The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1909-03-26
TAKEN D)
Penn. FOR Trial
gAPToRs OF WILLIE wH1TLA
ARE HooTED AND JEERED AS
THEY TAKE TRAIN
Pennsylvania Justice VIII Be Meted
Out to Them While Ohio Authori-
ties Have Indicted Them on Charge
Of Blackmail Ohio Valves It's
Rights to Other State to Institute
a Trial

Trial.
Pittsburg. Pa. March 25. Fear
ing for the safety Of their prisoners
II they were taken to Sharon or the
county seat at Mercer. the offlcers
tonight brought James H. Boyle and
his wife. accused Of kidnapping viii
lie Whitla. to the Allegheny county
jail here. The prisoners were guard
ed in their car by sixteen detectives
and officers.
The car was kept securely locked
and no one was granted admission
to the car except an Associated
Press correspondent and a few other
newspaper men.
1t was the unanimous opinion Of
the officers that it would be safer
not to- take any chances by expos
ing their prisoners to the wrath OF
the Sharon populace.
On the arriyal of the train here
the prisoners were placed In an auto
mobile and rushed to the county
Jail. Boyle was manacled and guard
ed by two detectives but the woman
was allowed to walk quietly beside
an officer. Mrs. Boyle chatted quite
freely with the officers and seemed
to be In a happy frame OF mind.
The arrival of the chief particle
pants in the celebrated kidnapping
case was not generally expected here
and only a small crowd was at the
station when the train drew IN.
However, the news spread rapidly
and quite crowd surrounded the
automobile before it left the depot.
Cleveland, o., March 25. With
boots and jeers ringing In their ears,
James H. Boyle and wife arrested
here as the kidnapers Of little Willie
Whitla, of Sharon, Pa, were escort
ed by the police to an Erie train
just before 1t left at 5:25 tonight
for Mercer, Pa.
This practically closes the case as
far as Cleveland is concerned, as
further action will be taken by the
Pennsylvania authorities. However,
the Cleveland police have a club oy-
er the heads Of the Boyles, in a
joint Indictment returned today.
charging James H. Boyle and Helene
Boyle, alias Faulkner, with black
mail This charge is based on the
payment Of $4,000 ransom by j. P.
Whitla for the recovery OF his son
Willie, here last Monday. This In
dfctment will be used by the local
officials in the event that the case
in Pennsylvania fails Of conviction.
Sheriff William Chase Of Mercer
county, Pennsylvania, and Chief OF
Police Crane, Of Sharon, arrived to-
day and Immediately originated pro-
ceedings for the return Of the pris-
oners. The Cuyahoga county off,
cials waived their rights to
the Boyles and the latter informed
Chief Kohler that they would not
fight extradition to the keystone
state. .:S5
A few minutes before the Erie
train left the station the couple was
hurried from the central police sta.
tion to the depot in a patrol wagon
"A squad Of patrolmen had been sent
in advance to prevent a crush, bu,
|as the prisoners alighted from ths
wagon a great throng surged abou,
them and 1t was with difiiculty tina,
a path was cleared to the coaches
AS Boyle and his wife, each accom-
panied by two patrolmen, walket
through the train shed. the crowt
greeted them with boots and jeers.
That Mrs. Boyle had nothing t,
do with the actual kidnapping OF VII
lie Whitla was the statement mad
today by the woman and her hua
band. Police Prosecutor Daniel Cul
was In conservation with Boyle an,
| the latter said that although he ex
|pected to be "railroaded'' when trle
In Pennsylyania, there is no way 1
connect his wife with any oifens
committed in that state. He refer
Ired to Mrs. Boyle as "the woman Il