Show I ts 1 PRICE FIVE CENTS CE f UNCLE OF BOY NOW ACCUSED OF CRIME L I. I I t i I tt t t 1 fI f I t it 1 I I 1 atia ii 4 JAMES H. H BOYLE c f I TWO THIEVES l fiET REVARD HEWARD James H. H Boyle Is Sentenced to Prison for Life and His Wife for Twenty-Five Twenty Years for I Their Awful Deed r I IAN AN ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE I IMADE MADE BY BOTH OF THEM I Boyle Makes Confession and andI I Implicates Uncle of Stolen f 1 Boy Whom He Declares He I I Had Been Blackmailing I ACCUSED MAN DENIES THIS THIS THIS' 1 Mercer Pa May 10 That lO-That That L which was intended as the clos- clos r ing ng chapter of the Whitla kid kid- naping case tonight proved to tobe to tobe be the most sensational chapter er of them all First James H. H Boyle convicted convicted convicted con con- of the of Wiliie Wil- Wil r jile lie Whitla was sentenced to I e imprisonment by Judge A. A I J. J Williams of the Mercer Mercer- I county court and Mrs Helen Boyle was sentenced to 25 years years' imprisonment with a a fine of ot 4 T It i A T t rifle rif py lie le w i n we e ef 1 made nade an h n eff effort rt-i rt to s 's e k court but the the judge partly mr turned away It is 18 thought that s the woman intended at this time to make the address which she he had threatened to do exposing ex- ex u J posing osing persons whom she j claimed had bad been connected I I J with this most sensational kid kid- naping but she was not given f the chance Boyle too too tried to enter into an argument with the court but he too was not given any leeway and he left the court court house with a smile which the people did not then understand but aut they did later Within three hours James s Boyle inder the Uio shadow of ot prison for tor the resti rest of f t his life Ute had given out a statement upon the or f r Willie Whitla In It James Boyle accuses Harry hurry Forker law brother or f James P P. Whitla Whitis father of at Willie the tho bo boy of ot having framed tho the entire plot of and he 10 ie tells of ot a n. sensational murder which occurred In Youngstown Ohio some rears ears ago o and the convicted kidnaper ri lieges alleges In tho the statement that ho hits has Forker In In or tor or years been blackmailing 3 connection with this crimo Doyle's Doyles Charges Dented Denied d. d To Dolos Boyles charges both Hoary Henry Worker Forker and James P. P Whitla tonight nado mado emphatic denials Tho The signed statement of ot Boyle Doyle In full tull follows The complete history of ot tho the i taping of Willie 1 Whitla the origin of at same iame and what led up to It On the morning between ot of between the Dan hours tours Dan Jr was found lead dead on the sidewalk In front of ot tho block East Federal street Continued on Three UNCLE OF BOY IS ACCUSED OF CRIME Continued Continued from On One Youngstown and over the tho prostrate form was Mr Ir Harry larn Forker Porker of Sharon Pa holding in hl his right hand a pack hack ago of ot letters leler that was gathered from the sidewalk near the tho dead bod hotly body of oC Mr lr Beeble As he lie was wan about to depart depart deport de de- de- de part port from the vicinity he lie was Intercepted intercepted Inter Inter- by the writer and the tho man mail who lulls hns since gone Jone to hi his reward Dan DanShay Shay a saloonkeeper of or Oak street Youngstown Youngtown Ohio In Mr Forker's hurry to leave lea the scene hw Ia failed to find two envelopes that tour four letters the same fame were vere picked up b by Mr Ir Shay Sha and later taken to his place of oC business In Oak street The Tho writer wrier and Mr lr Sha Shay examined ex cx- and read the contents of same proved beyond doubt the presence pros pros- ence encA of Mr Ir Forker there at that time The Tho letters leters were written by b a lady two from a n party part In New York state and the others from tram Cleveland At a latter hatter date Mr lr Forker was apprised t of the tho fact that the tue writer had hall the letterA letters let lot tere terA in his possession and asked If Ir he could use uso the the same A A letter was Im Immediately In- In ha- ha medIate mediately sent ent the writer b by Mr h Forker Forker For- For ker stating that ho lIe Mr Ir Forker would like hike to have a personal talk with the writer which meeting took place a n aday aday day or so after Would Jn Iny for tor Letters Letter Mr rr Forker acknowledge he would ouId pa pay a sum of ot money for tor the possessIon possession possession posses posses- sion of or said leters letters TIle The amount not being considered red sufficient was wa re refused re- re fused and from that tiny day on and up until MardI March 1908 the tile writer on the pretext of ot exposing the tho letters and the coincidence of oC Mr Ir Forker being discovered discovered discovered dis dis- covered bending over o the thc prostrate form orm of Mr Ir Reeble had bad received at dif dif- dif ferent erent times amounts of or mono money from Mr Ir Forker to remain silent About six months ago when n I re returned re- re turned to Sharon with wih my wife I met Mr Ir Forker on State street and Informed In In- In formed him that unless I received I would woul hold the tho secret no longer longor Ho lie 10 then informed the writer wrier that lint It was impossible for tOI him him to get set that hint amount of ot mone money but some time in April 1909 ho he was to come into possession of a certain amount of mone money and would then turn some somo over overto overto overto to me which was satisfactory at that time On my le leaving Sharon on March l 12 1909 1 proceeded to Cleveland and andon andon andon on the same evening e I addressed a letter letter letter let let- ter to Forker Sharon Pa which read as DS follows Mr Harry Forker Dear Sir Sir- SirI I have havo decided ed not to wait walt any longer In regard to that money moncy proposition and nd If I I dont don't hear hear from you ou soon there will be some somo ex ex- posing Sincerely yours ours J J. J. J BAILEY Cleveland O. O 0 On March 16 1909 I received an nn answer answer an nn- to same which r read ad Friend Bale Bailey You know the circumstances and the tho promise I made you OU when you len left here but If It I you OU are r really al desperately desperate In need of ot mone money as ns you ou profess to bo be boI beI I will wi outline a little plan glan which with wih your operation co-operation co can be bo very successfully successfully success success- rul fully carried viz The ab abduction 0 of J. J P P. s son I can cnn arrange to have ha the tho bo boy brought to Warren Ohio due there at 1 1118 11 18 with escort There Is no sl signature to the letter I left heft Cleveland at nt 3 15 a. a n m ni and arrived at ot Warren at al 1006 a. a m m. thon thou proceeded to Ohio b by street car rr I 1 boarded another train and arrived at Warren at 1118 a. a m. m but falling to see ee bo boy and escort got sot oft off at Warren Warren War War- ren and remained in the tho vicinity of oC the lie depotI depot I nU Hoy Arrives c About ten minutes later bov boy and escort es e- cort bout arrived and nod I 1 was then Informed that they throve drove e from Sharon to War Yar ren I Informed party part to take bo boy up along Pittsburg Western Vestern tracks leave him there and that I 1 would at attend at- at lt- lt tend Lend to lo the rest of at It and which lie he proceeded to do After making Inquiries Inqui lee ries n an as to lo the tho next train to Cleveland I brought the bo boy to Niles Nies Ohio from thoro horo to Ashtabula and then thon to Cleve Clevo- la landOn land an 1 I e On March 22 I 1 received n a letter loter from Mr dr Forker stating that someone had Informed Mr Mi h I ta tm that t the they thoy hail had hal I recognized his liln boy on March 18 19 In Niton O Ohio that James Boyle of I 11 Iu with t hIn nl also o that H Ol Mr YhUla was afraid to divulge di tho the Into Into- information tho the ml might ht como conio I nation mation for lot fear boy I to 0 otio tOllA harm and told tola me mo to be bo cn careful care care- elul e- e I ful lul ul and bo be le on tho the When Whan I 1 ro- ro tl the tho money on to surrender nur- nur U c render r those hO H r I 8 to at Sha Shua- Sharon end send sarno to him Mr II Iroler at ron on and ami on Tuesday April Apri 2 23 2 to re return return re- re turn urn half of or ransom mono money to to him him Jur Mr Ir Forker and ho would turn canto samo nl over overo overto overto to o party who ho took tool Willie lle hUla Whitla to Warren Vi ite n. n Upon learning th that t my name nome was ns mentioned In connection with tho the affair af affair af- af t- t menton fair Calr I l mado t It u n point to meet Mr Mi 1 at nt In Cleveland hUla personally third Fifty third street and nd St St. Clair Chair enu a avenue FILy showed showell him the tho letter that passed be between tie tie- tween Mr Foraker and mys l also the Youngstown letters and ni Mr Ir h Whitla I m 10 1 Un promised that if It I would substantiate the tho truth of ot the tho Youngstown letters he lie would uld see thoro hero would bo ho no U thou ton Mr 1 1 then surrendered through all the letters that were vere In my leters al possession and anti the world knows knoWs the result I was arrested and convicted and resul deprived by my counsel counselor of telling story on the tho stand I Informed m my 1 my lay wife the boy was brought In order to being quarantined and we were escape to be handsomely rewarded for tor taking care of oC him Wife ife U Wn Vuu n Duped This ThIA woman was duped from Crom start to In re regard ard to the and amI I was s duped f from Crom r m tho Jho moment boy Into Mr Ir I let tho the letters go counsel afterwards possession As my Informed formed mo mo me I h had nothing to show and antI that It was a matter of or to t veracity veracity their prove their word a against mine had hind and I 1 had given up every scintilla now I am nm settled for tor This story Is as astrue astrue s true as there Is a God above us The statement Is sl signed nc JAMES II H. BOYLE Pa May Ia 10 10 1909 I o |