The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-26

stage.
Never" she answered. And l am
| not Miss Helen Faulkner, either"
But you would like to go on the
| stage?" was inquired.
Again she laughed. Maybe I'll get
| the chance now she replied.
Mrs Boyle's voice is singularly rich.
| low and sweet. 1t is the voice of a
contralto singer. Asked if she had
studied music she admitted that she
sang and that her voice had been cul-
| tivated.
Were you ever in Cleveland before ?
Do you know anybody at all here?'
Il never was here before in my life, -
she answered. Il know not soul in
Cleveland
When asked if she had been in
band questioningly and then smiled at
him. Meanwhile he had been sitting
stoIidly silent.
And what did you think of Billy ?'
He is a dear child-I really hated to
part with him. she answered.
Il suppose, if you had had children
of your own. you would know what
agony it would be to lose one" the in
terviewer ventured.
Il suppose So" she murmured. Il
never had any children"
They tell me you haven't been mar
ried long"
"I haven't been married so very
long"
Brides usually blush when they ad-
NIT it,
hear it, that I forgot how to blush
long ago"
She was asked if she wasn't sorry
now that she had taken a hand in kid
naping the little boy.
''I had nothing to do with it," she
face before he came to Cleveland"
Boyle Taken to Mercer.
Pittsburg. March 26.-Both prison
ers held for Whitla kidnapping were
lar time for rising at the Jail. Mrs.
Boyle was in good humor until
breakfast was served.
"Is that all there is to eat?' was
with black coffee and the tin plate
containing three thick slices of bread.
That's the regulation Jail break
fast" said the matron.
81 will send out to a restaurant or
motel for my breakfast, if you please"
said the woman haughtily.
Indeed you will not. This will be
all you can get. For your own sake
little of the coffee" After a mo-
ment's hesitation Mrs. Boyle decided
to take the breakfast. She took a
sip of the strong coffee. which con-
tanned neither sugar, cream nor milk,
and disgustedly set it on the floor.
Boyle was not SO particular. He
drank all the coffee and nibbled at the
bread. The woman is apparently un-
BILE she is now in. Boyle was taken
to Mercer at 1 o'clock. Mrs. Boyle re-
mained in the Jail.
A Hitch Develops.
Pittsburg, Pa, March 26.-Mrs.
Boyle was left behind when her hus-
there are no accommodations for
women prisoners in the Mercer county
Jail.
Former District Attorney Cochran
of Mercer county, counsel for Mr..
Whitla, said yesterday that he was in
possession of evidence which will con-
meet Mrs. Boyle with the Pennsyl-
vania end of the kidnapping and will
bring her to trial in this state for
abduction, the penalty for which is
life imprisonment. 1t is persistently
reported that there is some hitch in
the proceedings against the man and
was made at Pittsburg to straighten
the matter. What this trouble is
could not be learned.
At the conference today it was de-
cided not to make out the informa-
tions against Boyle and his wife on a
charge of kidnapping but to wait until
Boyle arrives at Mercer late this
afternoon.
Boyle was handcuffed to Sheriff
Chess of Mercer county when he left
the Jail In the party were also Chief
of Police Crane of Sharon and C. B.
Perkins and son, Pittsburg detectives.
The trip from the Jail to the railroad
station was made in Mr.. Perkins's
automobile. Few people knew of the
departure and as a result there was
no demonstration either at the prison
or railway station. Boyle was expect
ed to reach the Mercer county Jail
shortly after o'clock this afternoon.
Notwithstanding the statement that
Mrs. Boyle was held here because of
insufficient accomm odations for wom-
en- at Mercer there is much doubt IL
this is the reason. 1t is said the
authorities were undecided until the
last moment what to do.