Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-20
YOUNG CUDAHY B HOME.
Was Returned to His Father s
 House This Morning.

bduction-Ransom of $25,O0O Has Been Paid-Police Say the Young Man Left Home Owing to Some Dis
 agreement.
 Omaha. Neb, Dec 2O.-Young Ed ward A. Cudahy returned home secret ly at l q. III.
 Mrs Cudahy. when questioned about the return of her son, refused to an sWer all questions and would only say that her son was safe and we'll Il Wll not talk about it tonight" she declared positively. "-i1l that I can say now is that he was abducted. Mrs Cudahy parricd all questions and said that she would not say whether the ransom had been paid or not. II will not talk any more to- night and that's all there is of it.''
 We are in no shape to talk to- night" said NIr Cudahy, neither is l tie boy. He can tell his story in the morning just as well. He was abduct- ed all right l do not know yet how i nor where he was taken. He was re- l turned to the house late tonight by 1 the men who took him away They brought him to the gate and left him l there. The reward will be paid. Fur i 1her than that I positively decline to i speak and nothing beyond that will i be given out now
 i The manager of the Cudahy packing i house told the following story: The boy was abducted shortly be- fore $ o'clock Tuesday night and. as we now learn. was taken out into the ! country five miles west Of South Oma- i ha and was secured by the abductors, 1 who blindfolded him and kept him in i that condition until he returned home i his morning.
 He was at once conveyed into the 1 country and placed ill q vacant house | far removed from any other habitation 1 and, thus incarCcrated. he was guard 1 ed there all night and all of the suc- ceeding day by part of the gang. while | other members were in Omaha endeav- | bring to secure q settlement with Mir 1 Cudahy.
 As to the nature of the settlement Whether any money was paid or not, l | must decline to State..''
 When it became known that the boy was safe at home q number of friends called up the residence by telephone. | The most important news thrown on the Cudahy disappearance after the anCnvmOuS note was found was when | ' | stated that q man had come to his barn l in the forenoon and asked to use the | teleDlone. Frank Glyn. q son of w. | $. Glyn. was in the office and readily 1 gave consent The stranger called for 1 Edward Cudahy's house. The Cudahy telephone was busy at the time and | he stepped outside the door and looked up and down the street. as if wach- ing for some one. In a moment or two he returned and again called up | the Cudahy residence. This time he l was successful and said. in a surlY tone: Have you looked ill the front yard for q Ietter:''
 The answer evidently was "No." for he added: Do so at once and you i will find one" He then hung up the telephone and stenped outside. mount cd T pony he had come on. and rode rapidly away.
 Omaha. Neb, Dec 20.-The police are of the opinion that the boy was not abducted. but had run away and Ie- i turned home of his own volition. Those who have been working on the | case and who are in position for in- l side information. are of the opinion that the young man had had Il quarrel with some member of the family and
 took this means of seeking revenge. The mental strain through which MI
 and Mrs Cudahy have passed since the | disappearance of their son is now tell
 ing on them. Mir Cudahy has almost
 totally collapsed for the time being
 and Mrs Cudahy is feeling the effects
 of her anxiety to remarka ble degree Omaha. Neb, Dec 20.--In an extra | edition the Evening Bee says: Twen
 ty-five thousand dollars in gold Was
 the price paid by Edward A. Cudahy
 for the return of Edward Cudahy. Jr
 who was abducted by q gang of kid
 nappers last Tuesday night. Yesterda y
 about noon. several hours after a letter
 had been left on the lawn of the Cuda
 ny residence. another miSSive was de
 livered to MT Cudahy through the mai
 and contained q proposition to retur,
 the boy safe and unharmed providei
 the sum of $2o.000 was paid that night
 Finally impelled by the, strain under
 which the entire household Was labor
 ing, MT Cudahy decided to comply witt
 the terms offered in the letter and ran
 som his son. After dinner Mir Cudahy
 had one of his horses harnessed to {
 light wagon and taking the &monel
 with him left alone for the place deSig
 mated where the money was to be left
 In the buggy he carried a red lantern
 He drove five miles west of the tow
 on the Sherman avenue road until h'
 came to q white lantern hanging on
 short stick beside the road. Alightin:
 from his buggy MT Cudahy deposited
 the sack containing the money nea
 the stick bearing the white light. Thel
 without seeing any one he returned l.
 his home. In the meantime the ab
 ductorS had seen the red light comin
 up tba road and as soon as the Dugg.
 had disappeared tlIev took away tn
 money and prepared to keep faith witt
 the father. The boy was bundled int q cab and was set down close to hi
 own home about 1 o'clock this morn
 ing. Where he had been he was un
 able to tell.