The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-20

PACKER $1V,vct IN caS0 TO get MS 1tLeen-
year-oId boy away from the kidnapers
who had held him forty-eight hours. This
is the statement OF family friend,
thoagh Mr. Cudshy will oaIy say:
My boy is at home. He was kid
naped How much it cost ne to secure
| his freedom or the manner in which il
/ was secured, cannot say. as my lips
are sealed for the present. Later I can
give the public the information, bat not
now
The boy for whom 200 officers had
| searched night and day for forty-eight
hours suddenly appeared at his fathers
residence at O'Clock this morning. He
was released from q hack two blocks
from home and started on run for the
house. He was apparently we'll when ne
arrived snd his mother was standing at
the front door even at that hour with
her husband. They had evidently been
apprised Of the hour Of his arrival
The secrecy OF the family over the re-
turn OF the youth shrouds the affair in
even more mystery The generally ac-
| eepted theory is that the kidnapers were
successful in getting their money from
Edward Cudahy. and part OF the agree
ment was that the father was not 10 dis
close any details for a certain length of
time in order TO give the thieves chance
10 escape.
Today the Cudahys are not at home TO
any one The house is closed. ard he
boy is kept close indoors He has not
been given chance 10 tell his story.
The only thing shat has leaked our
comes n the form OF a story froEl tie
coaehman, in which he said the boy told
his father he vas suddenly grabbed by a
nan Tuesday night block from ths Cud-
ahy house as he was returning home from
a neighbor's, thrust into a hack, and
bound and gagged. He was carried 10 an
old house near South Omaha. where he
was closely guardeL 4 sack Vas thrown
over his head so that he could not see his
eaptors. he was asked many questions
about his father ard The prospects Of his
paying s25.0o0 ranssra
There were two lisa with him all Tues
day night aud Wedil sday. when one Of
the men left It wa; tate Wednesday ev-
ening when this mn returned to tie
house and the prisoner heard him teIlisg
his companion that he could only -'get
promise Of $1e.000 from Edward Cudahy.''
The cash was to be brought TO q Eoiat
near the house last night By the family
lawyer. If he was alone at tne time, the
boy was TO be handed over to him, and
If any trick was played on them they pro-
posed to kill their captive and make their
escape. They kept a horse saddled IN the
-
gave the prisoner nothing but crackers to
eat during his absence.
The Omaha police are inclined to credit
the story. though if Chief Donahue has
any formal statement from the father as
to details he has not made it public. The
whole city has been greatly excited over
the affair It has appeared most ineredi-
| bic that ffteen-year-eId boy could be
kidnapped in the heart OF the city and
plans to secure the ransom carried On
with such boldness as has characterized
this affair
/ One of the abductors brought two ciffer-
ent notes to the Cudahy residence yester-
dav in which the plan for ransom vas
proposed N each death was threatened
if any attempt VS. made to~arrest The
men. The father was inclined to let the
police fellow the man >and cause his ar
rest. but Che tears Of Mrs. Cudahy. II is
said. caused the rsoaey to be paid over N
preference
The man who delivered the note to the
Cudahy TesideRee is said 10 be q we'll
known Western crock. The Cudahy resi-
dence is still guarded today By 3 police
man to keep back the curious crowd Ed
| ward Cudahy did not go to MS Office to-
day. Chief of Police Donahue says he ex-
! peets to make an arreste Of one OF the
alleged abductors before night.
The entire police department and hun
| dreds Of private citizens we're scar 5hiDz
for the missing boy all day Wednesday
but without unearthing the slightest clue
as TO his whereabouts.
Business in the Cudahy packing house,
South Omaha. was practically suspended
| while employees from its every department
tnrned out and participated in the search.
oHeers and detectives patroiled the rail-
road yards to make sure that the boy was
not spirited away upon one Of the ont tgoin g
trains kilograms we're sent to the crews
| of all trains that had left Omaha since his
disappearance. while sheriffs, marshals,
and constables in every town Within a ra-
dius of 100 miles were notified of the ab-
duetion
At s:45 o'clock last night. a servant in
/ in tie Cudahy household saw a man on
! horseback. riding rapidly toward the
house. As he approached he drew in
close to the curbstone. near the second
| gate. and threw a letter over the fence
into the yard The rider is described as
| short, heavy-set man. wearing brown
| duck oyeraIls. blouse of the same ma
| teriaI, a black felt hat. and black nit
tens. He was smooth-shaven. and had
! the appearance Of a ieboring man.
| After delivering his message, The rider
disappeared to the southwark. The let
| Ter was addressed to Mr.. E A. Cudahy.
and vas marked personal Immediate
! " upon it's receipt, Mr. Gu6ahy called
up the Chief OF Police. Fifteen miEItes
later Chief Domaine was ushered into BIr.
/ cudahyss private apartments. where the
two men held a conferences which lasted
for nearly al hour The family tswyer
| uas.eallet II. ard It s said he was en-
trusted with the duty cf eeIlveriug TIA
cash q The zki6na pers.