The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-24
WASHINGTON. MONDAY. DECEMBER 19oo-TwEIyE PAGES
PROVES INNOCENCE
IN CUDAHY CASE.
leased-scope of Inquiry Is Now
Reduced.

OMAHA, Neb.. Dec. 23.-The mysterious
dark man in the Cudshy kidnapping was
yesterday arrested by the police. from the
description given by Miss Maude Ndun-
shaw, who lives near the house in which
Eddie Cudahy was held for ransom by his
abductors. His name is Ed. Johnson He
Is laborer in the Cudahy packing plant
and resides at Twenty-sixth and Walnut
streets. He admitted having gone out
TO the Grover street house three times for
the purpose of renting the building. which
he found already let to the flight" man
and his accomplices.
Johnson was easily able to prove to the
satisfaction OF the police and Mr.. Cudahy
who was called in that he had nothing TO
do with the case. and was allowed to re-
turn to his wife and family of six chill
dren- Chief of Police Donahue Is well
pleased with the progress his men are
making. saving that the arrest OF John
son narrows the case down. by eliminating
one of the extraneous features and CEN
tering the chief interest about the light
man who rented the house from Mrs
Schneiderwind. In ntime. the city
In being diligently searched for any sign
ing in the vicinity of the abductors'
prison house.
There Is still dark compiexioned man
In the case, but he is larger than john
son, and younger. Otherwise he Is very
much like Johnson, having a black nous
tache and dark hair. slightly mixed with
gray. II the police have any idea who this
man Is they will not admit 1t. So far as
they know, he was seen by but one per-
son. and that is Eddie Cudahy himself.
The other bandit was the lght-complex-
ioned man with the brown hair and long.
light moustache. slight of build and whose
age IS said to be somewhere between 30
and IS years. The individuals are de-
scribed by three persons besides the kid
naped boy, namely. b. X. Munshaw.
James Schneiderwind and Frank Glynn
He Is the man who called at the Schnei-
derwind home to engage the cottage at
Thirty-sixth and Grover streets. and who
called up the Cudahy mansion from
Glynn's livery stable to give notice OF
the letters being In the front yard. The
police are satisfied that they know the
man and, II he Is the person they think
he is, he viii probably be in custody with
In the next ten days at least II guilty
he cannot remain at large long, they say.
Il. A. Cudahy. sr.. still entertains the
theory that II Patrick Grove was not one
Of the men who kidnapped his son. he will
lose no time in advising his son OF this
fact. Mr Cudahy has befriended Grove
many times In the past. Why" said the
packer in the course Of conversation
Sunday, Pat. Grove knows perfectly
well that IL he had come to me week
ago and asked me for SIS he would have
got 1t. He has often expressed sense Of
gratitude for what / have done for him.
and 1 can hardly believe he would turn
against me in this way
Reports were In circulation here
tonight that one Of the kidnapers
OF young Cudahy was under arrest
at Fort Dodge. Ia. As far as can
be definitely learned this report had its
origin In the fact that an Armenian
named Alble. who had considerable
sum of money IN his possession. WAS
taken from an Illinois Central train af
Fort Dodnn ens cncsday night. II II
said. however. that the man had met with
an injury on the train and that he was
taken to a hospital In Fort Dodge. He
attracted attention In the hospital from
the fact that he carried so much gold.
1t is stated. however. that he left Omaha
some hours before Mr.. cudahy turned
over the ransom.