Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-05-13
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kIDNAPER GETS LIFE TERM AND
WIFE IS SENTENCED FOR
Is YEARS.
BOTH COLLAPSE IN COURT
Principals in WhitIa Abduction Case
Threaten Suicide-Woman Must
Pay Fine of $4,000 Immediately, or
Remain in Custody Longer.

Remain in Custody Longer.
Mercer, Pa, May Thames H.
Boyle was sentenced yesterday to life
Imprisonment in the western peniten-
tiary at Pittsburg for the kidnapping of
Billy Whitla Mrs. Boyle, indicted
as Mary Doe, received a sentence of
25 years, with fine of $4,000 and the
costs Of the prosecution. Boyle did
not create the scene in court he had
threatened, and did not utter a word
prior to his sentence. His counsel,
however, made plea for both Boyle
and his wife, pleading for leniency in
both cases. He stated that until re-
cent period the extreme penalty for
kidnapping in this state was ten years,
and in view of the fact that the boy
had been treated with every considera-
ton, and that all care had been taken
not to inflict unnecessary mental
anguish upon the parents, he felt
leniency might be asked for with
propriety.
May Extend Imprisonment.
Though no official announcement as
to the effect of the fine has been made,
it is customary in this state to extend
Imprisonment until any fine imposed
his been paid.
Both Boyle and his wife collapsed
completely upon hearing their SEN
started back to the jail from the
court room, Boyle managed to walk
with assistance down the steps, but
upon reaching the front door he be-
came limp and unable to stand. He
was lifted into the old-fashioned omni-
transported for several days between
the court house and the Jail.
Both Collapse After Sentence.
When he was placed upon the seat
inside the vehicle he was left for a
moment unsupported and fell nearly
out of it before he was caught He
was utterly unable to support him
self and had to be held all the way
to the Jail and carried to his CELL
Mrs. Boyle was in even worse condi-
ton. She was unable to walk down
the steps Of the court house to the
street and was carried by Sheriff
Chess and Chief-of-Police Livermore
down three flights of stairs to the
street. She was lifted into the omni-
bus and when the jail was reached
she was again lifted out by these Off
GERS and carried to her cell, where she
Wept violently No handouts were
placed on either prisoner on the jour
ney back to their cells, and it was
considered unnecessary to manacle
them in the condition they were in.
After the sentence had been i'm
posed on Boyle he arose and said to
the court:
"Your honor, you are wrong about
my record
II think not. It is matter of court
record replied the Judge.
When Mrs. Boyle was ordered to
stand up and receive sentence, she
was asked II she had anything to say
Il did not do it, and think the evil
dence upon which was convicted was
very flimsy." she said.
"That was matter for the Jury to
determine" said Judge Williams, and
then, after a brief review of the case,
he imposed the sentence.
Boyle told something of the murder
in which he duplicates the alleged
third party to the abduction. It was
committed, he says, in Youngstown, O.,
II or IA years ago.
His Murder Story. -
He says a man by the name of
'Feigel was with a party of others on
the third floor of a house; that there
was some drinking and then a quarrel,
during which, Boyle alleges, the third
man hurled or pushed Weigel from
window to the pavement below There
was an Investigation, and a verdict of
accidental death was returned.
w. S. Anderson, counsel for Boyle
in the kidnapping case, lived at the
time at YOung stoWn, and is said to
have made an Investigation. He says
accidental death was the only verdict
possible on the testimony presented at
that time. If Boyle has any new testi-
mOny his counsel says he did not dis
close it to them. His counsel state
that if Boyle has letters from the
third party which would show the pay
ment to him Of hush money in connec-
ton with the murder it might have
had some effect in the kidnapping case,
and if they can be produced now they
may serve to get him a new trial.
Fear Double Suicide.
That the threats of double suicide,
made by Mrs. Boyle, were not mere
idle words, was shown when it be-
came known that razor which had
been secreted in his clothing, was
taken from Boyle, and that Mrs. Boyle
had taken what she says was "enough
morphine to kill two people," The
morphine had little effect.
Mrs. Longworth to Tour Ohio.
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