The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-05-15
NAMES WAITLA'S"
BR0THER-|N-LAW
Harry Forker Is Boyle's Mys-
terious Third Person.
HIS STORY DISCREDITED

I Getting a Life Term and the We
I man Being Sent to Prison For Tween
tyFive Years--Raxor Found IN Cell
and She Attempts 70 Execute Suicide
Threat by Taking Morphine.
Before he was taken to the peniten-
tiary at Pittsburg. from Mercer Pa.
James Boyle prepared this statement;
''This is the complete history OF the
kidnapping OF Willie Whitla.
ION the morning OF .........., Dan
Feeble. Jr.. was found dead on the
sidewalk In Youngstown. o.. and over
the PROSTATE form was Harry Forker,
holding a package OF letters gathered
from the sidewalk near the body OF
Reeble.
"As he was about TO depart from the
vicinity he was intercepted by myself
and Dan Shay. saloon keeper OF
Youngstown. Shay Is dead.
"fn Forker's hurry he failed TO find
two envelopes that contained four let
tiers. The same were picked up by
Shay.
SHAY and myself read the letters.
They were written by lady. two from
party In New York state and the
others from Cleveland, o.
Says He Received Money.
AT a later date Forker was apprised
OF the fact that l held these letters
and asked IL he could use them.
Forker wrote stating that he would
like 20 have a personal talk with me.
"A meeting took place. Forker said
he would pay for the possession OF the
letters The amount offered was refus-
ed and from that day 10 March, 1905.
received al different times amounts OF
money from Forker to remain silent.
about six months ago. when re-
turned 10 Sharon with my wife, l met
Forker and informed him that unless
received $4,000 | would hold the
secret no longer.
HE informed me II was impossible
10 get the money immediately, but
some time in April. 1909. he was TO
come In possession OF funds and would
then turn some over to me. which was
satisfactory at that time.
ION my leaving sharon on March IL.
1909. proceeded 10 Cleveland. o.. and
addressed to Forker letter. which
read as follows:
al have decided not TO wait any
longer In regard 10 the money PROPOSE
ton. and II don't hear from you soon
there will be some exposing
IL signed it. j. J. Bailey. Cleveland,
o..
ION March 10. 1909. l received an
answer which read:
Forker Mrs. Whltla's Brother.
Friend Bailey-You know OF the
circumstances and the promise made
you when you left here. but II you are
really desperately in need OF money.
as YOU profess 20 be, I will outline a
little plan which. with your co-opera-
tion. can be very successfully carried
out. viz, the abduction OF ]. p. Whit
las son.
upon learning that my name was
mentioned in connection with the Kid.
naping case ! made II point 10 meet
Whitla personally In Cleveland.
showed him the letters that had pass.
ed between Forker and myself. also
the Youngstown letters and Whitla
promised that II | would substantiate
the truth OF the Youngstown letters he
would see that there would be no pros
ecution.
Il then surrendered. through whitIa,
all the letters that were In my posses
sion and the world knows the result"
Harry Forker Il a brother OF Mrs.
whitla. Boyle declares he was the
man who took "Bllly" from school and
escorted the boy 10 Warren.
Whitla denies absolutely that any
such deal was made with Doyle. He de-
MED Boyies statement about meet
ing In Cleveland
The statement OF Boyle is discredit.
cd generally.
Boyle was sentenced for life and the
woman given a term OF twenty-five
years.
Razor IN Boylc's Clothing.
That the threats OF a double suicide
made by Mrs. Boyle were not idle. was
shown when II became known that a
razor which was secreted In Boyles
clothing was found and that Mrs.
Boyle had taken a quantity OF NOR.
phine between midnight and daylight.
Mrs. Boyle was made partly uncon.
scious during the night and was very
sick.
sheriff Chess took from Mrs. Boyle
three hatpins and removed all the
glasses she had In her cell.
At the ponitentiary the prisoners
were taken TO side room and told
that they would have 10 say goodbye,
AZ the rules would not permit thom 10
see each other again. Mrs. Boyle
thrVv her arm around "Jimmy's" neck
and kissed him.
The prisoners then shook hands and
the matrcn escorted Mrs. Boyle from
the room When she reached the cor.
ridnr she burst into tears and asked
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