Brown.
Defense Of Boyle.
Mercer, Pa, April 2s.--Additional i'm
formation was obtained tonight con-
corning the probable defense Of James
II. Boyle, the Whitla abductor, when he
Is called for trial Friday. 1t is as
serted James p. whitla, father of VIII
lie, will be the principal witness for
Boyle. According to the information
at hand, Attorneys Miller and Stranat
han for the defense, will call Mr.,
whitla and through line Of questions.
hope to produce an impression that
will result in a minimum punishment
1t is alleged Mr.. Whitla knew Boyle
was connected with the abduction at
noon of March rs. and that he talked
with Boyle on a street corner near the
store of Mrs. Hendricksen where q few
moments before he had left the pack
age containing the $4,000 ransom
money. Further, the report goes. Mr..
Whitla assured Boyle that all he.waut-
ed was the safe return Of the boy and
that he would not interest himself in
any prosecution.
WhItla Is said TO have informed
Boyle that he could remain in CleYe-
land or 60 where he pleased. but In
any event. 'he would be az tight as q
clam" II the boy was returned I'M
harmed. Following this conversation.
Willie was safely restored TO his faith
or on the evening OF that day.
It ls also said Boyle will endeAvor to
prove an abb. He was not in Penn
sylvanta. he says. when the boy was
Kidnapped and It IL believed an at
tual crime on q third party, at pres
emit not generally known.
Another story is in circulation that
Boyle was merely the tool for others.
It Is said after the money was Obtain
ed from Mr.. Whitla, an attempt was be-
ing made to get Boyle Intoxicated. az
ter which the principals were to leave
him In Cleveland and 80 away with
the $4,000.
Following the publication Of an In
terview with Boyle TO the effect that
he was not being given a square deal"
and that no effort was being made to
assist him In working up a defense,
his attorney. ex-Judge Miller, had a
long conference with him today. Plans
were perfected for his trial Friday
and u 10 said the above information
was iucluded IN the defense.