Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-05-13
THE WH|TLA BOYS
K|DNAPPERS
JAMES BOYLE'S SENTENCE WAS
LIFE AND WlFE'S TWENTY
FIVE YEARS.
THEY BOTH WEAKENED
That Mysterious Story Some One
Else, Whom They Threatened to
Expose, Not Yet Known.

-NfNS~t 49, 80 'N'N''s
James III. Boyle was sentenced on
Monday to life Imprisonment in the
Western Pennsylvania penitentiary on
the charge of kidnapping BILLY" Whit
la.
Helen Boyle. his wife and confed-
crate, was sentenced TO 25 years in
the same institution and to pay fine
of $4,000 and the costs of the trial.
Both sentences are the maximum
for the offenses under which the pair
were indicted. Mrs. Boyle was convict
ed only OF aiding in the kidnapping.
Both Boyle and his wife collapsed
at the sentence They had to be car
ried back to their cells.
Mrs Boyle early in the morning
swallowed several morphine tablets
in an effort to carry out her threat TO
kill herself rath' than go TO the peni
Tertiary Secreted in Boyle's tie was
found razor with which he had in
tended TO cut his throat.
The Boyles will appeal their case
and declare they will expose the man
higher up"
MISUNDERSTANDING the ldCl Nhdl Jim
N.Y. Boyle was not permitted an oppor
tunity in court to disclose the name
of the person who. he alleges, planned
the Whitla abduction for which he
| and his wife have been convicted, he
declares the name and all the details
of the case will be made public very
soon.
Boyle has retained Pittsburg law
yer OF high standing 10 take charge
OF his case as soon as he and his
wife reach the Western penitentiary.
This lawyer, whose name has not been
made public yet, is TO be employed for
the purpose of appealing the cases
of the Boyles, and incidentally Boyle
expects to have him issue a formal
statement, drawn up in legal form
naming the mysterious third person
and duplicating him not only in the
abduction cases, but in another charge
of a serious nature.
Boyle said that the statement would
startle the country. He declared he
realized now that he and his wife had
made mistake in not making the
matter public soon after their arrest
but he said:
Both Helen and / had been bluffec
into the delusion that by keeping 81
lent everything would be made al
right, and we would escape with sent.
ences OF not over year each, with
special privileges accorded us during
our imprisonment
Realizing our mistake, we have
now taken the preliminary steps to de
feat the manifest plan OF those inter.
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other party quiet. We have the steam
roller going now. and have plenty OF
ammunition TO keep ii going. II is the
other side that is on the anxious seat
now"
Mrs. Helen Boyle, charged with be
ing an accomplice of James Boyle il
the kidnapping OF Willie Whitla from
Sharon. Pa, on March Is of this year
was found guilty Saturday after tn.
jury which had her case under con
sideration had been out 20 minutes.
The verdict was brought in sealed
as after the jury had retired to de
liberate court adjourned till afternoon
The verdict was rendered on the sec
ond count. which charges aiding and
abetting the kidnapping.
After the sheriff led her away the
woman talked about her sentence
lightly.
They did not see me cry" she said
nor grieve, either. They were against
me and would have convicted me i
had been in Hong Kong or London
| am married to Boyle They had &
right to prove that. but they did not.
On her way 10 the Jail after hei
conviction, Mrs. Boyle expressed the
belief that she had been convicted t.
satisfy the venom and jealousy o.
some Mercer women. Had | been &
plain GIRL she said, these same wo
men would have pitied me- IL the
jury had acquitted me, | believe these
women would have tarred and feath
cred me. A sacrifice had to be made
and Jimmie and l are the victims.
They think they will railroad ms
to the pen They will find the,
are mistaken. My fight has only be
gun. Jimmie and | were not allowed
to open our mouths at the trial. Nov
we will do the talking, and the peopl,
will know upon whom the blam,
, should fall.
II admit that Boyle brought tn,
boy to me at Cleveland; that ! caret
for him: was kind to him, entertained
him. i never asked why he was there
never asked where Jimmie got him
He asked me, as his wife, to take car,
of the boy for a few days and ! di,
so. II that is a crime, there are mil
lions OF wives waiting to be convicted
: II tried to make this explanation
) but was choked Off. In the future the!
, won't be able to choke me off"
II do not deny that kept the DO.
in Cleveland" said Mrs. Boyle befor'
: getting into the hack. but did no
J kidnap him. All did was 10 keel
: him for the real kidnaper, and the!
; are protecting him. He will never b.
tried IL they can prevent It."
IL the Shylock OF Venice were still
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