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

empty house. OF course. | did not see them.
but they were badly worn and creaked in
such an unusual way that II ever walked
upon them again l could recognize them In
u minute.
Kidnnpcrs' second Letter.
Mr. Cudahy yesterday received TINS second
letter from the abductors:
omaha Neb. Dec. Is.-Mr cudahy- We have
hTn i%ou.and dollars for his safe return /,
sou riy. us the money. the child will be re-
II you refuse We will put acid in his eyes and
bind him. then VIII immediately kitnap
ted, aud demand slcc.opr. and win get it. fgr
he will Sc the cond,,on OF your ss child and real ,I
not he monkeyed with or captured
dollar p,cr@s; put il in a white wheat sack: Ct
~ al ! o'ci"rk p. M and drive south from vour
touse to center street. turn west on Center
and drive back to- Huser's Park and follow the
When you come {" a lantern that Is lighted
by the side OF the rosd place the money by the
lantern and Immediately turn your horse around
y You Nv viii Know our lantern. for, I, will have
two ribbons. black and white. tied on the han
sy where It can he plainly seen. so We will
This letter and every par, Of !, must he re.
capture will be he saddeS, thing you ever done.
IL you remember. som" twenty years ago.
and s,So 400 ransom asked. Old man Ross was viii
irg TO give up the money. nut Hurns. II. great
To give up the money assuring him that the
lc.vei the de,ecii,es TO dictate 20 him.
This letter mus, not be seen by any one hut
contents they might attempt 20 capture u.s. al
use a lsnisri and REPRESENT us. thus til, W rong
party securing the money. and this would he
s 's,a sey !" e. yaa see SGH the danse II Il ySs m m
this letter Re seen.
Mr.. 'udahy. YOU are M against II. and there
IS only way out. Give up the coin. Money
want. and money we will get. II you don't
We mean business ami you can lead your hoy
around blind the rest OF your days: and ell YOU
right thing hv AMI will do tho same by
sight YOU ever seen, Wednc: day. December 70
This night or never
what the Police Have to Say.
Most people will wonder why the police
did not frame up and attempt to capture
the k.dnapers of young Cudahy when his
father took out that $500 Wednesday
evening"" said Chief Of Police Donahue to-
night. I'VE could have done so. but it was
Mr. Cudahy's wish that We do nothing that
would interfere with the safety of the
boy. Mrs. Cudahy was nearly broken
down with nervous prostration. and Mr..
Cudahy was little better"
He said to us i first want the boy' so
he took the matter in his own hands and
went out alone with the money.
II told him that We were at his service
and would do anything he wanted Of US
but he was 60 afraid that they might do
something to the boy that would injure
him.
1T certainly does seem strange that a
man. especially a business mar like Cudahy
should go out and drop s2J605 by lantern
I'm the country. not knowing who should get
it. and all on account of an unsigned let
ter. but that is most assuredly what he did
In his frame of mind. believe that if the
letter had demanded s;0.00O he would have
carried il out as quickly. I did not like TO
have him go out. for If Mr.. Cudahy went
out there with $500 or any sum of money
at all. the kidnapers might not have even
taken the trouble to put up "A lantern. but
held him up on the road, and again. after
leaving the money they might have written
another letter demanding s25.o more to be
left somewhere north of Florence.
This is the first case of the kind We have
ever had here. but that is what has been
done in other cities
Now. can say that no effort will be
lost to bring the abductors to justice This
Is for the benefit of the public and to pre-
vent a repetition of this most dangerous
crime, which has been introduced here Mr.
Cudahy evinces cut little desire to pros
ecute the case, but he promises TO do what
ever We want him to do I'm the matter He
offered TO reward. and. think. is spend
Ing no money in the case. He is the best
satisfied man L ever saw, now that he has
his boy again
We are trying this afternoon to locate
the house In which the boy was kept.
think from the story that II Is between
RusOir's Park and Sarpy Mills west of
South Omaha. We suspect certain parties
OF doing the joo. but do not wish anything