The times., 1900-12-21
KInNAPERS GET S25, 900.
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| KilNAPERS GIT $4,000.
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chance. Finally we became desperate and
determined TO nab you. And Isguess it,
| all right You have acted first.class, my
boy. You'll be back with your folks in a
| few hours asv
The only way | had of reckoning the
time was by the sense of light and dark
ness. l knew when Wednesday night
came, because it got very dark in the
room. The night was about four hours
| old | should Judge. when there came
| light tap at the door. There was another
| whispered conversation, and then my cap
| tor told me / was to be taken back home
| The two men tightened the bandage over
| ID! cyeG and unlocked my irons, then
was led down the staircase again and
placed upon the seat of the same vehicle
in which l had ridden before The buggy
| turned corner and drove leisurely away.
Again l rode over rough unpaved
streets. / knew they were trying to con-
fuse me, so that l could not retrace the
route. Finally we stopped; the chains
were taken off, the bandage was removed
from my eyes, and | was told to git
AT first / was so dazed did not know
where l was. Then / suddenly got my
bearings. The locality was very familiar
and I was but few blocks from home
They had set me down at Thirty-sixth and
Leavenworth Streets.
Il believe / would be able to identify
the man who was with me in the room so
long by his voice if by nothing else. He
had peculiar voice. l could also identify
the stairs to the old empty house or
course, did not see them, but they were
badly worn and creaked in such an un-
usual way that II l ever walked up them
again should recognize them in min
ute"
The police have made repeated efforts to
locate the place where the boy was i'm
prisoned. but have failed to DO so They
were taken to the place where the money
was left by Mr.. Cudahy. and found heavy
footprints leading to and from the spot but
that was all.
MIR. Cudaby's Ride.
Today Mr.. Cudahy gave out full state
ment OF his midnight ride with the gold
for the kidnapers. He said:
Yes, the robbers got their money. $685.
coo in gold. The robbers demanded it in
gold. The bank cashier explained that 1t
would weigh just los pounds, and I thought
would substitute bills for IL, but feared
trouble in the negotiations. Finally we
got large meal sack and the gold was
placed in it. 1t was all could lift COM
fortably. ! went armed. l carried three
heavy pistols.
When l picked up the sack of gold at
o'clock in the evening and climbed into
a light buggy ! was utterly hopeless ex-
cept to follow the advice OF the thieves
implicitly. ] drove rapidly west to the
locality named in the letter / noted at
the time the desolate surroundings, but
what attracted my attention most was
that the location was near the crossing
of the ans-continental lines where all
trains must come to a stop, to and from
the city. 1t Immediately occurred to ne
that the robbers would make their es-
cape by boarding a train at this point
after taking the money. but cared moth
ing for that except that ! was at Gnce
impressed with the cunning of the men
and the thoroughness of the whole plot
i secured barn lantern and tied a
piece of red flannel around the clote
This was ds near as l could come 10 obey
ing the instructions of the crooks, since
had no red lantern. I tied lit to the
staff of the whip that it might be elevated
some distance and the thieves be sure |
and see ii. s9S
When 1 approached the crossing of the |
little stream ten miles west OF the city
near whose banks understood the
money was 10 be left, saw Light glim-
mering in the bushes. I let my horse
walk and placed a revolver handiIy on |
the seat, but l did not think of using 1t. !
When / reached the point where the !
money was to be left / got out of the |
buggy and tied the horse. | slung the !
sack Of money over my shoulder and with |
difficulty made my way to the light. l /
found that the light was from a small |
lantern tied to a bush.
Crooks Kept Out of Sight.
AS threw the sack of gold by the side |
of the light the string broke from the !
strain and the money scattered over the I
dirt. / did not stop to examine it fur |
ther, but looked around closely. It was
very dark and | could see nothing. !
walked slowly back TO the buggy and
clambered in. looked back and the light
was still burning. As | turned around,
however, and my horses hoofs made a
noise | observed the light suddenly ex-
| heard no sound to indicate |
that person had approached through the |
bushes and | looked back carefully TO |
crooks evidently lay close to where the !
money was left and lost no time in getting I
it,
II let my horse walk most of the way
back to town. | was in no hurry, and | /
was hoping against hope that the boy
would be released and run up the road
and overtake me. / dropped one of my
pistols at the point where | got out of
the buggy. but / did not discover that
until l got home. Several persons passed
me going and coming as ] was en- route,
but no one whom l recognized.
Il got home about IL o'clock. or course
Mrs. Cudahy was nearly distracted and
met me at the gate. Then We stood
around waiting to see what the thieves
would do. 1t was about 2 o'clock This
morning and / had begun to think the
rascals had played me false when I heard
the footsteps of boy running along the
pavement. My wife recognized the boys
first and ran to meet him. Tnen
l was convinced that the thieves had kept
their word and ] was satisfied
The officers Immediately rushed in and
requested that | let them go right after
the crooks and that let my boy accom-
pany them OF course | was inclined to
favor this idea, but Mrs. Cudahy did not.
She imagined the thieves were waiting to
kill her boy ! could not see how it would
serve any good purpose. l had the boy
give the officers full statement and aid
them in every way. but / would not send
him back on that sort of chance just
after It cost me pretty sum to get him
home. l have not offered q reward, but
think l will for the apprehension of the
thieves. OF course | never expect to get
any of that cash