The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-24
KIDNAPERS PROVE
TO BE EPEOPLE WHO
LIVED AT SHERON
Relative of Man Identifies Him
in Jail at Cleveland,
Ohio.
Billy Whitla and Father Go TO
Look at Them.
CHILD TELLS OF HIS RIDES

] Cleveland, o., March 24.-The |
Whitla party arrived here at O'Clock |
this afternoon.
The police this afternoon say Boyle |
is a Sharon plumber and the woman
calling herself Mrs Falkner is his
wife. John Boyle. distant relative.
identified Them. Billy Identified photo
graphs OF the man and woman when
he stepped of the train.
Their Names.
Cleveland, March 24.-The names
I J. II. Boyle and Helen FalkHer were |
given to the police this morning by
the man and woman detained last |
night in connection with the kidnap-
ing Of Billy Whitla. Mrs. Whitla's
name before her marriage was Fork
ner. The police say there is no evil
idence connecting the crime with Mrs. ,
Whhla's relatives. Police are posi- |
tive they have either the kidnapers
or important confederates. They are
waiting for Billy and HIS fathers ar
rival this afternoon to make the sdent |
ificatton. According TO descriptions
over the phone the couple are con-
nected with the crime.
Seeking Accomplices.
Cleveland, March 24.-Polsce are
seeking the accomplices OF the kid
napers Of Sharon. Thew are positive
more help was necessary to commit
the crime. Billy Whitla is guarded
oioco1x- bx- Cbaron. o,,tAo~ftfo., No.. |
was found on the woman tied with a
pink tape with the imprint. Law
renee Saratoga" Whitla said today
the ransom money was tied this way.
Looks like these were the peo-
pie" said Whitla. "You bet your
life | will prosecute"
Billy's father and Uncle Frank II.
Buhl and Chief OF Police Grain left
at IL o'c,ock today on the Erie for
Cleveland to identify the suspects
The most conclusive evidence found
by the police was a jar of chloroform
and drugged candy in the suite occu-
pied by J. II. Boyle and Helen Falk-
ner.
Caught i'm Cleveland.
The man and a woman we're ar
rested last night suspected of being
the kidnapers OF Willie Whitla, and
the woman, acting as spokesman for
the pair, declared chat she had plan
ned the whole thing. Word from
Sharon, Pa, Is to the effect that the
woman was a resident of that place
and her arrest has caused a great SEN
sation there. The man seemed to-
have little or nothing to say.
Captain Shattuck and Detective
Ward. Of the local force were attract
ed by the movements Of the pair and
approached them with a view to
learning their Identity.
What's your hurryg" asked the
captain.
The man who was carrying
satchel, dropped his precious burden
and started to run, but was caught
by Shattuck.
When the police searched the
satchel they found s9,S45.50 in cur.
rency.
To the police they explained they
were on their way to the Baltimore
and Ohio depot, but they declined to
reveal their identity or their destina,
ton.
Part of the money was found in
.satchel carried by the man and upon
being searched at the police station
more OF the money in currency form
was found secreted in the skirt of the !,
woman.
Woman's Startling Statement.
When placed in custody at the DO
lice station, the woman said: 81 am
the one who planned the whole thing :
There will be trouble for me and hell =
in Sharon tomorrow" All of the =
money but $40 was bound in pack
ages with the original slips. placed \
on the money when Whitla took II
from the bank still around H. The
woman saws she spent fifteen wears
of her life in a convent in Pennsyl-I
vania. but denies that she has ever
been in trouble before.
Both the man and the woman deny
they Fnow the name OF each Other.
willie Gave Description.
Captain shattuck secured de-
scrlption of the kidnapers from VIII
lie Whitla, and this description led
TO the arrest The detectives heard
that a man and woman answering the
description of the k.dnapers had
been seen on the outskirts of the city ;
They came down town and bought /
numerous articles of clothing. ten I,
derlne s. and $40 bills in payment ,
| II was learned Later the report j
came that the people had left pack- y
.,tou-n Store uuhs.4