The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-27
WOMAN kIDNAPPER GIVES INTERVIEW
 AT COUNTY JAIL Mrs. Boyle Denies All Knowledge of the Kid
 mapping. But Admits She Cared for Billy Whitla at Cleve-
 land. Refuses to Tell Her. Antece- dents or Who. Her Family Is-Says She Is a South erner of Good Connections Says She Is Alone in the World.
Special from United Press,

tSp0CId1 rom OnItoQ RrGSS.J Mercer. March 27.-Mrs. Helen Boyle in the county jail here to-day gave a reporter of the United Press the first | authentic interview concerning he1 connection with the Kidnapping oi Billy Whitla and her past life She denied every other interview attributed to her.
 ''In the first place am the wife of James H Boyle. arrested together with me for the kidnapping" she said. s1 am legally married to him. I love him and mean to stand by him. I am not Anna McDermott of Chicago, Anna Wilson of Denver. Helen Fa,kner or any other of the persons whom I have been said to be.
 ''In the second place I deny that l was an accomDlice to the Kidnapping I know nothing about the Kidnapping. I took no part in deceiving Billy convicted of having anything to do with the kidnapping.
 "I mean to stand by my husband through this affair even though I am acquitted as I hope I may be. I do not know what his connection with this affair is but am sure he was not the instigator of the Kidnapping 'ot. I will not say whether he had any ac- complice.
 'T am a southerner and have good family connections. I have always as sociated with reputable people. wou d keep silent and refuse to drag any ones people into the notoriety of this case if it were necessary but it is not necessary. My mother is dead. She died when I was born. My father died three years ago. He is buried near Chicago. will not say just where.
 Neither will I tell my parents names. am alone in the world. have no relatives except distant cou- sins. Some of these are in Chicaeo but do not believe they know me. I my self have not been in Chicago for five T fra city to city,
 At this point the interviewer noticed a scar above her left eye. He asked her how she got it. ~ was injured years ago. I will not say where I was injured.
 q supposed Billy was broueht by my husband for the same reason Billy supposed he came to me. I was led to believe that there was smallpox at Youngstown and that Billy had been exposed and the father wanted to keep him in some safe place until the small pox scare had passed.
 ''The report that I put makeup on my face in imitation of smallpox marks is false. Neither did l dress in a nurses cap. I wore a blue 2 ngham dust cap and was dressed abHut the house like any other woman does when she is doing her work The report concerning the box of drugged candy ? We had at the Granger a package of II. collodion I am told. is ether. We lost the stopper to the package of co1'odion so we put it in the candy box in order to keep the odor of the ether from fli- ing the room at the Granger.
 s"The only report concerning my part so far published which was true was the statement that MT. Boyle and I were arrested in St. Louis. We were arrested there in connection with a crap game. We were held only a short time then we were discharged.
 q intend to remain a woman of my stery unless someone discovers my sec ret It is not on account of my family or relatives that I must do this for they are dead. but I have many ac- auaintances in good society and l must keep quiet to protect them.''
 Mrs. Boyle was dressed in a black hat and gown. She sat #in her cell with her hands clasoed on her knee. She spoke in low soft tones. Her language was that of a refined woman and her manners showed breeding. Her face was pale and her lips almost bloodless.