The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-22
WHERE YOUNG CUDAHY WAS KEPT
PRISONER BY HIS
CAPTORS
IT Is FOUR NILES OUT or TOWN
AN UNOCCUPIED BUILDING IN AN
ISOLATED SITE HIGH
ON A HILL
CUDAHY OFFERS A REWARD
kidnapped Lads Father VIII Pay
$4,000 for the Arrest and
Conviction of the
Criminals.


OMAHA, Neb., Dec. A.-The house was
located this afternoon in which Eddie
Cudahy was held prisoner at 303 Grover
street, a point about four miles south
west of the city. Strong evidence as to
the identity of the house was obtained
and further corroborated by Eddie Cuda-
by, who appeared during the time the
reporters were making observations. The
house is an isolated structure command
ing a full view of the surrounding coun-
try for miles about. 1t is a two-story
concern, and has the rickety stairway
and other features described by the kid
naped boy.
On the second floor was found a new
well bucket containing water from which
the millionaire's son had drank. About
the rooms were found many cigarette
stubs and burnt matches and a small
quantity of sugar and coffee.
To party, including Chief of Police
Donahue, Capt. Hayes, Edward Cudahy
Sr., his son and others the kidnapped boy
pointed out the exact spot in the room
where he lay from the time he was
taken to the house, Tuesday evening, un-
til removed Wednesday night He also
said he drank from the oaken bucket
which stood in one Of the adjoining rooms.
He also Indicated the broken stair step
which he had previously referred to as
where he slipped in going up stairs to
his imprisonment
Eddie Cudahy said he had reclined on
the floor from the time he entered the
house until removed. He said he was
only about an hour perhaps, going from
that point where he was abducted to the
house and about the same time in re-
turning to the point where he was releas-
ed and told to go home.
STORY OF A NEIGHBOR.
Miss Maud Munshaw, who lives with
her parents at 3044 Grover street, first
saw one of the occupants of the house
about ten days ago. when he came to
her home and asked if she knew whether
or not the house that was vacant above
on the hillside was rented. She did not
know.
The next day he returned and told her
when he met her in the yard that he
had rented the house from Schneider
wind, the owner. He said that another
man had rented it and paid 81 down, but
had not taken it.
This man, Miss Munshaw describes, as
being about forty-five years of
age, black hair and mustache, though
his hair was sprinkled with considerable
grey. Tuesday evening, just after dark,
a light spring wagon drove up to the
house and two or three men got out.
Miss Munshaw does not know exactly,
yet her father thinks there We're three
in the party.
The next incident about the place was
Wednesday morning, when pony was
hitched out in front of the house, but
the spring wagon and the horse which
had been attached to it were gone.
Mr.. Cudahy, after looking over the
room, which had been described by his
son, turned to those with him and said:
Boys, this is undoubtedly the place. I
am fully satisfied .:s
CUDAHY OFFERS REWARD.
Edward A. Cudahy sr today con-
frmed the statement that he will pay
$25,00 for the capture of the gang who
abducted his son Edward and secured
a ransom of $4,000 in gold.
1t is stated that Pat Grove, we'll known
in local police circles, is the man whom
the police suspect of being the leader of
the gang. Officers are looking for Grove,
but so far he has not been arrested.
A force of private detectives from Chi
cago began work today on the case. The
only clue they have to work upon at
present is copy of the letter thrown
on Mr. Cudahys lawn, naming the condi-
tons on which the boy would be re-
turned. Mr.. Cudahy returned the orig
inal copy with the money, this being one
of the considerations demanded by the
desperadoes.
Young Edward today stated that the
letter demanding a ransom was hurled
into the yard by his abductors before
they left the neighborhood of his home.
In this case the letter was dated one
day ahead, the writer probably knowing
it would not be found until Wednesday
morning. 1t was stated today that the
letter bore no signature, contrary to
first statements that it was signed
Jack
no STATUTE FITS THE CASE.
One thing is ruzzling the police at this
time is how they can punish the kidnap-
ers, should they be captured, there being
no law to cover the case. There is an Of
Tense known as kidnapping in the Grim
inaI statutes of Nebraska, which carries
with it a penitentiary sentence on con-
viction ranging from two TO seven years,
but it only applies to kidnapping with the
intention of carrying the victim outside
of the state Manifestly it would be i'm
possible to prove that the abductors OF
Young Cudahy carried him outside the
state, because, SO far as is known they
merely took him to a point southwest of
South Omaha and if they had any inten-
ton of carrying him out of the tate they
did nothing to furnish tangible evidence
of it.
Another penitentiary offense defined by
"child stealing" but this section, too
seems to have no application to the pres
ent instance because it refers only to
stealing children under ten years of age,
while young Cudahy is fifteen.
The suggestion has been made that the
kidnapcrs might be held on the charge
of levying blackmail. inasmuch as they
used their possession of young Cudahy
as a means of extorting money from his
father, but nothing i'll the Nebraska
statutes covers this phase of it.
So far as can be ascertained by the
police in examination Of the law the only
charge which can be successfully brought
against the perpetrators of this outrage
is that of false imprisonment, which is
not a crime. but merely a misdemeanor,
subject to q fine and Jail sentence only.
From this it will be seen that the
problem what TO do With the kidnapers
should they be captured, is almost as diff
fcult as the problem of fixing the identity