The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-26
HooTs AND JEkRs nREer WILLIE
WHiFtA's AsouctoRsl A1
AA'LaoAD CITATION,
* Wh'tla, and WIN - slisld lneast Il
pises ~ Evidence Doyls ssys
Wlfe HID No Compassion
|. El With CRIME.

for the ssafety Of their pgisoners il
they were taken TO sharon or the
county sest at Mercer. officers tonight
brought James H. Boyle and wife, ac.
cused of the kidnapping of Willie
Whitla, to the Allegheny county jail
here. They were brought here In 4
special car from Cleveland via
Youngstown and New Castle The
prtsopers were guarded in their car
by sixteen detectives and officers. It
was the 5unsnimous opinion Of the
officers engaged on the case that It
would Ne safer not to take any
chances. By exposing their prisoners
to the wrath Of the Sharon populace
On the arrival of the train here the
prisoners were placed In m automo-
bile and rushed to the jail. Boyis
was nanacled and guarded by two de-
tectives. but the woman was allowed
to walk quietly beside one Of the Of
ficers.
The arrival of the chief particf-
pants in the celebrated kidnapping case
werenot generally expected here AMI
only small crowd was at the station
when the train drew In. However.
the news spread rapidly and quite 4
throng surrounded the automobile
before 1t left the depot.
II is the intention of the officers to
keep their prisoners in jail heresever,
al days and remove them at some time
when the public is not expecting IL
to the Mercer county jail, where they
will be kept till the grand jury con-
veles the, third week in April.
Coming down on the train today
Boyle talked freely but the woman
talked iittIs and refused to give any
clew to her. past Whitla accompan-
led the iprisoners from Cleveland but
left the train at Youngstown going
from there to Sharon.
s$.
Clevelasd. Ohio. March 25.-With
boots and jeers ringing in their ears
James H. HUyle and wife. arrested
here az the kidhapers Of villa Whit
Ia. Of Sharon, Pa, were escorted by
the police to an Erie train just before
II left At 5:25 tonight for Mercer, Pa.
This practically closes the case ~
far az Cleveland Is concerned. as fur
ther action will be taken by the Penn
sylvania authorities. However, the
Cleveland police have a club over the
heads OF the Boyles in a joint indict- |
ment returned today charging them
with blackmail. This charge is basel
on the payment Of the $4,000 ransom
by ]. p. Whitla for the recovery of
his son, Willie. here last Monday.
A few minutes before the train left
the station, the couple were hurried
from the central police station to the
depot in . patrol wagon. A squad Of
patrolmen had been sent IN advance
to prevent crush. but a. the prison
ers alighted from the wagon . great
throng surged about them and II was
with difficulty that q path was clear
ed to the coaches. As Boyle and his
wife. each accompanied by two pa
trolmen. walked through the train |
shed, the crowd greeted them with
boots and jeefs.
That MRS. Boyle had nothing to do
with the actual kidnapping OF Willie
Whitla was the. statement made to-
day by the woman and her husband.
Police Prosecutor Gull was In conver-
sation with Boyle and the latter said
that although he expected to be "ratl-
roaded" when tried in Pennsylvania,
there Is absolutely NO way to connect
his wife with any oifense committed
In that state.