The Detroit times., 1909-03-25
.WH|TLA kIDAAP[Rs
ARE INDICTED FOR
bLACkMA|L
TRUE BILLS VOTED ~ GRAND
JURY, BEFORE WHICH wHlrCA
AND HIS SON rEsriFiEp--eaie
oNERs IDENTIFIED.

CLEVELAND. o., March 49,
The grand jury. before which
Willie WhitIa, the kidnapped and
ransomed Sharon, Pa, boy testi-
fled yesterday, together with HE
father, ;. p. Whiti., reic-ned In
dictments .cS.y charging bss>:.S-
mail against James Boyle and his
wife, the kldnapers OF the boy.
What effect these indictments
may have upon the. plans to ex-
tradIte Boyle and m wife have
not been dIscioeod. TIRE true
bills were voted a - minutes
before noon.
SHARON, Pa. March 25.--Lf6
Imprisonment for James Boyle
and his wife, who kidnapped 3
year-old Willie WhitIa and held
him for a ransom Of $4,000, viii
be demanded by the state Of
Pennsylvania. Gov. stuart signed
extradition papers for the pair to-
day and they will be served on
Gov. Harmon, Of Ohio.
CLEVELAND, o.. March 25.-The
police were baffied when they began
working today on the Whitla kidnap-
ing case. The woman who was ar
rested with a man identified as JameA
II. Boyle was enshrouded In mystery
late last night, and the police expect
ed TO establish her identity today to
their satisfaction. She is the wife
of Boyle, 1t is stated, but the police
were anxious to learn more about her,
II she had Sharon connec-
tons. She declared 10 Chief of Police
Kohler that she was the boys nurse
in Sharon.
The case was made more preplexed
by the statement of Mrs. Harry
Forker. wife OF brother of Mrs.
Whitla, when she was shown q de-
scription of the woman under arrest
charged with kidnapping Willie Whitla.
That's the woman Mrs. Forker
said. She would not talk further. The
police have been spurred to renewed
efforts by this statement.
A woman said to be Mary Diener
who took poison and died on the
street. was said today to have been
in the company Of the Boylcs In sa
loon the night the latter were arrest
ed. II is believed she feared possible
results for her having accepted OF tn,
Boyles' hospitality.
James p. Whitla, the father OF VIII.
lie Whitla, who was kidnapped, declares
he knows Boyle slightly. but he is not
acquainted with the woman. This dec
laration was brought out by the re-
ports that sensation was brewing In
the case; that the woman was rela-
tive of the Whitla family. The wom-
an is said to be known in East st.
Louis, Ill. as Helen Faulkner, a for
mer actress.
Mr.. whitla late last night issued
this statement:
There has been in some of the
newspapers considerable criticism
passed upon police officers through
out the country relative to the ap-
prehension Of my sons kidnapers.
Il want TO say in my own behalf
and fer my wife, that nave the
highest appreciation for the constant
activity OF the police all over the
country in their efforts to locate the
guilty parties.
MY great anxiety was for the re-
covery OF the boy, and 1t was toward
that object that was constantly
striving. Now that he has been re-
turned to us, sincerely trust due
punishment will be melted out to the
guilty parties
81 feel that Chief Kohler and his
efficient corps of officers have been
particularly vigilant and active in tho
apprehension OF the criminals and
wish specially 10 mention him and his
associates In making recognition vi
police officers in general. Any refiec-
ticus that have been made through the
press upon any OF the channels or
Justice have been unauthorized by me
and are contrary TO my views.
Both the man and woman arrested
by the Cleveland police have been
positively identified by my son as the
k!dnapers. The man know, have
known him for years. | have known
him only by sight His home Is In
sharon. understand his mother lives
there. but that he had no permanent
residence or occupation there.
Il never saw the woman before
faced her at police headquarters here
today. No understanding or discus
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