Evening journal., 1900-12-24
Johnson Clears Himself From
Suspicion Of Completely
NOW ON LOOKOUT FOR GROVE
Abducted Boys Father Thinks The
Notorious Crook Vas One Of
The COnspiratOrs

Omaha. Neb Dec 2i.-The mysteri-
GUS dark man in the Cudahy kid
naping case was arrested yesterday
afternoon by the police from the de-
scription given by Miss Maud Nun
shaw, who lives near the house In
which Eddie Cudahy was held for ran
som by his abductors. His name is
Ed Johnson. lie Is a laborer in the
Cudahy packing plant, and resides at
1wenty-sixth and Walnut streets He
admitted having gone out TO the Gro
yer street house three times for the
purpose Of renting the building. which
he found already let to the light" man
and his accomplice. johnson was
easily able to prove TO the satigfac-
zion of the police and Mr. Cudahy, who
was called in. that he had nothing to
do with the case, and was allowed to
return to his wife and family. Chief
of Police Donahue is we'll pleased with
tho progress his men are making, say
ing that the arrest OF Johnson mar
rows the case down by eliminating one
Of the eNtraneous features and center
ing the chief interest about the light"
man who rented the house from Mrs
Schneiderwind. In the meantime the
city Is being diligently secured for any
sign OF the other men described BY per-
sons living IN the Vicinity of the abb
ductors prison house.
Il has been learned that there were
two bandits-not three-implicated in
the abduction. one OF the outlaws hay-
ing bcen eliminated Eddie Cudahy,
after carefully scrutininzing Johnson,
said. THAT Is not the man. He Is not
tall enough by an inch and a half, and
he's not broad enough. He's too small
In every way"
There Is still a dark complexioned
man in the case, but he Is larger than
Johnson and younger. Otherwise he
Is very much like Johnson, having q
black mustache and dark hair, slightly
mixed with gray. II the police have
any idea who this man Is they will not
admit t. So far as they know he was
seen by but one person, and that Is Ed
die Cudahy himself. The other bandit
was the light complexioned man, with
the brown hair and mustache. slight
OF build, and whose age Is said to be
somewhere between 30 and 80 years.
This latter individual is described by
three persons besides the kidnapped boy.
namely, b. X Munshaw. James
Schneinderwind and Frank Glynn. He
is the man who called at the Schneider
wind home TO engage the cottage at
Thirty-sixth and Groves streets, and
who called up the Cudahy mansion
from Glynn's livery stable to give no.
tice of the letter being in the front
yard. The police are satisfied that they
know this man, and II he is the person
they think he is he viii probably be in
custody within the next ten days. II
guilty he cannot remain at large long.
they say.
e. A. Cudahy, Sr, still entertains the
theory that II Pat Grove was not one
Of the men who kidnapped his son he
will lose no time in advising him OF
this fact Mr.. Cudahy has befriended
Grove in the past. why" said the
packer. Pat Grove knows perfectly
well that If he had come to me a week
ago and asked me for S25 he would
have got it, He has often expressed
a sense of gratitude for what / have
done for him, and l can hardly believe
he would turn against me in this way"