The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-10

| court record replied the judge.
When Mrs. Boyle was ordered to-
| stand up to receive sentence, she was
| asked If she had anything to say:
Il did not do it and I think the evil
dence upon which I was convicted was
very fiimsy." she said
THAT was a matter for the jury TO
| decide" said Judge Williams and then
after brief review of the case he i'm
posed the sentence.
Tells of an Old Murder.
Boyle told something today of a
murder in which he implicated the al
legged third party to the abduction. 1t
was committed, he says, in Youngs-
town, o., 1 9 or I 4 years go. He says
a man by the name of Weigel was with
party of others on the third floor of
a house; that there was some drink
ing and then a quarrel during which
Boyle alleges the third man hurled or
pushed Weigel from a window to the
pavement below. There was an in
Vestigation and a verdict of acciden-
tai death was returned.
W. s. Anderson, counsel for Boyle
in the kidna aping case lived at the
time at Youngstown and is said to
have made an investigation. He said
accidental death was the only verdict
possible on the testimony presented at
| that time. II Boyle has new testi-
| mony, his counsel says he did not dis
close ii to them. His counsel states
that if Boyle has letters from the
third party, which would show the
payment to him Of hush money in
connection with the murder. it might
have had some effect in the kidnapping
case and If they can be produced now
they may serve to get him now trial.
Razor in His Necktie.
That the threats of a double suicide
made by Mrs Boyle were not mere
idle words was shown when it became
known today that a razor which had
been secreted in his clothing was TAX
en- from Boyle, and Mrs Boyle had
taken what she says was enough
morphine to kill two" The morphine
was taken between midnight and day
light, but had little effect on the wo-
man In the cell adjoining Mrs. Boyle's
there is a woman who is said to be
addicted to the use of morphine and
who had been supplied with 1t during
her imprisonment Mrs. Boyle IS sald
to have secured several tablets from
this woman and to have swallowed
them She was rendered partly uncon-
scious during the night and was very
sick this morning 1t is believed the
effect of the morphine caused her TO
collapse in the court room Fearing
an attempt to carry out their threats.
Sheriff Chess had Boyle carefully
searched before taking him into court
today razor was found secreted in
Sheriff Chess today took from Mrs;
| Boyle three hat pins and removed all
the glasses she had in her cell.
Mrs. Boyle may only serve Is years
The usual allowance for good behavior
would reduce her time to 15 years and
the fine will not have to be served
out.
]. p Whitla father of the kidnapped
boy and Frank H. Bnhl were present
| in court when sentence was pronounc-
ed. Sheriff Chess is keeping to him
self the time when he will remove the
prisoners to the penitentiary,- but. it is
expected they will be taken away from
here tonight or tomorrow.
Threatens to Tell.
Mercer, Pa. May Notwithstanding
the fact that Jimmy Boyle, as his
wife affectionately calls him, was not
permitted an opportunity in court to
disclose the name of the person VINO
he alleges planned the abduction OF
Willie Whitla, for which he and his
wife have been convicted. he declares
the name and all the details of the case
will be made public soon. Boyle has
retained a PittSburg lawyer of high
standing to take charge OF his case as
soon as he and his wife reach the
Western penitentiary. This lawyer,
whose name has not been made public.
lis to be employed for the purpose of
appealing the cases of the Boyles ana
incidentally Boyle expects to have him
issue a formal statement. drawn up in
legal form. naming the mysterious third
person and duplicating him not only in
the abduction case, but in another
charge of serious nature also.
Boyle said today that the statement
he would issue through his attorney
would startle the country. He said he
realized now that he and his wife had
made mistake in not making the mat
ter public sooner after their arrest, but,
he said both she and / have been
bluffed into keeping silent by promises
that everything would be made all right
and we would escape with sentences of
not more than year each. with special
privileges accorded us during inn
prisonment. Realizing our mistake. we
have now taken the preliminary steps
to defeat the manifest plan of those in
terested in keeping the name of this
roller going now and have plenty Of
ammunition to keep it going
May Be Something In 1t.
Youngstown, Ohio, May 1O.-No
| known murder is recalled here which
| resembles the one Boyle has hinted at,
! but the time and the manner of death
| corresponds strangely to the mystic
rious death of Daniel Rebel. jr.,
| have been accidental. Rebel was
found Sunday morning, June 16, 1895,
/ lying on the sidewalk directly under
meath the window of the fourth story
| room of the Mauser block on East
! Federal street in which he lived.
! At the time Boyle was a plumbers
| apprentice here and was about Is or
10 years of age.