Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-12-27
THE KIDNAPPING CASE
Young Cudahy Ransomed on Pay.
ment Of $4,000 in Gold.
BANDITS WANTED one OF The GIRLS


joicing in the home of Edward A.
Cudahy, the wealthy packing-house
owner and capitalist, of this city. Ed.
ward Cudahy, Jr., who was kidnapped
Tuesday evening, after being held SO
hours for ransom of $4,000 in gold,
which the young mans father unhesi-
tatingly paid, has been returned TIC
his family and last night the boy and
his family were receiving congratula.
tons from friends. Mr. and Mrs,
Cudahy felt great relief, not only
over the return of their youthful son,
but also because one or possibly more
of their daughters were not included
in the conspiracy which has caused
them so much anxiety and grief, as
statement of the conspirators, over
heard by the lad while he was in their
power, indicates that they had been
attempting for month to secure pos
session of one of his sisters. Mr..
Cudahy has been very reticent
throughout the affair, and up to this
time refused absolutely to talk,
either of the kidnapping or the pay
ment of the ransom and return of his
son. All information given to the
public was through his attorney and
the statements of the latter have been
very guarded. Before the real truth
of the kidnapping, the return of the
boy and the experience of the latter
had been given to the public, the po-
lice were inclined to doubt the story
that the boy had been spirited away.
This skepticism, however, melted
away when young Cudahy related the
story of being overpowered placed
in a closed carriage, blindfolded and
bound and carried many miles from
the city to place, the location of
which he cannot identify, and his
father made known the details of a
long ride in the country to deposit a
bag containing $4,000 in gold in a
place indicated in a letter written
Wednesday to Mr.. Cudahy by the out
laws naming this condition as a
surety for the return of the boy.
At nine O'Clock Wednesday a horse
man rode past the Cudahy mansion
ON Thirty-eighth street and threw a
letter into the lawn. A servant noted
the action and, seeing the letter,
found it contained the information
that the young man had been kid
mapped and was safe and was being
held for ransom. Three hours later
Mr. Cudahy received through the mails
second communication, detailing the
conditions under which the lad would
be surrendered to himself The con-
ditions named was that Mr.. Cudahy
should deposit $4,000 in gold coin, in
a place indicated, about five miles
north of the city on Il lonely road
leading up the bank of the Missouri
river. Mr.. Cudahy called into con-
sultaton the chief of police and his
friends and discussed plans looking
to the capture of the gang when
they should make an appearance at
the point of rendezvous named in the
letter. The great strain on the family,
however, caused Mr.. Cudahy to aban-
don all idea of capturing the men in
whose power was the life of his son,
and he decided to at once comply with
all the demands of the bandits.
That the bandits were near the spot
and at once secured the valuable pack
age cannot be doubted, for about one
o'clock yesterday morning the young
boy ran breathlessly up to the door
of his fathers home and rang the bell
for admission. Two policemen who,
in the early evening, had been placed
near the family mansion, had later
been sent to the stables by Mr.. Cud-
ally, who feared that, should the men
returning the boy see the officers,
they would drive away without leav-
ing the boy. The boy came in so sud-
denly that the policemen knew moth
ing of it until member of the family
went to the stables and informed them
that the voinr man bad returned and