The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-07
Billy Whitla Identifies Woman
AS the One Who Cared for
Him
BOYLE CREATES SENSATION
BY WANTING TO TELL ALL
Declares the Whole Blame Is on Some
One Else and Demands to be Heard
Was Produced as o Witness for
the State.

Mercer. Pa, May THE court
room was packed this morning when
the trial Of Mrs. James H. Boyle in
dicted as Mary Roe. as an accessory
to the kidnapping of Billie Whitla. was
resumed. To avoid any repetition Of
last evenings demonstration of hos
tility towards the women, when the
women OF Mercer applied opprobrious
epithets TO her, the prisoner was driv-
er tr, the court house in a closed car
riage.
Inc first witness called by the state
in Mrs. Boyle's case was Miss Della
Boyle. sister of James Boyle. Ap-
parently from the line of questionins,
the prosecution wanted to prove by
her that the kidnapping conspiracy
was formed when Mrs. Boyle was
visiting in Sharon with her husband,
and that she was implicated in 1t. 1t
is surmised the object of this is to
overcome her contention that she
state when she was living in Ohio.
From the earnestness with which
The defense opposed the questions
asked, it is believed a great deal will
aepend upon the courts decision as to
VIC vi Jllc LCSLlIuONy
dispute. 1t is believed this will be
only the beginning of long and bit
ter legal wrangle. and it is predicted
that the womans trial will not be
completed before Saturday afternoon.
The issue raised regarding this
testimony, which was apparently in
tended to connect Mrs. James Boyle
with the formation OF the kidnapping
plot while visiting in Sharon, was
quickly dispensed with by the prose-
cution withdrawing the witness.
Billy" Whitla, the kidnapped boy
was the first witness after the with
drawal of Miss Boyle. He repeated
substantially his testimony of yester-
day. given in tho case against Jas.
Boyle. In referring to Boyle the boy
called him "Jonesey," having been
told at the time Of the abduction the
mans name was Jones. He testified
that when he arrived at the house in
Cleveland with "Jonesy" they met q
woman. He said "Jonesey" told mo
she was another Jones. Mrs. Jones,
he said, had eaten supper but told me
to eat. "Jonesey" told me the woman
was cousin of his. The boy wit
ness identified Mrs. Boyle as the wo-
man who had cared for him in Cleve-
land and whom he had known as Mrs.
Jones.
Boyle Talks.
Declaring that he had not had a
fair trial and that he wanted to tell
the whole truth about the kidnapping
case James Boyle created a commo-
lion in the court room today and was
with difficulty prevented from telling
his version of the affair. Boyle was
put on the witness stand for the state
and asked to produce the first letter
TO Whitla demanding the $4,000 ran
yom without any reference to the let
Ter. Boyle almost shouted out: Il
want to tell the truth about this case.
Now l want the whole thing cleared
up. was not to blame. The whole
blame was on someone else"
Mrs. Boyle took a prominent part
IN the selection of her jury, prompt
ing her attorneys in numerous cases
and evidencing preference for young
married jurors. The jury selected
contains four members of the jury
that convicted Boyle.