Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-05-14
BOYLE Is FOUND
GUILTY I'M WHlTLA
KIDNAPPING CASE

Mercer, Pa, May S.-When court
convened this afternoon counsel for
Boyle entered a plea Of nollo contendo,
or a refusal to offer any evidence.
After being out 10 minutes the jury,
returned a verdict of guilty as in
dicted.
After the conclusion of Boyle's case
Mrs. Boyle was taken into court, the
intention being TO take up her case at
once.
Mercer, Pa, May 8.-"Billy" Whitla,
on the witness stand in the trial of
James H.. Boyle, his alleged abductor.l
today pointed hts finger at the defend
ant as the latter sat in the prisoners
box and said with q p~ositiveness that
could not be doubted
THAT Is the man"
He had been asked If he could point
out the man who took him away from
Sharon last March, n his answer
was given without the slightest hesl-'
tation.
Hundreds crowded the frail building
serving for a temporary court house
when court was convened this morn,
ing and the doors were locked to pre-,
vent a possible disaster from over
t:rowding.
James Boyle entered a formal plea
of not guilty, the jury selected yester-.
day was sworn n the opening ad-
dress to the jury was made by L. G..
Cochran, in charge OF the prosecution.
He spoke nearly half an hour, outlining
what the state will attempt to prove,
which differs in 10 material point from
accounts Of the kidnapping already
published.
Where Liars Go.
BILLY" Whitla was the first ::
.t4,ozn ,nI haPnra bainU Gurnrn .
caused a ripple Of laughter when !;
he answered the question as to ::
where boys go who do not tell ::
the truth, by saying: /:
They go to hell" f:
..s..','..s's Gee go. -
In his boyish way. he told the story
of the man who said his name was
Mr.. Jones calling for him in a buggy
at the schoo and telling him he had
been sent to take him away on ac-
count of smallpox. that he was to take
Others also and that Billy would
meet his friends on the train.
Billy said Mr.. Jones gave him q
letter and asked aim to write his moth
er's name and address on II, that he
did SO with a pencil n the man
mailed 1t In Sharon. When asked TO
describe the difference In the mans
appearance then and now Billy" said
that when he first saw the man he
had his whiskers here" pointing TO
his upper lip. He said the man took
the whiskers off after a while.
How He Hid.
When Abner Hancock. a barber, OF
Niles, Ohio, was asked to stand up.
Billy" identified him as the man who
had shaved Boyle. He told OF the
drive to Warren. the subsequent trip
to Niles, and Asntabula, of visiting a
park at Ashtabula and standing be-
side a cannon Then he said he was
taken to Cleveland. where he was told
ne was in a hospital. 1t contained, ne
said. two rooms and a bath. He told
of aiding i'm the bottom of a buggy
and I'm the box under the washstand
In the hospital" lest the doctors
should see him n put him In a pest
house. He said that Mr.. and Mrs.
Jones directed him to do so.
Witnesses co~rroborated.
Numerous witnesses at the morning
session testified to having seen Boyle
and the kidnapped boy in each others
Witnesses told OF having
seen them in a carriage, as previously
described, and OF Willie mailing the
ransom letter to his father.
!. p. Whitla, the father, told OF the
abduction and the three letters he re-
ceived demanding a ransom. de toio
of his compliance with all the condi-
tions imposed. On
ne denied having any conversation In
Cleveland prior to the latter's arrest.
Mrs. B. A. Hendrickson, with whom
the containing $4,000 was left
I'm the Cleveland store, identified Boyle
as the man who secured the package
from her.
The prosecution has submitted the
following:
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