The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-21
YOUNG CUDAHY RETURNS.
IA. Father Left $4,000 In Gold An n
Lonely Place aud the Robbers
kept Their word.


.,-,.ha. Sch.. Dee e0-There IS reloic-
fax .n the home OF Edward cudahy. the
wealthy packing house owner and capi-
,,n.t 81 this city. Edward Cudahy Jr.
y,ro was kidnapped Tuesday evening az
,.r b,.ng held thlrty-six hours for ran
,,rn o. $1,000 IN gold which the young
u.r's father unhcsitatngly paid. has
i.,n returned to his family aud to-nisht
,.e nav and hts parents are resolving con
aatuIatons from relatives ana friends
throughout the country.
statement OF the couspirators over
hoard by the lad while he was 90 their
,.g.r indicates that they had been at
,smptlng for a month to secure possession
OF ore or his sisters. Young Cudahy to-
da, related the story OF being oycrpoW-
cred placed in a closed carriage. blind
folded and bound aud carried many miles
from the city TO a place. the location Of
which he cannot IDENTITY and his father
made known the details o. a long ride
into the country 10 deposit bag contain
irs $500 Ia gold In "A place indicated in
d letter written Wednesday 10 Mr.. Cudahy
ry tho outlaws. naming this condition as
"a surety for the return OF che boy.
rhi- sum was to he deposited in a place
indica ed about five miles north % tho
.It on q lonely road leading up the bank
,l hp Missouri river. MIR Cudahy called
into consultation the chief Of police and
IBIS friends and discussed the plans look
,nr 10 the capture OF the gang when they
.Ioua make an appearance at the point
oi rendczvous named in the letter. The
Great strain on the family. however. caus-
,J Mr. Cudahy to abandon all Idea Of
rapturln gthe men IN whose power was the
lie o. his son. and decided 20 al once com
,,v with all Of the demands OF the bandits
Absolute secrecy was necessary. and
trusted messenger was dispatched 20 the
hank TO secure the gold. After
securing the money he started
out entirely alone. To identify himself
Do had attached TO the dashboard Of MS
buggy red lantern. which was one OF
the conditions iu the letter. Mr.. Cudahy
drove 10 the appointed place. where h
fcuud near the road a white lantern sus-
pcuded from a short stake driven IN the
ground. near the river hank Nobody
was iu sight. lie az once uilghted.
placed the bag OF gold conveniently near
the stake and returned 10 the city with
ont hearing sound
Tina. the bandits were near the spot
and NJ once secured the valuable package
cannot be doubted for about ! O'Clock this
morning the young hoy run GREATNESS
up 10 the door OF his faith
er's home and rang the bell FOR
admission Two policemen who
So the early evening had been placed
nearly the family mansion had later been
sent 10 the stable by Mr. Cudahy. who
feared that the men seeing the officers
would drive away without leaving the
toy.
Notwithstanding the entire police and
detective force Of the city. several Pin
lertous from Chicago and half a hundred
Of Mr. Cudahys own men have been
rearchlne diligently for a clue looking TO
fho capture OF the outlaws ever since tho
return Of the young man. up 10 n O'Clock
tonight nothing has developed TO give
the least idea Of the Identity OF the men
who perpe trated the crime. Young Cuda-
hv says there were six OF the men. but
tuat an wore masks.
Culahy was brought to within two
blocks % his home IN hack. and then
ran 10 the house where his father and
no her were waiting for him. they having
received Information Of the hour that he
W,- t1 bee home.
chief Of Police Donahue said tonight
that every effort was being made TO bring
the abductors 90 Justice. that there were
probably three instead OF six men. that
they bad been figuring on Il Tor az least
elk weeks and that the police suspect
ceriuin parties. lie said that Mr. Cudahy
eyinced bur little des r. TO prosecute. but
tonight Mr. Cudahy announced that he
would pay $4,000 reward FOR the appre-
tension OF the abductors.
Tho Cudahy boy in his statement OF
what took place says. among other things:
He was across the street from his own
home on his way back from the Rustin
residence. Tuesday evening. when two
men approached him. one said.
we are sherlns from Sarpy county, and
arrest you as Eddie Niece. who escanel
from the reform school
They drove 20 a house supposedly IN
the southwestern part Of South Omaha
The boy was taken ia and chained 10 the
floor lie remained there all nisht and
the next day From a conversation be-
tween the abductors and himself the
young man learned that the abductors
had been seeking 10 abduct one OF the
SIRE Of the family.
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