Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-12-25

IHiE OIIU M "A CO.
light spring wagon drove up to the
house and two or three men got out.
Miss Munshaw does not know exactly;
her father, B. G. Munshaw, thinks
there were 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.
Description of One.
During Wednesday a heavy-set
young man. light compleXioned and
wearing light mustache and having
light hair, was seen to come out of the
house and go to the we'll with buck
ct, to which was attached long rope.
and draw some water. Nothing more
was seen of him or of the man with
the black mustache and hair, but an
occasional light, which fiared up in the
upper story of the building, showed
that they were still there.
Hide Cudahy Behind Curtain.
When the house was unoccupied
there were no curtains up in any win
dow, but Wednesday morning the
north window, looking out of the room
in which young Cudahy was held
prisoner was shaded from top to bot
tom. There was but one window in
this room.
Undoubtedly the Place.
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.
am fully satisfied
Miss Liddie Munshaw. who attends
the Windsor school, says that she
saw, while passing the house on her
way to school Wednesday morning.
two rigs hitched near the house. One
was single-seated buggy and the 9th
er a light spring wagon. In addition
to this she saw a small bay pony
hitched at the south of the house.
Boy Met the Strange Horseman.
A new element of interest was in
jected into the kidnapping case during
the day by the discovery of witness
who is competent to testify as to the
| personal appearance of the man on
horseback who threw the threatening
letter into the Cudahy yard. He is
Frank Glynn, the 14year-old son of
w. S. Glynn, proprietor of the livery
stable at 1886 South 10Th street, from
which the mysterious messenger tele>
phoned Mr.. Cudahy in reference to the
letter.
| Studied Him.
Frank Glynn sat in the stable office
while the stranger was talking and
had good opportunity to study his
peculiarities of dress and person.
The police believe that this myster-
ious stranger, if not one of the kidnap-
ers, was at least an agent employed
by them, and from the boys descrip-
ton of him, they are satisfied as to
his identity. Two detectives are now
looking for him.
Heard Talk Over the Telephone.
1t was about 1915 O'Clock Tuesday
morning" said young Glynn, that the
man rode up to the front door of the
stable, and dismounting, asked me il
4 he could use the telephone l told
him he could. He then tied his horse
to ring in the sidewalk and came in
Taking off pair of tan gloves, he
looked up number in the telephone
directory, and then called for it ovel
the phone. is this Cudahys house?
he asked.
Refers to the Letter.
There was a brief pause, then hi
spoke again. Did you find letter il
your front yard just now?' he asked
Il couldn't tell what the answer was
of course, but in moment he said
Well you'd better look again You'll
find a letter lying on the grass RICH
near the front gate. Good-by'
Then he rang off, thanked me TO
the use of the phone, mounted AM
rode away.
Describes the Man as "crook."
am sure | would recognize tn
man If | ever saw him again. He di
not look like laboring man or bus
ness nah, and i'll was going to size hin
up would say he was crook H
was suspicious looking chap and ac
ed queer. He was smooth faced
about five feet nine inches tall, an
perhaps % years old. AS to puild, h
!, was slender. He wore good brow
, suit of clothes, a dark blue overcoa
, and square-topped blue cap. He rod
! a little brown pony with a tan-colore
saddle"
: Vehicle Has Disappeared.
, | nv AAOAo anu ou6SS III WhlSh Euul
!, Cudahy was abducted has disappea
!, ed as did the boy when kidnapped, blu
2 the police possess a complete descril
: ton of the rig and also of the conve,
ance in which the boy was returned.
Says Abductors Were Not Enemies
/ This abduction was an enterpris
of pure commercialism," asserted Gel
: John G. Gown, attorney for E. A. Gu
a ahy, this morning. There is nothin
in the theory that personal enemie
: of Mr.. Cudahy carried out the abdu
i ton. They were kidnapers simpl
because they wanted the money an
d the Cudahy family was the most avail
/ able for the purpose. They had Il
/ ill feeling against the family any MOI
. than the average train robber ha
$ against the railroad whose train h
robs. He wants the money, that is al
Is Not New.
e while there seems to be many r
t markable things about the case, W
v must remember that kidnapping is NJ
e a new crime. Why, only short tin
ago $1,000 was paid in Kansas City fl
t the return of child 1t is going on
# some part of the country every da