Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-13
|BOYLES LODGED
IN PfNITfNTIARy
Kidnapper Is Given Life TernI
and His Wife Must Serve
Twenty-Five Years.
BOYLE TELLS A DIZZY YARN
Says FOrker of Sharon Instigated Kid,
mapping Story 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
f1icted on Mrs. Boyle.
The prisoners were taken first to a
side room and told that they would
have to say good-by, as the rules of
the prison would not permit them to
see each other again. Mrs. Boyle
threw her arms around Boyle's neck
and kissed him. She said: 1--WE must
take it the best we can" The man
maintained his silence and had moth
ing to say.
Hold Hands on Journey.
On the trip from Mercer the kid
nappers discussed the sentence, which
they allege was unjust. Mr. and Mrs.
Boyle sat together and held each 9th
er's hands the entire journey.
Sheriff Chess said he believed Boyle
had intended to kill his wife and then
commit suicide with the razor the
sheriff found in the kidnapper's tie
yesterday. Neither prisoner would
deny this was true.
Both Collapse in Court.
Mercer, Pa, May Thames Boyle
did not create the scene in court he
had threatened, when sentence was
passed on himself and wife. He did
not utter word prior to his sentence.
His counsel, however, made a plea for
leniency in both cases. Both Boyle
and his wife collapsed completely
upon hearing their sentences pro-
nounced
Before leaving for the penitentiary
Boyle gave out a statement in which
| he charged Harry FOrker of Sharon,
Pa. with being the instigator of the
kidnapping plot.
Boyle Tells Weird Tale.
He declares that through letters
connecting Forker with the murder
of Dan Feeble at Youngstown he had
received at different times amounts
of money from Forker to remain 81
| lent. About six months ago he in
formed Forker that unless he received
5000 he would hold the secret no
longer. On March Is, 1909, he says
| he received a letter from Forl1er sug-
costing the plan to kidnap young
| Whit1a 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 of the boy. The agreement
was 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 ransom. Boyle
SAYS that when he discovered that his
name was mentioned in connection
with the case he made it point to
see Whitla personally in Cleveland.
Gave Up the Letters.
He says that he surrendered to
Whitla the Youngstown letters and
the letter he had received from For
ker on Whitla's promise that there
would be no prosecution. Boyle de-
cIares that he was prevented by his
own counsel from telling his story on
the stand. His wife, he says, was
duped from start to finish, and had
nothing to do with the case. In con-
clusion he calls on God to witness the
truth of his story.
The 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 double suicide
made by Mrs. Boyle were not mere
| idle words was shown yesterday when
it became known that razor which
had been secreted in his clothing was
taken from Boyle yesterday, and that
Mrs. Boyle had taken what she says
was enough morphine to kill two
persons"
The morphine was taken between
midnight and daylight, but had little
effect on the woman.
Tissue of Lies.
Sharon, Pa, May 12.-This commu-
nifty was more excited yesterday over
Boyle's story than it was on the day
Of the kidnapping. Forker declares
that the whole story is without foun-
dation and is a tissue of lies from be-
ginning to end. J. P. Whitla, father
of the kidnapped boy, denies abso-
lutely that he saw or talked with
BOYLE in Cleveland. 'The whole
statement he said, sis willful and
malicious lie."
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