Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-12-26
YOUNG CUDAHY
is KIDNAPPED
Continued from first page.

identity OF the men.
The boy said he was seized by two
men, who said he was a refugee from
a reform school and they were sher-
lifts from another county. They took
lin into a closed carriage, threw u
shirS over his head and gagged him.
They tookhim, hebelleves, to a lone
ly cottage vest OF South Omaha,
where he was chained to the floor.
He was held n p~risoTler until put in
the hack and returned to his home.
While at the cottnge he was guarded
by two men, and was provided with
sufficient food.
On the trip to the place ofimprison
ment the men, he says, talked little
about themselves. He gathered from
them that there were six In thegang.
One oi these men came from Mexico
recently and another from Denver
very lately aud be was expert in the
Kidnapping business.
After the mysterious house was
reached one man guarded him during
the greater part OF the day. Thesec-
ond man was in and out OF the room
mt intervals. From instrumentation
between the abductOrs and himself
the young nan learned that the alb
ductors had been seeking to abduct
one Of the girls of the family and had
been planning this coup for four
months.
AT night, for some unknown rea-
son, 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
Thirty-seventh and Leavenworth
streets, where he was allowed To leave
the carriage. From there he walked
home, arriving there shortly after /
O'Clock in the morning.
The bandits made no explanation
to him why they gave him his free
dom.
The letter which directed how the
ransom was to he paid threatened
that unless it was forthcoming and
directions followed the abductors
would burn out the young mans
eyes with acid.
The following is a copy of the Sec
ond letter sent by the kidnappers to
Cudahy:
Omaha, Dec. 19.-Mr. Cudahy. We
have kidnapped your child and de-
mand $4,000 for his safe return. II
you give us the money the child will
be returned as safe as when you Inst
saw him, but ii you refuse we will
put acid in his eyes and blind him.
Then we will Immediately kidnap
another millionaire's child that we
have spotted and dempnd 500, 600,
and we will get it, for he will see the
condition of your child and realize
the fact that we mean business and
will not be monkeyed with or cap
tured."
The letter then gives instructions
for the delivery OF the money, which
must be all in gold, and then contin-
ues: This letter and every part Of
it must he returned with the money,
and any attempt at capture will be
the saddest thing you ever done.
III you remember, some 70 years
ago Charley Ross was kidnapped in
New York and 100000 ransom was
asked. Old man Ross was willing to
give up the money, but Burns, a great
detective, with Others, persuaded the
old man not to give up his money,
assuring him that the thieves would
be captured. Ross died of a broken
heart, sorry he allowed the detective
to dictate to him.
This letter must not be seen by
anyone but you. II the police or
some stranger knew its contents
they might attempt to capture us,
although against your wish, or one
might set a lantern and represent us,
and thus the wrong party secure the
money, and this would be as fatal to
you as II you refused to give up the
money. So you see the danger ifyou
let this letter be seen.
"Mr. Cudahys YOU are up %againstit,
and there Is only one way nj Give
up the coin. Money We want and
money we will get.
"If youdo not giveu the next man
will, for he will see we mean business,
and you can carry your boy around
blind the rest Of your days. Do the
right thing by us and we will do the
same by you"
Speaking Of his experiences wilhelm
the power Of the kidnapers young
Edward gave the following account
OF his surroundings, and what uc-
Cured and Of the men who guarded
him:
81 could tell by the way the mems
footsteps resounded throughout the
house that it was vacant and
stripped Of furniture. lobserved that
they struck no light. l would have
been conscious OF IA sense OF light had
they made one, for the banduge
could not have excluded all liz rays.
The men moved about in absolute
silence, exchanging no word. one of
them found an old riekety chairsomc-
where and pushed me down on il;
then he removed the cords from
around my wrists and substituted
for them a pair Of handouts with
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