The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-29
Boyle Declines to Plead to
Charge of kidnapping.
Was Taken Alone to Sharon for
His Preliminary.
BADLY FRIGHTENED.
Heard That a Mob Would Get
Him at Sharon.
The Whitla Family Is Going
Away for Awhile.

Away Tor Awhile.
Sharon, Pa, March 29.-Carrying out
the instructions of ex-Judge Miller, his
attorney, given him at Mercer this
morning, James H. Boyle kidnaper of
abduction charge before Justice s. S.
GlIoert at o'clock this afternoon.
Shaklng as with palsy and fearing
| that crowd of 300 at Erie & Pittsburg
geance on him, Boyle had to be assist
ed from the train when it reached here
at 12:O5 today. There was no demon
stration against the man.
When Mrs. Boyle arrived in Mercer
on Saturday she was without a change
of linen. Sheriff Addison Gumbert of
Allegheny county and Councilman
Joseph Wasson Of Pittsburg, who were
en- route to Mercer to visit relatives,
"chipped i'm and purchased COM
plete outfit of undergarments. When
Sheriff Gumbert was leaving he gave
Mrs. Boyle $5 for her personal needs
while in Jail.
Rumors that she could tell a great
many unpleasant things are still per-
sistently circulated and attorneys for
the prosecution are reticent concern
ing her.
Preparing for Legal Battle.
Mercer, Pa, March 29.-Prepara-
tions are now being perfected for the
legal battle in the famous Whitla
kidnapping case. While Mrs. Boyle, or
McDermott, has not personally re-
taineG an Attorney her husband,
James Boyle, has ex-Judge Samuel H
Miller and his law partner, Attorney
James s. Stranahan. Both attorneys
are well known.
Boyle was taken from here today to
Sharon, Pa, where he was given
hearing before Justice S. S. Gilbert, on
a charge of kidnapping.
Mrs. Boyle will be taken to Sharon
sometime tomorrow. Her hearing VIII
be set to suit the convenience or Mr.
Whitla, who leaves with his family to-
morrow for rest. Where he viii
spend his vacation has not been an
nounced. Boyle will be brought back
to Mercer.
District Attorney Lininger and for
mer States Attorney Cochran will
prosecute the case. Both prisoners
enjoyed a good rest last night. Their
appetites are also returning
1t is reported here today that
wealthy relatives have communicated
with the authorities and were coming
to the assistance of Mrs Boyle. With
in a few days, it is said, money will
be Forthcoming and she is assured OF
the ablest counsel in this section OF
the state.
Mrs. Boyle, however, is taking her
imprisonment much to heart
known in Kansas City.
Kansas City, March 29.-According to
the local police Mrs. Helen Boyle, un-
der arrest at Mercer, Pa, for the kid
naping of Willie Whitla of Sharon, Pa,
lived in Kansas City in the spring and
summer of 1907 and was arrested here
on a charge of forgery. She went un-
der the name of Helen Parker, wife OF
Frank A. Parker. who conducted rest
aurant in East 10th street. Both she
and her husband were arrested May 3,
1907 The case against the ParkerS grew
out of a worthless check. Parker's ex-
PLANTATION was that his wife, as cashier,
took the check in payment Tor meal
ticket at the restaurant from a man
She did not know Parker indorsed the
check and traded it to a grocer. Later
1t was found to be worthless. The Wo-
man was in the county Jail from May 4,
to June H. when the case against her
was dropped by the prosecuting attor-
Il.
Lieutenant Harry Siege, bertillon man
at police headquarters. when shown a
picture of Mrs. Boyle, declared that she
and Helen Parker We're the same per-
son.
Later Parker was arrested in St. Louis
on another forgery charge and sent to
the penitentiary at jefferson City.
Mrs. Parker when arrested here. gave
her age as 81 and said she was born in
Visited Penitentiary.
Jefferson City, Mo, March 29-Ex-
perts on Identification of criminals IN
the Missouri penitentiary say the wo-
man who was arrested with James
Boyle in connection with the Whitla
KIDNAPPING case is the same woman
who visited Frank Minor, convict
from St. Louis. in the penitentiary
here a few months ago and whose let
ters to Minor from Sharon, Pa, in the
last few months have been among the
most brilliant letters received by any
of the convicts. She was here in COM
pany with a man named Boyle from
Pennsylvania and spent two days in
Jefferson City on their way east from
the Democratic national convention.
While the woman was here two
Kansas City convicts identified her as
the woman who was in Jail with Minor
in Kansas City when she passed as
Mrs Helen Parker and he as Frank
A. Parker, her husband.
The warden here received a letter
from the chief of police of Cleveland |
asking about Minor and enclosing a |
of Boyle and his wife. |
Attendants Immediately recognized the |
woman as the one who came here last |
summer with a man named Boyle
Parker or Minor was arrested in st. |
Louis for forgery and in that city |
went under the name of Minor.
Sharp Wind Blows.
The daV good enough for anUone /