Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-04-01
THE RIGHT ONES
Man and Women Held For kid
mapping Are Identified
BY The STOLEN BOY
The Man and Woman Arrested i'm
Cleveland Prove to be the Ones
Who Stole the Sharon Lad and
the Ones Who Received the Money
From the Father.

the Ones Who Received the Money
From the Father.
Cleveland, Ohio, March 24.-V =
lie Whitla today identified the man
and woman held on suspicion by the
! Cleveland police as the persons who
kidnapped him from the school at
sharon, Pa, last Thursday and held
him for the $4,000 ransom. which
was paid by the father, Attorney J.
t. Whitla, Monday.
| Willie said the man who gave the
name OF Jas. ii. Boyle was the one
VINO TOOK him from school and car
| rled him through a tortuous route
20 cleveland, then to Ashtabula. back
% tnis 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
| 'ne mouse where he was detained.
| ana VINO acted the part of a nurse
Boyle said the woman is his wife.
| Ihe police have no other identiA-
| cation of the couple than the names
given So far as the man is CON
cerned, the police believe the name
Is correct. Boyle is said to reside
sharon, and is plumber by trade.
de is said to have widowed moth
er, four brothers and a sister.
The woman, who is accredited with
oeins the wife of Boyle, declared
soon after her arrest that her iden-
uhcation would cause a sensation
| N Sharon. When Identification was
completed, Mr.. Whitla would saw
lothlng regarding the woman. He
said he knew Boyle slightly. At
torney Whitla, accompanied by Mrs.
Whitla, son and. daughter, Willie and
saline. boy school mate of Willie:
Harry Forker. brother of Mrs
Whitla, Janitor Sloss, Chief of po-
ice Crane. Detective Kempler, dis
1rlct Attorney Lininger, former Dis
-rict Attorney Cochran, and Detective
Ward, all of Sharon, arrived at
clock today to see the prisoners.
Mr.. Whitla went to the police sta
tlon, but was not allowed to see the
prisoners himself. He was informed
by the chief that the only identifi-
;ation he desired was that which only
he boy, Willie, could make. The fa
-her then agreed to let Willie see
The man and woman. Mr.. and Mrs.
Whitla, their children and Janitor
Sloss appeared before the chief of
police.
The man was the first one taken
before them. Boyle was "A little pale
md nervous.
Chief Kohler asked Willie If he
had ever seen the man before.
Sure" said Willie brightly.
Why that is the man / left Sharon
With. He took me to Cleveland, then
to Ashtabula, and back to Cleve-
and"
The boy was asked the same ques-
lion again to make certain OF his
| memory and again the lad declared
| he was positive.
He had mustache when I first
saw him at the school house." Will
| lie supplemented, "but he must have
ut 1t off later. This is the way he
looked when | last saw him in
| Cleveland.
Boyle smiled sarcastically, but said
not word. Then the woman was
brought in. She was defiant and
naughty in her demeanor. Blankly
she stared at Whitla and the other
members of the party Her only
relapse from the indignant manners
was when she first saw Willie. The
woman smiled.
Immediately Willie walked up to
her and extended his hand and said:
How do you do?" &
"Hello, Willie" the woman re-
piled, as she placed her hand upon
his head and caressed him for an
instant
The boy then stepped back to his
father and was asked several ques-
tions by the chief of police.
"Yes, | know her" he said. "Sht
was the nurse who took care of me
in Cleveland. She told me / was
sick and in a hospital. l saw her
a whole lot and she was with me
most of the time"
Notwithstanding the woman's for
mer ascertain that there would be
. sensation when she was identified
or when Whitla saw her. she and
Whltla looked at each other With
out any outward evidence OF recog-
milton. They did not speak with
each other. Neither did she speak
with any of the other members of
the party Whitla made no com
ments regarding the woman under
suspicion.
] The movements of the Whitla par
0 ty were greatly hampered. Thous-
e ands of persons followed their every
: move. At the police station the of
q ficers had difficulty in handling the
= throng. The steps outside and the
/ corridor inside were packed.
l. When leaving phe station Mr.
l. Whitla picked Willie mp and placed
him on his shoulder. The polio
n formed a wedge in front, aud wit
l. foot ball rush they hurried out
st AS they passed along the corrido
m the crowd shouted: ''Hello, WI
"A lie -" roapv attemntine to foucb hi,