The sun., 1900-12-21


! Bsrnod out Win Acid " Hc Did Not Pro-
| duce the None, or u lie Tried 10 Trap Them
| lie Drove at Night Alone In . Wagon 10
! Rendezvous In the Wood. and Deposited
| the Money. Then Returned Home Soon
! After III, Son walked Into the House-
| The BOY Manac'cd and Kept a Prisoner In .
| Deserted House several In the Gans. and
They May Be Captured Through the Gold.
which Was Marked for Identification.
/ OMAHA. Neb.. Dec. %. The price Of Edward
/ Cudahy's liberty was s25.OUO in gold and tho
k!dnnppers have tho money and the parents
/ hay" their 0fteen -year-old son again. This
! Is tho dramatic scquo OF the past nfty hours
of excitement over the sudden disappear anco
/ OF the Young man. The search for the lad
! was participated In by thousands Of citizens.
I hundreds of policemen and dozen expert
detectives, vet the thieves succeeded in car
ryine ont their plot. securing the gold and
getting away from the city.
The story stands out unique in the history
| OF the criminal annals Of the West After
| watching the Cudahy home for n month for
the purpose Of abductinH one of the Cudahy
! girls the robbers suddenly concluded to
take the boy. He was thrust into cab
! within a block Of home Mt 7 O'Clock in the
! evening on "A wel-lighted and prominent
! thorOughfare carried into the outskirts Of
: the city, kept a prisoner forty-eight hours
/ and finally handed over to his distracted
father in return for fortune in cash
The daring OF the robbers alone Is an In
/ terestng feature OF the case. 10 say othing Of
/ the extraordinary cunning and executive
ability manifested in handling the case to
| successful conclusion and getting away with
! the cash in spite OF the presence Of hundreds
! Of armed men ready to kill them on light.
| Tonight young Cudahy is at home and his
mother insists on the house being guarded
| In her terror unless her boy be stolen away
! again. Another interesting phase of the case
| is that Mr., Cudahy will take no part in now
trying to identify the thieves he having
promised his wife to drop the case. as Mrs
| Cudahy feared further violence from the
Aidnappers.
| The conditions under which the outlaws
were willing TO release their victim we're de-
tailed in full in a letter received by Mr. Cudlhy
at his house yesterday noon. about three hours
! after the first communication had been thrown
! into his yard by a man on horseback. The
J letter as follows, in red ink and apparently
! written by a woman:
| OMAHA. Dec. 10, 1900
MIR CUDAHY We have kidnapped your
| child and demand $4,000 (Twenty five
! thousand dollsrs) for his snfe return. II
| you give us the money the child will be re-
| turned as safe when you last saw him.
| but il you refuse We will put acid in his ey 81
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| ,,iar,n ono,h.r ,,y,io,o;-..s ,h,a ,ho, ,r
| -. .no,,ad ord d.,,a,d 500 600 n "A ra nil
| .a, 4, To- ha vim COO ,ha o,rai,,on 30 v,,r
ott1S 5nd rson,. IN. ,act tho, .rnaan hu.ina..
| and will not be monkey ed with or captured.
Get Nhe money oil In gold. Ave- ten and twenty.
| do,Iar nisces nut n In a grin In a vbi,s ubeo,
! ,oL - 6, ,our huggv alone on ,ba riah,
:, n,no,ohsr 20 n, o.c,ocL NJ ard
! ar;ro sou,h ,ro,, your bonsa ,o Cer,or
s,rset turn vest On Con,er and drivs hack Tn
p,sar. parr and ,,,low ,be nored road no.
80 rr.,,,on,. whon ,.o,, 80. % Ion,arn
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Err hon,a you will know our lanterr
! Gov !, viii have two ribbons b,aol and y,hito
| 60, on a.. hand,o. ,oL r,rst n,ooa n roa
! ,an,.rn on your hupuv WHARF IL can be nI,,nIv
sa, 90 va u,, Lrnw ,o,, a p,;o ovay Thi.
latter and every mart Of il must be returned
| p-,b tha p,oney md anv ottempt nj On nturs
,.;u ha tho sod5es, thing vou ever dona
| .r rou rsmen,bar soma tw.ntv vea,ssuo
| ,ho,ley RISE was kidnanned I'm New York
oi,u and ,oo ooo ror,om asked Ola NAV
poy. uos wilI,ny IN Give I'm tho monav hrt
r. ,hs y,.at detective with otbsrs ner-
Du'nS' '"o s'"' '- pe'
, sundcd the Cld man not 20 give up the money.
| assuring him that the thieves would be CAP
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'ureo hUse ueu VI oiohe" near" sorr'
! that he allowed the detectives 10 dictate 10
! him This letter must not be seen by anv
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one ou' sou' IL vac po''e VI ooh'e stranger
know its contents they might attempt 10
captura us although entirely against your
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W'el' VI e''H' 'h' iii's"' ''' io'e'h anu
represent Us, mus, The wrong party securing
| tho money. and this would be ms futile to
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you os IL w. '''" ~ So w w ''ion.''
| So YOU see the danger II you let this letter
| ha ssen
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MT IuuauN' you "i' VIZ aHa"S' " anu
there is only one way out. Give up the coin.
,Io,oy ,e von, n nd money Wa will get II
-, ,i,.o M tbe ,cvt man will. for h,
you doi give uP '"' hc"' "''" "''' io' He
will see that We mean business and you can
,aod ,o,,r hov ,round blind tire rest Of your
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days and an you VIII nave u t"e ua'i copper
| sympnthy. DO the right thing by us and
r,o .in do the same by Won. II YOU refuse.
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Nlll soon s''' NI' N'ShN YOU cNeI