The National tribune., 1909-05-20

severe setback IN the sentence just pro-
nounced upon the Boyles. James Boyle
and his wife, it will be remembered,
were the kidnapers of little Willie
Whitla, for which crime Boyle has been
sentenced to prison for life, and she
for term of % years. Terrible as is
this offense against the law and peace
of our homes, second only to that of
murder, there has been a small amount
of sympathy for the Boyles on account
of their having treated the little boy
kindly, but so much of a criminal char
acter with regard to their previous
lives was developed by the trial that
the court felt that the occasion re-
quired the rigor of the maximum SEN
tence. The woman who calls herself
Mrs. Boyle IS young, quite handsome,
clever and thoroly sophisticated, appar-
emily well educated and possessed of
much charm of manner She is the
daughter of respectable people who live
in Chicago, and it is said until five
years ago bore an excellent reputation.
Craving a life of excitement, and gifted
with good voice which she had culti-
. waited to some extent, she naturally
thought of the stage, when she was d.
verted from this career by a man
named Parker. who. persuaded her to
Join her fortunes with his in the max
ing of easy money" One of their
ways of doing this undoubtedly sprang
from the clever brain of the woman.
They would advertise for housemaids,
and-when such appeared their refer
ences would be used by the woman to
obtain employment herself in the homes
of the wealthy, when she would disap-
pear in few days with the family jew
-elsszetc. AT one place she relieved
family of $4,000 in the way of jewels.
and in the most successful manner. 1t
was found in the course of the trial
5 that Mrs Boyle had been engaged in
many transactions of this character,
and that Boyle's career had been no
better. The woman is far superior
mentally to the man, and it is not
doubted that her cleverness planned the
Whitla kidnapping. All thru the trial
they have asserted their innocence, and
hinted at terrible disclosures they could
make if cnly permitted. But the Judge
took no stock whatever in this, since
the entire evidence tended to prove the
Boyles a pair of dangerous criminals,
as ready to lie as to steal The couple
were made very weak in the knees
when sentence was pronounced upon
them, and had to be assisted from the
court room. And now in their separate
: cells they will have plenty of time to
reflect on their hard luck, and to
scheme for some release from their
present condition. The time had come
when it was vitally necessary to strike
a good hard blow at this crime of steal
Ing Il6 little cniiUTeH Oh lne TiCIl, Lax
too common in this country, and every
one will rejoice that the heaviest sem
tence within the power of the law to
impose has been pronounced in the
case of the Boyles.
Our friend, John D. Rockefeller,
looks out upon life thru the eyes of the
optimist these days. believes that the
world is growing better, and that every
one. would be happy If they only saved
their money, etc His digestion is all
right thanks to his money and his good
sense, and be comes in to his luncheon
with the appetite of boy after "A
8 morning en- the golf course. Lately he
has been spending some time at Hoe
Springs, Va, and has developed quite
a passion for mountain climbing. Armed i
with good stout alpinstock, our richest
man in the world" has sailed forth
each day with a little crowd of enthu-
siastic climbers, and spent several hours
doing the neighooring mountains.
One day he was accompanied by his
little granddaughter, whose youthful
legs soon grew tired, and who was car
: ried by her fond grandfather for two
miles over Warm Spring Mountain. So
the story goes.
Occasionally. still the name of Evelyn
Thaw appears in the papers. She seems
to be having a little seance with her
mflliner just at present on account of
bill off $3.50. She was ordered to ap-
pear in court, but paid no attention to
the summons. and when this was looked
fnto IL was found that Mrs. Evelyn was
quite without the wherewithal to pay
the milliner's bill; that is, she said she
hid no money; that she did not get a
penny from her husband or his mother,
not one. which is difficult to believe.
Cfconrse, Evelyn Thaw never went on
the witness stand and told that hor-
rfble story out of love for her miserable
husband or his family. There was a
good, fat sum given her for that days
business without doubt and if she has
nc money now ii Is because she has
spent II in $3.50 milliner bills and the
like. In the present case il is said she I
was saved from arrest by her lawyer,
who paid the bill in question.
America is proud of the success of
the Wright brothers, Wilbur and Or
vile. They have been honored and
feted In Europe. a tremendous fuss has
recently been made over them in Lon
don, and great things in the way of
entertainment had been planned for
them as soon as they reached New
York. But when the brothers arrived
on the HIN and heard of this, they
refused point blank to be lionized, and
insisted upon cutting out everything
but one luncheon. However 1t will not
De so easy for them TO do this in their
home town of Dayton, o., whittier they
will go in few days. regular pro-
gram has been made out by their towns |
people in honor of the aviators, includ- !
ing presentation of medals, parades, |
receptions. etc, and 1t looks as If the |
brothers stood In great danger of being |
forced TO send up silent prayer to |
Heaven to be defended from their |
friends. Success has crowned their
hard work and patient efforts; victory
perches on their banner. The world |
crooks the pregnant hinges of the knee
before them. and that tickle Jade For
tune, has opened her arms to them. /
whispering in the ear promises of daz-
zling wealth and deathless fame. Well |
We are glad Of it.
As soon as the late Sultan of Turk ev |
was successfully deposed and safely |
out OF the way there began the search |
for the vast sums of which he was
known to be possessed, and which It |
was supposed he kept near his person |
For some days the search for these was |
In vain, but finally there was found in |
the treasury boxes of the imperial pal
ace at Yildiz s7,500,000, $4,000 900 of |
which were in cash, while $1,000, 600 |
were In marketable securities. Paperst
were also found showing that the Sui
tan had on deposit in Germany, Eng
iand, France and the United States up
ward of 15,00O,000 more. Which makes
quite nice little haul for the state.
For the past two or thre seasons the
principal attraction on the stage has