"Billy" Whitla, when called to the
stand, Was asked if he could point
out the man who took him away from
Sharon last March and his answer
was given without the slightest hesi
tation. He pointed his finger at the
defendant as he sat In th« prisoner's
box and said, with a poslUveness that
toould not be doubted, "That is the
man."
as the oase against Boyle
*ras ended Mrs. Boyle was called to
the bar and her trial was begun.
MRS. BOYLE IS CONVICTED
Guilty of Aiding and Abetting Kidnap*
ping of Whitla Boy.
Mercer, Pa., May 8.—The jury in
the case of Mrs. James H. Boyle, on
trial here on the charge of complicity
in
the kidnapping of "Billy" Whitla,
returned a verdict of "guilty as in
dicted in the second count." The sec-
KdW
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Steamer Adelle Shores Believed
1
to Have Gone Down.
SARRIED GREW OF FOURTEEN
Wreckage Found Identified as
Belonging to Ship.
Cleveland, May 8.—It is believed
here th&t the fourteen members of the
crew of the steamer Adelle Shores
have perished and that the boat lies
at the bottom of Lake Superior,, off
Whitefish point. The. Shores, which
is owned by the Manx. Transit com
pany of Cleveland, passed the Soo.
upbound, over a week ago. Since then
nothing has been &eard .from her by
the owners except the' 'information
conveyed in the newspaper dispatches
reporting^ the finding- of wreckage
identified as being a part of the
Shores.
The Shores was in charge of Cap
tain Selvert Holmes of Milwaukee.
She was a wooden vessel of 734 tons
and was built in 1894. Formerly she
was owned by the Neff Transporta
tion company of Milwaukee.
DUTIES MUST BE LOWERED
Senator Cummins of Iowa Makes Not
able Tariff Speech.
