The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26
WOMAN IN GOOD SPIRIT:


 on Stage.
 Ohis Grand Jury Returns Indictment
 As.i..t the Two, cAars'.s Blackmaii-Will Hold it Over Their Heads. Cleveland. O., March 25.-with hoots | and jeers ringing in their ears. James H. Boyle and his wife. arrested here | as the kidnappers of little Willie Whitia of sharon. Pa. were escorted by police to a train at 5:25 tonight for Mercer, Pa.
 | This practically closes the case as far as Cleveland is concerned. as fur ther action will be taken by the Penn | sylvania authorities. However, the | Cleveland police have a club over the heads of the Boyiss in joint indict- ment returned today. charging James +. Boyle and Helene Boyle. alias Faulk- ner. with blackmail. This charge Is based on the payment of t10,000 ran som by J. P. Whitla for the recovery of his son. Willie. here last Monday | As the prisoners alighted from the l wagon at the station. a great throng surged about them. and 1t was with l dif1culty that a path was cleared to the coaches. As Boyle and his wife. each accompanied by two patrolmen, | walked through the train shed. the crowd greeted them with hoots and | jeers.
 That Mrs. Boyle had nothing to do with the actual Kidnapping of Willie | Whitla, was the statement made today by the woman and her husband. Mrs. Boyle apparently was in good | spirits, hut her husband maintained his indifferent manner. having little to say. Most of the questions asked were addressed to Mrx. Boyle. and all | eyes in the small circle of listeners | gazed at the woman.
 | Why don't some one look at MT. !. Boyle?" asked Chief Kohler.
 He is not so charming" came the quick reply from Mrs. Boyle. l Then the man prisoner caused a gen. eral laugh by paying his wife this compliment:
 | Mrs. Boyle has three leather medals from tan shoes for being charming" | Mrs. Boyle denied a report that she had been on the stage. But may be I I'll get the chance now." she added merrily.
 What did you think of Billy?" Mrs. | Boyle was asked.
 He is dear cbiid. and really hated to part with him, she said. N I .s...,s sharon Quiet Agnins Is ! sharon, Pa. March a35-Sharon ii l fapidly approaching the normal tenoi of its way. The Kidnapping case was I exciting. but the developments hinted i at yesterday would have been startling
 The woman under arrest Is not the one whose Identification would have caused a great sensation in the abduct- l ion case. It is believed now that she 1 Is some Western woman who married | Boyle and Is unknown to members of the whitla family. Her remark at the time of her arrest at Cleveland that there will be hell in sharon when | Buhl hears of it." has. 1t Is generally said now. no special significance. All remark and one wherein the woman desired only to refer to her subsequent punishment for kidnapping.
 l v In the early stages of the child l stealing case many stories were puh- lished concerning the wealth of Frank H. Buhl. the uncle of the, boy. and the large sum of money he would willingly I spend to recover the boy and capture | to kidnappers.
 l It. is believed these stories impressed the woman and that when she was ar- l rested she could picture the pleasure Buhl would take in prosecuting her | hence the remark.
 | There are 6 few persons in sharon who know much about James F. Boyle His widowed mother. sister and four brothers, are known and respected. but the man under arrest has been a wan. | derer for a number of years and little | Is known concerning him. It has now | been established that the woman now held at Cleveland Is the same who ac companied Boyle to this city recently for the purpose of attending the fu' Shanango House. an uncle. At that time Boyle introduced the woman Q; I his wife.
 Attempts were made this moring ts establish a relationship between tn, woman and a prominent family in thii city. The sharon family owns a large department store, but when a member was asked if the woman was a reia tive. he denied 1t emphatically.
 There is a reward of $15.000 from thu State of Pennsylvania for the captor' | of the abductors and several thousand dollars additional from newspaper about the country. The question as tt who Is entitled to the reward interests a large number of people.
 When Detective Perkins. of Pitts burg, whose agency has been so prom inent In the case. was asked for hi | views, he said:
 "I believe the Cleveland police au thorities are entitled to the reward Captain Shattuck and Detective Woo( certainly made the arrests and don care a rap where they got their in formation They did clever piece O work In fact. wish to complemen and congratulte Chief Kohler and hi men on the admirable manner in whici they have handled the case"