The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-20


of it by the Cudahy family, who dis
missed them from their post After So
hours Of intermittent anxiety and
search, Mr.. Cudahy and other members
OF his family were in no mood for talk
ing and the only statement the former
would make was that the boy returned
and was safe and that he had really
been abducted. He refused to say wheth-
er or not the ransom had been paid for
his return His statement was as fol-
lows:
I'VE are in no shape to talk tonight.
Neither is the boy. He was abducted all
right. don't know yet how, nor where
he was taken. He was returned to the
house last night by the men who took
him away. They brought him to the
gate and left him there The reward
viii be paid Further than that I posi-
lively decline to speak and nothing be-
yond that viii be given out at present"
Two officers were en- watch in the rear
of the Cudahy house when one of the
Cudahy household came out to where
they were and told them that the boy
had returned and that their services
were no longer required.
One of the officers inquired as to the
particulars but was told that full
statement would be made later.
Regarding the payment of the ransom,
or any part of it Mr. and Mrs Cudahy
had nothing to say. They would not af-
firm or deny whether money had been
paid the alleged abductor.
Al the Cudahy home this morning a
servant answered the telephone and pos
itiyely refused to call Mr.. Cudahy. or say
a word about the affair. It is learned
from other sources, however, that the
boy was brought in a hack to a point
on Leavenworth street, near his home,
and there released. With him were two
men. it is said that he had been kept
in an old house about five miles south
west of South Omaha Whether Mr..
Cudahy did pay the large ransom de-
manded is not known.
Since the strange return of the boy the
duction theory, upon which they settled
SO unanimously during the hours of
search yesterday and last night.
With the neighborhood guarded as it
was last night and with two officers sta
toned in the Cudahy yard, they think
it would be impossible for two men 10
accompany the boy to the very doors of
his fathers house without attracting at
tention and being halted.
The chief of police received a brief
telephone message from the house teIsa-
" saying that the youth had returned,
repeating the assertion that he had real
ly been abducted and returned by his
captors. This was all the satisfaction or
Information they could elicit
Chief Of Police Donahue this morning
gave out the following statement:
You may rest assured of this much:
The boy was kidnapped, and he was ta-
ken from the city. Further than that I
can say but very little now, but I ex-
pect Mr.. Cudahy to call at my Office and
after a. talk with him, I expect to be
able to make a statement"
Being further pressed as to details
about the return of the boy and the
terms made by Cudahy, sr., for the re-
turn of the boy, if any were offered, the
chief said:
ANY statement coming from me at
this time might throw down the whole
plan on which we intend to work. We
knew last night that the boy was kid
naped all right, and taken from the
city. He was returned home about 1:30
this morning The police officers on
duty at the house saw him come in.
7 was advised by telephone at the time,
and informed that the boy was safe and
we'll That was the principal thing. I
am getting information now as to what
more happened
STORY OF THE ABDUCTION.
Chicago, Dec. 20-A special to the
Tribune from Omaha, Neb., says:
When a call was made at the Cudahy
residence by the representative of the
Tribune it was stated that Mr.. Cudahy
had retired and could not be seen.
The manager of the packing house,
however. told the following story:
THE boy was abducted shotly before
O'Clock on Tuesday night, and as we
now learn was taken out into the cOun-
try five miles west of South Omaha and
was secured by the abductOrS, who
blindfolded him and kept him in that
condition until he returned home this
morning.
He was at once conveyed into the
country and placed in a vacant house
far removed from any other habitatiOn
and thus incarcerated he was guarded
there all night and all of the succeed
ing day by part of the gang while other
members We're in Omaha endeavOrins
to secure a settlement with Mr.. Cudahy.
''AS to the nature of the settlement,
whether any money was paid or not,
must decline to state"
When it became known that the boy
was safe at home number of friends
called up the residence by telephone.
Mrs. Cudahy refused to answer all
questions and would only say that her
son was safe and we'll
I will not talk about it tonight, she
declared positively. ''All that can say
now is that he was abducted
The most important light thrown on
the Cudahy disappearance after the
anonymous note was found was when
w. s. Glynn, who runs a livery stable,
stated that a man had come to his
barn Wednesday forenoon and asked to
use the telephone. Frank Glynn, a son
OF the proprietor, was in the Office at
the time and readily gave his consent.
The stranger, without taking the trou-
BILE to look up the number in the tele-
phone book, called for Edward Cudahy'S
house The Cudahy telephone was busy
at the time and he hung up the ear
trumpet and stepped outside the door
and looked up and down the street, as
If watching for some one. In a moment
or two he returned and again called up
Cudahy's house. This time he was sue
cessfuI and he said in surly tone Of
voice:
.'Have you looked in the front yard
for a letter2''
The answer evidently was mo-" for
he added:
DO so at once and you will find one"
He then hung up the phone and step
ped outside, mounted q pony he had
come on, and rode rapidly west in Leav-
enworth street.
As soon as the man had finished talk
ing Officer Dempsey called up Glynn
and asked that the man at the stable
keep watch of the direction the stranger
had taken. In five minutes Dempsey
and Officer Jorgensen arrived at the
barn, but the man who telephoned had
disappeared They were in the Cudahy
house when the man telephoned about
the letter
SENATOR BAKER COMING.