Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-12-21

buggy and placed in a room and
chained to the floor. where he re-
manned all night and the hext day.
| His hands were tied, and the chains
on his feet prevented him from get
| ting a good view of his surroundings,
even after the blindfold had been re-
moved He knows, however, that he
was in an empty room and that the
| blinds on the windows were closed.
On the trip to the place of imprison-
ment, the men, he says, talked a little
about themselves. He gathered from
| them that there were six in the gang.
! One of these men came from Mexico
recently, and from Denver very lately,
| and was an expert in the kidnapping
! business. After the mysterious house
was reached, one man guarded him dur
/ ing a greater portion of the day. The
second man was in and out of the room
at intervals. From a conversation be-
| tween the abductors and himself the
young man learned that the abductors
had been seeking to abduct one Of the
girls of the family and had been plan
ming this for four months.
| AT night, for some unknown reason.
the men released young Cudahy from
his chains, and said:
1--WE are going to take you home"
Then they led him to a hack. He was
driven rapidly through the darkness to
1nlrty-seVenth and Leavenworth
streets, where he was allowed to leave
the carriage. From there he walked
| home arriving there shortly after one
cock in the morning. The bandits
made no explanation to him while they
gave him his freedom.
The man who kept watch over me
was drinking heavily all the time. At
first he did not talk at all, but after
we had been alone together for six or
seven hours,
He Began to Get GarruIOus.
He talked about all sorts of things,
and his talk rambled, though whether
through drink or design, l could not
say. Finally he became holder. Two
or three times he touched up the sub
ject of my abduction and | gathered
from his remarks that there were six
men in the gang of which he was a
member He said one thing which
was very much to the point and which
startled me.
do you know he asked, that we
have been watching that house of yours
out there for the last two months?
Well, we have. What we really want
ed was to get one of the little girls
your sisters, but we did not get a
chance. Finally We became desperate
and determined to take the bull by
the horns and nab you. And I guess
its all right. You've acted first class
my boy. You'll be back with your
folks in a few hours
The boy tonight is apparently
none the worse for his unusual exper-
fence, and says he will take up his
school studies at Creighton College as
usual after the holidays
Most people will wonder why the
police did not attempt to capture the
kidnapers Of young Cudahy, when his
father took out that S25 .060~ Wednesday
evening" said Chief of Police Dona-
hue tonight. 1--WE could have done
so, but it was Mr.. Cudahys wish that
we do nothing that would interfere
with the safety of the boy Mrs Cud-
ahy was nearly broken down with
nervous prostration and Mr.. Cudahy
was little better"
He said to us, I first want the
DOyy 81 lO IOOh IlAC LluIICt LII ITO
own hands and went out alone with
the money.
81 told him that we were at his SER
vice and would do anything he wanted
of us, but he was so afraid that they
might do something to the boy that
would injure him"
at certainly does seem strange that
a man, especially business man like
Cudahy, should go out and
Drop $4,000 BY Lantern
in the country not knowing who should
get it. and all on account OF an IN
signed letter, but that is most assured
ly what he did In his frame of mind,
I believe that if the letter had demanded
$4,000 he would have carried it out as
quickly. I did not like to have him
go out. for if Mr.. Cudahy went out
there with $25, 900 or any sum of money
at all, the kidnappers might not have
even taken the trouble to put UP Ian
tern, but held him up on the road, and
again. after leaving the money they
might nave written another letter de-
handing $25 900 more to be left some
where north of Florence.
This is the first case Of the kind we
have ever had here, but is what has
been done in other cities.
Now I can say that no effort will be
lost to bring the abductors to justice.
1--WE are trying to locate the house in
which the boy was kept. We sus-
pect certain parties of doing the job,
but do not wish anything further pub
lished at this time along this line"
Late tonight Mr.. Cudahy announc-
ed he would pay $4,000 reward for
the apprehension of the abductors of
his son. $4,000 for one and $4,000 for
two of them.