The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-10
Kidnappers Of n'zlie
Whitla Sentenced.
Both Collapse.
COUPLE THREATEN TO
NAME THIRD PARTY
Declare They VIII Make q Sem
sational ExposureTo
Appeal Case. {

MERCER, Pa, Msx 1G---~Jsnses Bey56
WIS sentenced today to life fmprison-
menf In the Western penffenffarx ~
PitfsbrIrE for the kidnappinR af ~Bfllys,
WhIfla. Mrs. Boyle, indicted ~ Mer@
Roe, received sentence ef fverty-ave
years. With q fpe Of 5000 nBd the esaf1
Of the prosecution. Y #
Boyle did not create scene in co<1x'ts
as he had threatened. sS
His counsel. however, made ple&
for both Boyle and mis- wife, p1eadi4<
for leniency in both cases.
Both Boyle and his wife collanesd
coinpletely upon hearing their sen-
tences pronounced When they wern
started back to the Jail from the coaxf
room. Boyle managed 70 walk with 49,
sistanee down the stairs. but upon
reaching the front door he became lfrnn
and unable 10 stand
Mrs. Boyle was in even worse condfz
ton. She was unable to walk down TIA
steps from the court house TO the sfr65fE
and was carried by Sheriff Chess ana
Chief OF Police Livermore down fhres
lights OF stairs TO the street. sz|
Notwithstanding the fact that e9tu~
my Boyle, as his wife affectionately
calls him, was not permitted an oppof-
tunlty in court TO disclose the name e
the person who. he alleged. plannsd
the abduction for which he and ~
wife have been convicted, he decI4r
the name and all the details Of the eA1o
VIII be made public very SOON Bo31c
has retained Pittsburg lawyer Of hilx
l,fFandinE - take charge OF MS ans -
Isenn as he and his wife reach the Ne4k~
ern penitentiary
Promises starfEfnx sfafeme.f.
Boyle said today that the sfatenaa.f
he would issue through his afforuxv
would startle the country He said -
realized now that he and his wife hal
made mistake in not making thu
matter public soon after their arres<.
but, he said. "both Helen and / hn7
been bluffed into the delusion that ~
keeping silence everything would Be
made all right and We would escape
with sentences of not more than =
year each. with special privileges ~
corded us during our irnprieoumept
Realizing our mistake, we have now
taken the preliminary steps to defenx
the manifest plan of those Interested IA
keeping the name OF this other party
quiet"
District Attorney J. Mede Llxfnser,
who visited Boyle and his wife in the
Jail yesterday in an effort to secure
information regarding the alleged third
party to the Whitia kidnapping. paid
them another visit today without get
ting any additional information Mr..
Lininger, after his second unsuccessful
attempt to find out what the Boyles
know. issued the following statements
Il read in Pittsburg newspapers on
Saturday and Sunday that a third
party was alleged to have been ifapli-
Gated in the kidnapping of Billy
Whitla. and also that this party is al
legged to have been connected with an
alleged murder in Youngstown. o.
Il want to publicly state that am
still making an Investigation. ana
should / find evidence warranting the
bringing into this case of a third party
will prosecute him without fear or
favor"
suicide Attempts.
That the threats of a double suicide
made by Mrs. Boyle last night were not
mere idel words was shown today
when it became known that razor
which has been secreted in his colfh-
ing was taken from Boyle today. ana
that Mrs Boyle had taken what she
says was enough morphine to kill tive
people" The morphine was taken be-
tween midnight and daylight. but had