The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-21


approached Leavenworth street a motor
car passed The lad recognized the con-
ductor, and said to his captors:
There is a man who knows me; he
can identify me-"
But the captors Immediately blind
folded him and whipped up the horse.
The lad thinks that they crossed I.eav-
southweSterIy direction. Presently they
came to a house. which in the opinion
Of the lad IS somewhere in the south
western part OF South Omaha Young
CUdahy was taken from the buggy and
placed in a room and chained to the
floor.
He remained there all night and the
next day. His hands were tied and the
chains on his feet prevented him from
getting a good view OF his surround
ings. even after the blindfold had been
removed. He knows, however, that he
was in an empty room, and that the
blinds on the windows were closed
On the trip to the place of imprison-
ment, the men, he says talked a little
about themselves He gathered from
them that there were six in the gang
One OF these men came from Mexico
recently and from Denver very lately
and were an expert IN the kidnapping
business After the mysterious house
was reached one man guarded him dur
ing a greater portion of the day The
second man was in and out of the room
at intervals From conversation be-
tween the abduetors and himself the
Young man learned that the abductOrS
had been seeking 10 abduct one of the
girls Of the family and had been plan
ming this coup for four months At
night for some unknown reason they
released young Cudahy from his chains
and said. we are going to take you
home
Then they led him to a. hack. He was
driven rapidly through the darkness TO
Thfrtv-Seventh and IeayenWOrth streets
-, t,.A- n
rage. From there he walked home, ar
irving there shortly after 1 o'clock IN
the morning The bandits made no ex-
PLANTATION to him why they gave him MS
speaking of his experiences while in
the power Of the kidnapers young Cud-
ANY said:
II could tell by the way the mems
footsteps resounded throughout the
house that it was vacant and stripped
of furniture I observed also that they
struck no light would have been con
SciouS of a sense OF light had they made
one. for the bandage could not have ex-
cluded all its rays The men still moved
about in absolute silence, exchanging
no word One of them found an old
rickety chair somewhere and pushed me
down upon it. Then he removed the
cords from around my wrists and sub
stituted for them a pair Of handouts
with chains attached and made the
latter fast to the rungs of the chair
A pair of leg irons were elapped upon
nv ankles and the chains Of these were
also locked about the legs of the chair
In this uncomfortable position
spent most Of the tWenty-four hours OF
Incarceration. Though at one time for
a period Of about five hours should
judge the chains from my wrists were
removed and I was permitted to lie
down on the floor One Of my captors
provided an overc0at which served as
a pillow tried to sleep. but my nerves
were too badly shattered to permit it.
During all of this time I paTtOok Of
nourishment but once. though the man
who was with me often asked me If 1
wanted anything Once said did.
and he went and got me cup Of coffee
and some crackers
AS saon as I was chained to the chair
one Of The men went away, but he kept
returning every few minutes, when he
would tap lightly upon the door and
conversation I could not catch a word
Of what they said After each one OF
these interviews the man on the outside
would go away and after moment or
50 I could hear the tinkle of A telephone
bell which sounded a long way of
believe they were IN telephone cOUrnun1-
cation with some persons IN Omaha al
the time The man VINO kept watch aver
me was drinking heavily ali the time At
first he did not talk Ar all, but after we
had been alone together for six or seven
hours he began to grow garruious- Eie
talked about all sorts OF things and his
talk rambIex7 throughout, whether from
drink or design I could not say Finally
he became bokder. Two three times
he touched upon the subject of nv ab-
duCtl0H and / gathered from his remarks
that there were six men in the gang of
which he was a member He said one
thing which was very much to the point
- Do you know he asked. that we