Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 11, 1909, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE VOL. XXXVIII- OMAHA, TUESDAY FIRST TEST VOTE IN THE SENATE Finance Committee Amendment to the Lead Schedule Approved 44 to 35. DINGLEY RATE IS RETAINED House Bill Had Lowered Duty on Pig Lead Quarter of Cent. ONG 4 Eloven Repubii %/, ment, Two B 7, DIVISION PARTIES “, 1 for It. TILT MARKS OPEN. Beveridge Starts Aldrich by Quoting Speet 10.~The ability of of the senate to the com- schedule the WASHINGTON. May the republican majority the of lead rates recommerdation the uphold mittee on finance on which cointaine the Dingley in 1ariff bill in the place of the lower dutl fixed by the house of representatives was fully represented today when by a vote of 3 to W the senate decirmed to reduce by one-quarter of a cent a pound the duty on pig lead recommended by the committee finance. In this vote eleven republi- voted with the Democrats and two Aemosrats with the republicans. By a .viva voco vote (he wenats adopted the rate of % cents a pound on Dig lead as recom- mended by the committee, At the conclusion of the session Chair- man Aldrich stated that he regarded the vote as an endorsement of the actions of the committee and expressed . confidence that all the schedules of the committee would be upheld. First Test VoteO. ETA On practically a test vote in the senate an amendment fixing the duty on pig lead at 1% cents Instead of 2 cents as fixed by the committee on finance, was lost, 3 to 4. A number of republicans voted for the amendment and Hughes and McEnery, democrats, against it. A it between Senators Aldrich and Bev- eridge was the opening feature in the ses- sion o fthe seuate today. hTat body had no sooner been called to order than the wenator fram Indlana took the floor. He spoke of the address of Senator Carter last Saturday, in which the Montana sen- ator referred to the abundance of informa- tion of the present tariff bill avallable to senators. “I think the senate speech,”’ sald Mr. Beverldge, that the country may understand will aak the clerk to read an extract on cang understands this but in order it, 1 from m.qm¢m;nw¥ read wi n & speech by Senator M Cumber in which complaint was made that no Information was available for semators showing the eomparative cost of articles in the abroad and in which it was suggested that A bureau to provide such information should be created. Quotes from Aldrich Speech. Beverldge then sent to the desk an- extract from a statement by Mr, the clerk, the chafr- M. other Aldrich to be read by man fthe committ finance being quoted as saying: "I have no knowledge whatever of anything that transpired upon the wa! And means committe eotc. Mr. Aldrich said his statement had to the hearings on “orange min consideration when he spoke refer 1o the hearings as a whole, he had read much of the report hearin ‘1 huve given thirty s to sideration of these matters,” sald Mr. rich, “and while | may not have the ity of the senator trom Indiana, yet such a8 | have [ have brought to this question and If the senator will give a fraction of the time to the consideration of these matters that 1 have given bis constituéncy and the country better thun by preclaimirg to everybody the lack of information.” Mr, Heyburn having to permit any further interruption spoke at length in discussing the schedule, explaining mining methods and the systems of treating lead ore In order t0 demonstrate the necessity on plg ore and other products . o on ral" under nd did not because of those the con- Ald- the floor. New Natlonal Banks. As 4 compromise between the contention o8 senators whoe have contended against Biving auny Qifferential for pig lead and those who have Insisted % of a cenet & pound, as proposed by the committee on finance, Senator Cuemmins offered an Amendment fixing the duty at % of a cent & pound, In addition to thes duty of ome and one-half cents a powmd on the lead in 18ad ore. Statements by Mr. Cummins regarding the fréight rates on lead ore from western | states to New York were Messre. Aldrich, Borah, Sutherland and Smooth. Mr. Smeot was particularly em- plistic fn stating that the rates was about &8 a ton and not six seven dollars as clalmed by Mr. Cummins The Towa senator declared. however, that if thers was any rallroad charging a rate Of $35 a ton on lead ore from Salt Lake to New York congress should turn aside for 4 few moments from the consideration of the tariff and dea! vigirously with any such ral!way. In the opinton of Mr. Borah D3 torm of legislation would hurt the lead And smelter trusts. It was idle, he con- tended, for anyone to say there were no such trusts. 8o thoroughly intrenched were they, ha sald, that they easily could avoid the provisions of the bill by transferring their bases of operations Nel on Orthodox. Referping to the criticism which he said had been heaped upon certain senators Mr, Neison sald he was tired of being lectured about the schedules of the bill ang the orthodoxy of the republican party Let us recognize the fact,” he said, “that the tariff bill is Just ke the rivers and har- Nors bills.” Nr. Nelson maintained thai the present 4uty on wheat had not helped his state a darticle. In conclusion, Mr. Nelson sald Al comparisons were being made on the basla of “the poor laboring man in. his competition with the peons of Mexico and i other ways" He sald he wished some of the senators who wers interested in the smelting and refining trusts could be eom- pared with the Mexican peons. disputed by ritf schedules In our country and | elated only | abil- ( he will serve | declined | He | lead | for a differ- | Count Rovizno Makes Gallant Rescue of Lady She Had Been Thrown Out of Buggy and Was Being Dragged on Pavement. Count Rudolph von Rovigno, chauffeur for Herman B. ePters, made a daring res- cue Monday evening of A woman who was in a most dangerous position and the deal- ers along automobile row who saw the rescue preparing to ask for a here medal are was that woman underneath the buggy for thought or words, but on the job. Jumping from dragon he ran, grabbed the horse and soon had 1t stopped. The woman was ex- tricated, but could not talk. After the rig had been straightened out the woman thanked the count and getiug into the buggy drove away. It appeared | that the horse had become frightened and by a sudden lunge had thrown the woman into the gears, where she held but could not let and was bumping alon on the pavement when the count stopped the hors seen a was dragging There was no time his big green loose, Wayne Firemen Leaking Gas in Jones' Billiard Hall Explodes When a Match is Struck. WAYNE, Neb., May 10.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The worst fire in the history of Wayne for many months broke out at 7:3 in the Jones Billiard hall and despite the efforts of the firemen that bullding was completely gutted and the Democrat print- ing office was also badly damaged by fire and water, as well as having the material badly piled and injured by removal. One plate glass window in Neister and Blue- chel's Implement warehouse was also broken. The firemen had three streams of water on the fire within ten minutes after the alarm was given, but it took fully an hour to get the fire under control. The fire was caused by the gas plant in the biillard hall being in a leaky condition, with the result that the roams were full of vapor and when a match was struck to light them the whole thing went off like a lightning flash. Both partles carried in- surance, but the loss will be heavy and the city narrowly escaped a very disastrous conflagration. Ocean Record is Again Broken auretania Lowers Eastbound Time Twenty-Four Minutes in Spite of Heavy Fog. QUEENSTOWN, May 10.—The Cunard line steamer Mauretania arrived off Daunt’s Rock at 10:48 this morning, hav- ing beaten its own. previous and all other eastward records by 4 minutes. It would have done still better had it not been de- layed by fog off Fastnet. The liner's time from Ambrose lightship to Daunt's Rock was 4 days, 1§ hours and 11 minutes. It covered the entire distance, 2,995 knots, at an average speed of %.70 | knots an hour. The best previous average | apeed eastward was %.6l. From Thursday {noon until Bunday noon the steamer | plowed along at the rate of 2.3 knots an | hour, constituting a record for three day | Tn this time it made also a record for a single day's run eastward, 610 knots, as agalnst @9. It made this distance between Friday noon and Saturday noon. The daily runs were 688, 805, 61, 600 and 582 knots. |Serves in Prison Thirty-One Years Iowan Convicted in 1878 Leaves the Penitentiary an 0ld Man of Seventy. | | DES. MOINES, la., May 10.—After serv ing thirty-one vears In the penitentiary, the longest perfod on record, Willlam P. Glyndon, ‘convicted of murder in 1578, was | pardoned today by Governor Carroll | Glyndon will leave the penitentiary today years of age. He served in the war as & membeér of the personal guard of Gen- eral Shetman in his march to the sea. He | was convicted at the age of 39 In Story | county, this state, of the murder of a 14 | year-old girl Catterson Goes to Bu NEW YORK, May 10—The Base Ball club today reieased Tom Catterson to Buffalo. Prooklyr Outfielde A horse came dashing up Farnam street | vainst Amend- | in front of the Fredrickson garage and it | the count was | Do Good Work | BEET GROWERS MAKE A ROAR| Nebraska Senators Are Hearing from Sugar Root Farmers in North Platte Country. INSIST SUGAR DUTY MUST STAY | Petitions Have Been Circulated, lnd; Are Numerously Signed. INDUSTRY NEEDS FOSTERING Kickers Azainst Reduction in Duty Represent 15,000 Acres. | TO OPEN IRRIGATION LAKD OFFICE Secretary Wilson Directs One Be | ablished Temporarily at Powell for Water Users—Major Me- Laughlin Wins Indians. (From Staft Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, May 10.—(Bpecial Tele- gram \--Nebraska's senators are beginning to realize that the citizens of the prairie state are thinking about other schedules In the tariff bill than lumber. hides, stos], glase, lead and ofl Hundreds of petitions have already been recelved by Senators Rurkett and Brown from residents fn the North Platte country protesting against any reduction In sugar. These petitions indi- cate the desperateness of the situation from the viewpoint of the sugar beet growers, and the signers thereof do not hesitate to say that It is a matter of life or death to them. They say It congress will only extend its fostering care to tha beet sugar growers a few more years the United States will ralse enough bests to supply the world with beet sugar. But fust now a good round duty 1s needed to protect them from foreign competition. The signers of these petitions, in letters to Senators Burkett and Brown, state that | there are 15,000 acres planted to sugar beets in the North Platte valley and any reduc- tlon in the duty on beet sugar would spell ruln to them. The petitions are coming trom Grand Island, Hershey, Scott's Bluff anc other places In the beet sugar area around Grand Tsland. Water from Shoshome Project. The secrctary of the iInterior has an- nounced that water will be furnished from the 8hoshone project in Wyoming during the irrigation season of 1806 for the irriga- ble lands in the econd unit in that project, the lands covering which are in townships % and 85 north, ranges 98 and 9 west of the sixth principal meridian. The lands are in the Lander, Wyo., land district, but as that point is, somewhat removed from the irrigation project it has been decided to temporarily have the register and receiver of the tocal land offles”~stablish an office at Powell, on the reclamation projeet. Homestead entries, accompanied by ap- plication for water rights and first instali- ment of waler right charges, amounting to $4.680 per acre, can be made commencing May 2. Operation and maintenance fees for the season of 189 has begh fixed at §1 per acre for irrigable land, whether water is used or not. The area of farm units in this project are noted on & plat which will be available for inspection at Powell a few days prior to May 22 The government will maintain and oper- ate storage and diversion works and the main canals. Necessary laterals are to be maintained by the water users. The amount of water to be furnished has been fixed at three acre feet per acre per annum, and no water will be furnished in any year until a portior of the charges for operation and maintenance then dus shgll have been paid MeLaughlin Wins Indians. Major James McLaughlin, chief inspector of the Indlan bureay, is in Washington, having been in South Dakota negotiating a treaty with the Sioux Indians for the cession of the remainder of their tribal lands in the Rosebud and Pine Ridge coun- try, as proposed by bills introduced In March last by Senator Gamble in the sen- ate and republican Burke in the house. Major McLaughlin has, as usual, been suocessful in his treaty making negotiations with the Sioux and has made his report to the secretary of interior. if opproved and finally enacted Into law it will throw open to white settlement nearly 1,600.00 acres of virgin soil in the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Indian reservation. Bill for Old Veterans. Senator Burkett today introduced a bill, which provides that any solider or sallor who has served in the United States army or navy during the late war of the re- bellion and recelved an honorable discharge and is drawing pension from the govern- mient of the U'nited States, and has received a receipt from any local United States land office for government fees required in homesteading land for less than 160 acres, shall be entitle to homestead, with & credit of fees and without residence enougly more land that, when added to the land called for in receivers receipt shall be equal to and not exceed 180 acres, l Sleepy Hewitt | | | When members of the Omaha Bar asso- clation in time to come write more biogra- phies of themselves they must fain make room for Leon Hewitt, alilas Sleepy He qualified as a lawyer in his own be | half in county court Monday morning, ex- amining witnes and arguing his case with all the finish and aplomp or an old uttorney He lost out, but that is unim- portant, for he had a good time while he was at it Hewitt was arraigned before Judge Leslie through Frank Brown's affidavit that Hewitt had threatened Brown's life and Ridney Smith, Brown's counsel, Introduced halt a dosen witnesses who swore that Hewitt had expressed bis intention to “fix Brown,” “to put & bullet in him" and to do for him in other ways. Hewitt cross-examined each witness. Long experience of court rooms (as a de- fendant) has taught him something of the rules of evidence and once he was right there with an objection on the ground of being “hearsay,’ in which Judge Leslie sustained him. Hewitt has also picked up the legal trick Own Case With Much Skill Pleads His of abusing the witnesses for {he other side when one's own case is weak. One witness deposed that he had no regular occupation ‘“Then you are a vagrant?’ asked Hewitt, When Frank Brown himself took the stand Hewitt wanted to make him admit that he had once been engaged in fllegal {fishing, but an objection stopped him. | When Hewitt came to argue the case he said he had never had anything against {Brown and never intended him any harm. | “Why, this man and L' sad" Sleepy {now getting warmed up, “used to be the { best of friends, and when he was sick once 1 took care f his wife and child for three months.” | “You are a lar, |and with vigor. “You shut up,” sald Hewitt. A witness | dassent interrupt counsel when he fs mak- ing a speech.” Judge Leslie put Hewitt under §150 bonas and remanded him to the custody of the sheriff until the bond should be fixed. At noon Sleepy was walting for a friena whom he sald would furnish the money. sald Brown, explicitly MORNING, MAY 11, 1909—TEN PAGES. Prom the Chicago Examiner. WEATHER FORECAST For Nebraska—Fair and warmer. For lowa—Fair and colder. For weather repart see Page 3 SINGLE FSRT OMAHA BALLOON BURNS Struck Ground Near Jackson, Dakota County, and Exploded. LIETENANT WARE BRUISED A BIT Ascent and -'Iy Stnge of the Flight a8 Witnessed g4y Many Army Men amd Civilians Are Successtul. BU STIN. JAOKSON, Neb.,, May 10.—(Special Te! gram,)—Landed . m., one mile and A half east of Jackson. On striking the ground the bedloon exploded and burned. Mighest altitude reached, 4,400 feet. Lieu- | tenaut Ware slightly bruised. CHANDLER. The first experimental balloon ascent, United States army balloon No. 12, ever made from Fort Omaha, tock place a few minutes after 11 o'clock Monday morning. with Captain Charles deF. Chandler, United Btates signal corps, as chief aeronaut— this being his eighteenth ascent—accom- panied by First Lieutenant James E. Ware of the signal corps. The ascent was made (rom the north front of the -big steel bailoon house, in which bullding the balloon had been in- flated with hydrogen gas manufactured at Fort Omaha government hydrogen gas plant. The balloon had been in gradual process of inflation for two or three daye awaliting a favorable opportunity for the ascent. Monday morning was an ideal day for the experiment. A four and a half mile wind was blowing from the southeast at 7 o'clock, which reached a six-mile velocity at 10 o'clock. The two aeronauts entered the basket in the bullding, with their stores of aero- nauiteal instruments, with sufficient ra- tions for & twenty-four or thirty-six-hour voyage. The balloon has a capacity of 19,000 cuble feet of gas. with a lifting capacity of 1,300 pounds, including the weight of the wicker basket and balloon Itself. M e In France. The basket is a stout rattan wicker work affair about four feet deep’ and four feet wide by five feet in length. The ballaon and its equipment were made in France and the balloon is of a light lemon color, rendering it invisible at a height of about 6,000 feet. Colonel Glassford, commandant of Fort Omaha, had the entire garrison turn out to witness the ascent, to the trumpet “bal loon call.”” Many citizens from Omaha were also present Everything being in readiness the aero- nauts took their places in the basket and a detail of men from the signal corps held the aerlal ship down and pulled it gently out\in front of the balloon house. A few little fncidentals were attended to and at a given signal of “all right” from Cap- tain Chandler, the balloon rose gently up- ward without a sway or quiver. The ascent was almost directly upward, and as the ship sailed away the throng gave the aeronauts a cheer, which they re- sponded by waving their caps. Both officers were dressed in regulation khaki fatigue uniform The balloon reached an altitude of about 2000 feet and then gently drifted off tc ward the northeast. When last seen it about two miles high and was almost im- perceptibly drifting over Florence in the direction of lowa. It was the Intention of Captain Chandler to remain in the air until § o'clock before undertaking a descent. The first intention was to make a trip of 0 to 80 miles, should the wind currents prove favorable in the higher altitudes. Two Dend Bxplosion. WOOSTER, O. May 10.—The explosion of a stick of dynamite carelessly or ma- and “";-n.uluurvlo !day that the luck of the Roosevelt party | Furious Rhino is Brought Low by Teddy’s Gun Ex-President Kills Big Animal with a Single Bhot as it is Charg- W ing Him, NATROBI, British Bast Africa, May 10.— A bulky bull rhinocerous is the lates* prize wrested from the jungle by Colonel Roosevelt. From the ex-president's camp near Machatos word was brought down to- continued and that fifteen varieties game, including the big rhino, bagged on the last expedition. The rhinocerous was charging Mr. Roose- velt when the hunter fired was fourteen paces and dead. ' The naturalists of the party are kept busy preparing the trophies which Mr. Roosevelt and his son Kermit are bringing in dally. Forty-five skins already have been prepared for the Smithsonian institu- tion at Washington. ot had been The distance the animal fell Patten’s Return Has Little Effect Wheat Market Eases Off a Cent Early in the Day, but Trad- ing is Quiet, ' | CHICAGO, May 10.-James A Patten's return to the market today was not re- flected in the course of wheat prices on the Board of Trade at the opening toda Quotations eased off a cent during the first hour, but the tone of the market was tranquil In another part of the city Secretary of Agriculture Wilson met with his meat in- spectors from all over the country, discus- sing the inspection of meats. Neither the cabinet member nor Mr. Patten had anything to say about wheat prospects. Both apparently were standing on thelr aseertions of some weeks ago, “Time will tell.” HEAVY ~FROST IN KANSAS Feared Vegetation in Lowlands is I Jured by Latest Freese Recorded. TOPBKA, Kan. May 10.—There was a heavy frost in this sectlon this morning and it is feared vegetation in the lowlands was Injured. The minimum temperature was M degrees. The government observer says that while the frost was heavy the temperature was not low enough to do seri- ous damage to the fruit. It is the latest frost recorded in this section. | sought is KOEHLER MAY FACE CHARGE Young Man Shot at Party Said to Have Sold Liquor, WOMAN TELLS OF SHOOTING Mra. Jday Says Koehler Threatened Early {8 'Week to Make Trouble at Her Home, and Made 1t Saturday. GRAND ISLAND, Neb., May 10.—(Spe- elal)—That Frank Kochler, who was shot by Mrs. Ollle Jay at a party given at the home of the latter early Sunday morning found trouble which he had deliberately the gist not only of the story freely told by Mrs. Jay in the county Jail this morning, but by others who were wit- nesses of the affalr. Koehler Is expected to recover, as the bullet, a short 82-caliber, did not enter the brain, and is not im- begded. He Is likely to face a charge of selling llquor without a I made by the federal authorities, as the incident has disclosed that he disposed of one bottla of wine and had others to dispose of. The local authorities, too, are of the opinton that the wine was stolen Mrs. Jay has been placed under arrest and a charge of shooting with intent to do gteat bodily injury may be placed agafnst her, even If Koechler recovers, much for the purpose of bringing out the facts. In the county jall this morning Mrs. Jay told a straightforward story as to the events leading up to the shooting. Koeh ler had early in the week threatened to Bet drunk and come up to the Jay ulace and clean up Mr. Jay. When the party was held, Mr. and Mrs. Koehler, Mrs. Koehler being a sister, were invited. But Mrs. Koehler did not appear and Koehler dld not show up til midnight. He was glven a supper, with the hope of sobering bim up and making him more tractable Immediately after the supper he became ugly and abusive, flinging epithets right and left at the host and hostess as well as at some of the guests, and finally struck Miss Plummer, a sister of Mrs. Jay He next slapped the latter and was taking after her to renew the assault when she shot—tirst on the ground in order to frighten him away and then, .when he continued coming at her, at his head. Bhc had secured the revolver from a after he had assaulted the sister. During his visit there he sold one bottle of wine to a young man named Wilson and had another bottle for disposal. Koehler is a brick mason trade. an Brokerage rn Fi ST. LOUIS, May 10.—The Stock and Grain company, concern, capitalized at $60.000. made an as- signment today. Harry Ruggies, the as- signee; announced that property valued at 6.9 had been turned over to him. No statement of liabilitles was issued, nor was the. cause of the company's action made known. John W. Cornellus was pres- ident of the concern. American © brokerage Haskell Cases Are Again Before Grand Jury at Tulsa TULSA, Okl federal grand vestigation of May 10.—Again today jury here took up an in the Muskogee town land fraud cases being pushed by the govern- ment. These are the same cases in which Indictments were returned last winter at Muskogee against Governor Charles N Haskell and half a dozen other Okla homans. The allegations in the indict- ments, which were quashed at Tulsa April 10, was that there had been a conspiracy to defraud the federal government and the Creek Indian nation in connection with the scheduling of town lots in Muskogee in 1802 Bylvester Rush of Omaha, who had personal charge of the first Investiga- tion, will direct the present one. As previ- ously, witnesses whose names were used by the alleged conspirators in securing these lands have besn subpoensed from ) a Ohlo, Michigan and other states to testify before the grand jury. Judge John A. Marshall quashed the Muskogee indictments, was on the bench today when the selection of a new grand jury was begun. Governor Haskell was present in court, surrounded by his attorneys, while District Attorney Gregg, Sylvester Rush and Oliver T. Pagen looked out for the government's interest. Attorney Gregg asked that J. F. Gaskill be appointed as speclal attorney to assist in the prosecution. Eleven men qualified for service ms jur- ors, when the panel was exhausted. Judge Marshall then instructed the marshal to summon eight additional men from which to fill out the complete jury of sixteen and adojurned court til Tuesday aftergoon. trunk | of Utah, who | COPY TWO CENTS. LIFE TERM FOR JAMES H. BOYLE Plea of Counsel for Kidnaper of Willie Whitla Disregarded by the Court. EXTREME PENALTY INFLICTED Mrs. Boyle is Given Twenty-Five Years and Fined $5,000, BOTH COLLAPSE 1IN COUR1 Neither is Able to Enter Vam With. out Aid. WOMAN THREATENS SUICIDE She Takes Heavy Dose of Morphine Which She Secured from Prise oner In an Adjolning Cell, MERC Pa.. May 10.-James H. Bogle was sentenced today to lite imprisonment In the Western penitentiary at Pittsbusk for the kidnaping of “Billy” Whitla. Mre Boyle, Indicted as Mary Roe, recelved a sentence of twenty-tive years, with a fine of 85,000 and the costs of the prosecution Boyle did not create the scene In conit he had threatened, and did not uttter & word prior to his sentence. His counsel however, made a plea for both Boyle and his wife, pleading for lenlency in bath cases. He stated that until & recent period the extreme penalty for kidnaping n this state was ten years and in view of the fact that the boy had been treated with every consideration and that all care had been taken mot to inflict unnecessary mental anguish upon the parents, he felt lenfency might be asked for with pro- priety. Both Bovle and his wife collapsed com- pletely upon hearing thelr sentences pro- nounced. When they were started back Lo the jail from the court room, Boyle man- aged to walk without assistance down the steps, but upon reaching the front dour he became limp and unable té stand, He | was lifted inta the old-fashioned omnibus {in which the prisoners have been trans- ported for scveral days between the court | house and the jall. When he was placed upon the seat inside the vehicle, he was left for a moment unsupported and fell nearly out of it before he was caught. He was utterly unable to support himself, and had to be held all the way to the jall and carried to his cell, Ofcers Carry Mrs. Boyle. Mrs. Boyle was In even warse condition. She was unable to walk down the steps from the court house to the strest, and was carried by Sheriff Chess and Chief of Police Livermore down three flights of stairs to the street. She was litted {nto the omnibus, and when the jall Je reached, she was again lifted out by these officers and carried to her «esll,. where she wept violently. No handcuffs wers plhced ~oh either prisoner on the journey back to thelr cells and It was considered unneces- sary to manacle them in the condition they were in. After Judge Miller of counsel for the Boyles had completed his plea for leniency in behalf of his clients, Judge Willlams, | the presiding judge, told Boyle to stand up | and asked him if he had anything ta say as to why sentence should not be pro- nounced upon him. Boyle metely said: *I have not” and -whook his head. Judge Williams then addressed the prisoner and told him of the helrous hature ef the crime of which he had been convicted. The court sala: “Mr. Boyle, the crime of child stealing fn ancient times was punishable by death. In Pennsylvania the law is more lénient. Mra. Boyle Tries Suicide. That the threats of a double sulcide made by Mrs. Boyle last hight were mot mere idle words was shown today, when it be- came known that ‘a rasor which had been secreted In his clothihg Was taken from Boyle today, and that Mrs, Boyle had taken what she says “enough morphine to kill two people.” The Morphine was taken | between midnight and daylighty but had {ttle effect on the woman. In the cell alijoining Mre. Boyle's there Is a woman who s sald to be addicted to the use of morphine And who had been sup- plied with it during her imprisonment. Mrs. | Boyle is said to have secursd several tablets from this woman and to have swallowed them. She w rendered partly unconscious during the night and wae yer, #ick this morning. 1t {a belleved the ef- fect of the morphine caused hér to col- lapse In the court reem The judge then described the different acts passed by the lcgislatures oh kidnap- ing, bringing it down to the present time. He wald it had been stated by the attor. neys “you took good care of him because he was your prige package.” “You nad to treat him well to get what money was demanded your Brrest we have investigated rvecord. We find you have been con- n Mercer county court reviously to your arrest for kidnapping. You have been charged with larceny, recefvi stol- ©n Koods, assault and battery and escaped from Jall and many other shady trane- actions. All these have had their influ- ence with this court In making us come to the decision We have reached that your bunishment shall be the maximum tence, Imprisonment for life. After the sentence had been imposed on Boyle he arose and said to the court: “Your honor, you are wrong About my record." “I think record,” your vieted sen- not. It s & matter of ocourt replied the Judge, When Mrs. Boyle was ordered to stand Up to receive sentence, she was raked it #he had anything to say. "1 did not do it and I think the evidence upon which 1 was eonvic'ed flimsy,” she sald “That was & matter fof :ie decide, said Judge Willlams « after a brief review of the case ha posed the sentens Although no official announcement ar the effect of the fine has beea wade, it l‘: customary In this state to extend fmps onment until any fine imposed has been pald That death is preferable to Imprison- ment in Mrs. Boyle's opinion was indicated by & reportea attempt to take her own life during last night by swallowing morphine, alleged 10 have been secured from & fel. low prisoner. Hoer threats of & double suicide might have been carried out but for the fallure of the morphine to mct, and the discovery by the sberiff of a was very | jury te then im-