The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-14
Kidnapper Is Given Life Tern
and His Wife Must Serve
Twenty-Five Years.
BOYLE Tells A DIZZY YARN
Says Forker of Sharon Instigated Kid
napping-St0ry Declared False
Foil Suicide.

Pittsburg. Pa, May IL. James
Boyle and his wife, Helen Boyle. were
lodged in the Western penitentiary
here last night. the former nuder a
sentence of life Imprisonment, the
latter sentenced to serve twenty-five
years. A fine Of $4,000 was also in.
aicted on Mrs. Boyle.
The prisoners were taken first to a
side room and told that they would
have to say eood-by. as the rules OF
the prison would not permit them tc
see each other again. Mrs. Boyle
threw her arms around Boyle's neck
AID kissed him. She said: I'VE must
take it the best we can" The mar
maintained his silence and had Moth.
lag to say.
Hold Hands on Journey.
On he trip from Mercer the kid
naLpers discussed the sentence, which
they 81 ege VAS unjust. Mr. and Mrs
Boy lC sat tooethe- AID held each 9th.
ors hands the entire journey.
Sheriff Che.s said he believed Boyle
lad intended to all lis wife and then
SoIuIllI quiz lS AZ lIS loLol luS
sheriff found in tn. ~kidnapper's tic
yesterday. N..the, prisoner would
deny this was true.
Both Collapse In { ,urt.
Mercer. Pa. May 12.--James Boyle
did not create the scene in court he
had threatened. when sentence was
passed on himself and wife. He did
not utter a word prior to his sentence.
His counsel, however, made a plea for
leniency in both cases. Both Boyle
and his wife collapsed completely
upon h.aring their sentences pro
nouncei.
Before leaving for the ~penitentiar,
Bosle gave out a statement in which
he chs:ged Harry Forker of Sharon,
Pa. with being the instigator of the
kidnasp Ig plot.
Boyle Tells Weird Tale.
He des. ares that through letters
connecting Forker with the murder
Of Dan Reeble OF Youngstown he had
received at different times amounts
of money from Forker to remain ST.
lent. About six months ago he In.
formed Forkcr that unless he received
s. 5000 he would hold the secret no
longer. On March Is. 1909, he says
he received q letter from Forker sug-
costing the plan to kidnap young
,vhitla and divide the proceeds. He
declares that Forker took Willie from
school and drove with him to Warren,
where he (Boyle) met them and took
charge CT the boy. The agreement
vas that when the money was receiv-
ed from Whitla the Youngstown let
tiers were to be sent to FOrker, to-
gether with half of the ansom Boyle
says that when he discovered that his
name was mentioned in connection
with the case he made it a point to
see Whitla personally in Cleveland.
Gave Up the Letters.
He says that he surrendered to
Whitla the Youngstown letters and
he letter he had received from For
ker on Whitla's promise that there
would be no prosecution. Boyle de-
clares that he was prevented by his
own counsel from telling his story on
the stand. His wife, he says, was
dupcd from start to finish, and had
nothing to Go with the case. In con-
clusion he calls on God to witness the
truth Of his story.
TIL. trial Judge, the attorneys for
the defense. the district attorney and
his assistants all discredit Boyle's
story. One of the attorneys for the
defense said that he had investigated
the matter thoroughly several days
ago and the essential part of it will
not hold water.
That the threats of a double suicide
n >de by Mrs. Boyle were not mere
idle words was shown yesterday when
It became known that a razor which
had been secreted in his clothing was
taken from Boyle yesterday, and that
Mrs. Boyle had taken what she says
was "encuGh morphine to kill two
persons"
The morphine was taken between
midnight and daylight. but had little
effect on the m
Tissue Of Lies.
Sharon, Pa, May 12.-This commu-
nifty was more excited yesterda" over
Boyle's story than 1t was on the day
Of the kidnapping. Forker de la.vs
that the whole story IS without foan-
dation and is a tissue of lies from be-
ginning to enc. J. P. Whitla, father
of the kidnapped boy, denies absc
lutely that he saw or 1. liked with
Boyle in Cleveland. THE whole
statement he said. lis a willful and
malicious lie."