The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-25
Charge Of Blackmail
Made Against Boyle
and Wife.
ALLEGED AccOMPLIcE
COMMITS SUICIDE
Takes Morphine When About
to Be Arrested in
Cleveland.
PREFERS DEATH TO
INCARCERATION in JAIL
Father of Willie Whitla Declares
He Will Prosecute Child
Thieves.

CLEVELAND, March 26.--The county
xrnnd jury has just reported nm TN
dfcfment against James II. Boyle and
Helen Boyle. aIias Fall<ner. charging
them with b1ackmAil. The charge 10
bnsed upon the payment OF $4,000
ransom by j. r. WhitIs for the re-
coyery of his son, Willie, here last
Monday.
Rnther than facc = charge OF being
an sccessory to the lddnspping Of
While whitIn. Miss Mary Delmar COM
mitted suicide here last night by ssvsl-
lowing quantity of morphine.
The woman came here from Toledo
recently. Although she was well dressed
and bore traces of refinement, she took
Up quarters in cheap lodgings When
the detective learned that she had been
with Boyle and the woman who posed
as his wife. twas decided to apprehcnd
her.
I'VE want you in connection with the
Whitla kidnapping" the wsman was
told as two detectives burst into her
room.
"All right, replisd Miss Delmar. "rfl
so vfth yot.v
~ shs passed eass al the .s..sr between
the two detectives she suddenly swai-
lowed the morphine. A few minutes
later she sasd:
II am very i'll. feel that I am going
10 collapse"
One of the detectives supported her
while the other called an Ambulance.
Ehe doctor found the woman seni-con-
,.cious. She was placed in an ambu-
lance and started to the hospital, but
expired ON the way.
WhftIa in Cleveland.
j. r. whitla. of Sharon Pa.
the father Of Willie, the CEN
tral. figure in the kidnapping
case, did not return to Sharon with the
other members of his family Wednes-
Gay. Mr. whitla declined to say that
bis presence here had anything to do
with the kidnapping case. He asserted
he is in Cleveland to clear up some
private law affairs.
Further Identification.
Further efforts to secure a satisfac-
tory identification of the woman In the
case will be made today. Thomas r.
Eoyle, of Sharon, Pa, a brother Of the
man under arrest mere, arrived In
Cleveland today. He has asked per-
mission to see the woman detained at
, the Central police station, and he may
be able to- throw some light on her
identity.
No understanding as to prosecution
has yet been made, said Mr.. Whitla,
but" he continued I'VE want justice
administered, and since the crime was
committed In Pennsylvania, we believe
that Is the proper tribunal in which to
bring the criminals to trial"
Legal Complications.
SHARoN. Pa, March 25.--The legal
points of the case are occupying the
attention of the detectives and attor-
nAys today. One claim is made that
the woman cannot be brought back to
Pennsylvania to answer to a charge Of
kidnapping, as. 1t is said, she was not
In the State when the commission of
the crime occurred. The man will be
brought to Mercer county and tried for
abduction.
There Is reward Of $4,000 from the
State Of Pennsylvania for the captors
Of the abductors and several thousand
dollars additional from newspapers
about the country. The question as to
who is entitled. to the reward interests
a large number of people