The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-03-25
K|DNAPER IS
IDENTIFIED BY
.,e vuO OuUO UI4i
Woman Is Wife of Principal
But Little is Known of
Her
BOY AND WOMAN'S FRIENDLY
GREETING when THEY MET
Much Mystery Yet Surrounds the Ac.
tion Of the Kidnapped Boys Father
and His Refusal to Talk About the
Details of Sensational RumOrs.

and His Refusal to Talk About the
Details of Sensational Rumors.
Sharon, Pa, March, 25.-Although
there was little probability of James
H. Boyle and his mysterious wife be-
ing brought here from Cleveland, all
Sharon anxiously awaits their return
today. Every train that comes In from
Cleveland is being closely watched in
the hope that Sheriff VIM. Chess of
Mercer county will decide to return
the suspects to Sharon for arraign-
ment. Sheriff Chess is in Cleveland
and he has not told his deputies when
he will return with Boyle and his
wife. His deputies believe that he
will arrive sometime today. Boyle
might be returned to Sharon and ar
raigned with safety. There is feel
ing here against the kidnapers of Will
lie Whitla but Sharon people do not
believe that Boyle is the brains Of
the scheme which was executed in
carrying away the boy. Residents
who have known Boyle since he was
. little boy insist that either his wife
Or a third party planned the kidnap-
Ing. Boyle Is regarded as shiftless
sort of fellow who might have been
Influenced by the cunningness Of his
wife or who might have carried out
the KIDNAPPING for a third party. II
they should be returned here, Chief
of Police Grain would. take no
chances with his prisoners. His po-
licemen have all been instructed to
report to headquarters any rumors Of
plans to attempt violence on the al
legged kidnapers, either here or at
Mercer, and to break up all crowds
on the streets.
Man Identified. -
Cleveland. March 25.-4he~ father of
= Willie did not return to Sharon with
the other members of his family yes
terday. .Whitla declined to say that
his presence here had anything to do
with the kidnapping case. Further eff
forts to secure satisfactory iienti-
f1cation of the woman in the case will
be made.
The last doubt in the minds of the
local police officers as to the exact
identity of the man held for the kid
naping was removed today when
Thomas F. Boyle of Sharon visited the
prisoner. He said the prisoner is his
brother, James. Thomas and his
brother had long conversation in
the presence of Chief Kohler.. Ar
rangements were made between the
brothers to obtain an attorney for the
prisoner and prepare his defense. The
prisoners brother also saw Mrs.
Boyle but could say nothing regard
ing her, other than that she is the
wife of James Boyle. Mrs. Boyle's
former name was Helen Faulkner.
Boyle married her in Denver about
q year ago.
Willie Whitla late yesterday iden-
titled the man and woman held on sus-
picion by the Cleveland police as the
persons who kidnapped him. Willie
said the man, who gave the name of
James H. Boyle, was the one who took
him from school and carried him
through tortuous route to Cleveland
then to Astabula, back to this city, and
placed him in the house in the east
end where he was held until the
money was paid. Willie also declared
that the woman was the one who cared
for him at the house where he was
detained and who acted the part of q
nurse.
Boyle says the woman is his wife.
The police have no other Identification
of the couple, than the names given,
So far as the man is concerned, the
police believe the name is correct.
When the Identification was COM
pleted, Mr.. Whitla would say nothing
regarding the woman. He said he
knew Boyle slightly.
Immediately after Willie Whitla had
seen the man and woman at the Gen.
trail police station, they were taken to
the county court house and there ap-
peared before the grand jury. They
were examined for the purpose Of aid
ing the jury in it's attempt to find an
indictment against the two prisoners.
The charge, under the laws of Ohio,
against the man and woman, If an in
dictment was found, will be blackmail.
This is based upon the payment of the
$4,000 ransom paid by MIR. Whitla.
AS Boyle and his wife are held by the
police on suspicion only, an indictment
will afford means of placing them
under arrest formally and then they
can be held indefinitely.
Suicide May be Implicated.
A woman known as Mary Dener,
who the police say may have been an
associate Of the kidnapers, or was
implicated in the plot, committed sui
eide yesterday by drinking morphine.
The woman drank the poison while
standing in front of drug store in
the east end. not far from the house
in which Willie Whitla was detained
here. She died in an ambulance while
being taken to hospital
Chief Stands Ground.
Two private detectives who repre-
sented Whitla first went to the police
station in an effort to see Chief of
Police Kohler to arrange for the iden-
tification. At once there was clash.
The chief would not admit the detec-