The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-21

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About a month ago r. ". Patrick came
! to me and said that two men had rented a
| house of his father near Happy Hollow. on
! the western edge Of the city. paying s. a
! month for il. and that his fathers hired
! hand was suspicious of them. The two men
! never went 10 the house. except early in
| the evening. when they would stay for an
/ hour or SO and go away. The hired man
| had tried TO talk to them. and they had
: always turned away. He found that they
I had put locks on all of the doors and had
| put papers over all Of the windows. So one
| day he broke in and found nothing In the
house at all. except one room had Yale
! lock on the outside. and that there was a
| smell of gasoline in the room.
Il at once notified the Sheriff since 1t
was outside Of the city limits. and sent
four men out with one of his deputies. and
they laid for the men But then they found
that the strangers had not been around Tor
a week. so they broke in and found in the
locked room a gasoline stove, and that was
all. After that the strangers were never
seen about the place These are the same
men. / think. who did the kidnapping. and
being frightened away from that place.
went to a new location.
ut is certain that the men have been
figuring for a long time on a job OF this
kind About six weeks ago young Cudahy
at 10 f. Barien's. No. $50 Capitol ave-
nue. and they were watching him then
After getting him this time. they asked
il he RENE embered that night he went call
ing with his mother. and when he told
them that he did. they told him that they
came very nearly getting him that night
The fact that his neither was along Probs-
bly, prevented ii.
"AS to the number of men. II Is nor GER
tain that there were more than three. al
though they tried to give the boy the i'm
preston that there were six. l can promise
yo,I this that We will do all in our power to
get them
II was a mothers fears which decided Ed
ward Cudah--. Sr.. TO part with S21eS Tor
the return Of hiS eon- The hard.headed
business man was strongly tempted to let
the police try to entrap the gang But after
two sleepless nights. filed with all sorts OF
horrible imaginings the mothers courage
gave way and she begged her husband not
TO tempcrize longer
.Do what they bid you. Ed: please do"
she cried. throwing her arms about her hus-
hands neck What is money In compari-
son with the safety of our child? oh. If they
kill him or blind him with acid as they
threaten to do. hov could We ever forgive
ourselves?
There is nothing of n coward about the
millionaire pork packer and speCulatOr. and.
Yielding to his wife's entredt!es. he went
at nlSnt. carrying ttt -piil III At uds,
trusting to tGat honor among thieves.
The money obtained ny Lawyer
Sears after banking hours, on an order
from Mr.. Cudahy ON the cashier of the
First National Bank II was in s.. $40 and
so gold pieces and weighed just l05 pounds.
Mr. Cudahy was inclined to substitute bills.
but was afraid to take any chances
large meal sack was procured and the gold
placed in il. AT o'clock in the evening
Cudahy picked up the sack of gold and
went out to the stable by rear door.
Describing his experience, Mr.. Cudahy
said to-day:
II have paid over the s25.00 demanded
by the abductors of my son and the boy is
again with us The conditions under which
the outlaws were willing to release my son
were detailed in a letter which l have given
to the press. II came through the mails
and conveyed the information that the
young man would be returned TO US pro-
vided the sum of $4,000 in gold should be
left at "a certain place the road. indi-
Gated by a lantern hung on an upright
stick. Explicit directions were given as to
where the ransom should he left and the
villains threatened to return my boy to
me sightless II did not comply with their
demands
Il consulted with the Chief OF Police