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The RIGHT ONES
Man and Women Held For kid
mapping Are Identified
BY THE STOLEN BOY

The Man and Woman Arrested in
Cleveland Prove to be the Ones
Who Stole the Sharon Lad and
the Ones Who Received the Money
From the Father.
Cleveland, Ohio, March 24.-v =
lie Whitla today identified the man
and woman held on suspicion by the
Cleveland police al the persons who
kidnapped him from the school at
Sharon, Pa, last Thursday and held
him for the $4,000 ransom, which
was paid by the father, Attorney J.
P. Whitla, Monday.
Willie said the nan who gave the
name Of Jas. H. Boyle was the one
who took him from school and car-
ried him through a tortuous route
to Cleveland, then to Ashtabula, back
to this city, and placed him in the
house in the east end, where he was
held until the money was paid.
Willie also declared that the woman
was the one. who cared for hing at
the house where he was detained,
and who acted the part of a nurse.
Boyle said the woman Is his wife.
The police have no other identif-
cation Of the couple than the names
given. So far as the man is con-
cerned, the police believe the name
is correct. Boyle is said to reside
in Sharon, and is a plumber by trade.
He is said to have a widowed moth
er, four brothers and a sister.
The woman, who is accredited with
being the wife of Boyle, declared
soon after her arrest that her iden-
LITIGATION would cause a sensation
in Sharon. When Identification was
completed, MI. Whitla would say
nothing regarding the woman. He
said he knew Boyle slightly. At
torney Whitla, accompanied by Mrs.
Whitla, son and daughter, Willie and.
Saline, a boy school mate of Willie;
Harry Forker, a brother of Mrs.
Whitla, Janitor Sloss, Chief of Po-
lice Crane, Detective Kempler, dis
trict Attorney Ltninger, former Dis
trict Attorney Cochran, and Detective
Ward, all of Sharon, arrived at 1
o'clock today to see the prisoners.
Mr.. Whitla went to the police sta
ton, but was not allowed to see the
prisoners himself. He was informed
by the chief that the only identifi-
cation he desired was that which only
the boy, Willie, could make. The ia
Their then agreed to let Willie see
the man and woman. Mr.. and Mrs.
Whitla, their children and Janitor
Sloss appeared before the chief of
police.
The man was the first one taken
before them. Boyle vas a little pale
and nervous.
Chief Kohler asked Willie if he
had ever seer the nan before. :
Sure" said Willie brightly.
Why that is the man l left Sharon
with. He took me to Cleveland, then
to Ashtabula, and back to Cleve-
land"
The boy was asked the same ,ques-
ton again to make certain of his
memory, and again the lad declared
he was positive.
"He had a mustache when I first
saw him at the school house." Will
lie supplemented, "but he must have
cut 1t off later. This Is the way he
looked when I last saw him in
Cleveland"
Boyle smiled sarcastically, but said
not a word. Then the woman was
brought in. She was defiant and
naughty in her demeanor. Blankly
she stared at Whitla and the other
members of the party. Her only
relapse from the indignant name
was when she first saw Willie. The
woman smiled.
Immediately Willie walked up to
her and extended his hand and said:
How do you do?"
Hello, Willie" the woman re-
piled, as she placed her hand upon
his head and caressed him for an
instant.
The boy then stepped back to his
father and was asked several ques-
tons by the chief of police.
Eyes, I know her." he said. "Sht
was the nurse who took care of me
in Cleveland. She told me l was
sick and in a hospital. I saw her
a whole lot and she was with me
most of the time"
Notwithstanding the woman's for
mer ascertain that there would be
a sensation when she was identif1ed
or when Whitla saw her, she n
Whitla looked at each other with
out any outward evidence of recog-
milton. They did not speak with
each other. Neither did she speak
with any of the other members or
the party. Whitla made no COM
ments regarding the woman under
suspicion.
The movements of the Whitla par
ty were greatly hampered. Thous-
ands of persons followed their every
move. At the police station the OF
fcers had difficulty in handling the