The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-25

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Ysunx Cadahy's stsr,.
when young Edward cudahy was ques-
tioBef concerning the circumstances OF
his disappearance. he told the following:
He said that he was in front Of Gen
GOWNS house. Just across the street from
his Own home. on his way back from the
Rustin residence Tuesday evening. when
two men approached him one Of them
stepped up to bin and said: We are
sherils from sarpy County and arrest
you as Eddie McGee. who escaped from
the Reform school" The lad replied that
he was not the mythical Eddie MCGEE,
but his esptOrs said that he would have 10
be identified They placed him In a bugsy
and drove 20 Thirty street. and
thence south to Leavenworth street. As
hey approached LeavenwoTth street
motor car passed them. The lad recog-
nized the conductor. and said 20 his cap
iors; There Is a man who knows NE;
ie ean identify ne"
But the capt0rs Immediately blindfolded
him and whipped Up the horse. The lad
thinks that they crossed Leavenw0rth
street and then drove I'm sOuthwesterly
direction. Presently they came 10 house
which. IA the opinion OF the lad. Is some
Omaha. Young Cudahy was taken from
the buggy and placed in a room and
chained 20 the floor. He remained there
al night and the next day. His hands
ere tied and the chains on his feet pre-
vented him from getting a good view Of
his surroundings, even after the blind
fold had been removed. He knows, now
ever. that he vas in an empty room, and
that the blinds on the windows were
closed. On the trip 10 the place Of i'm
pTisonment the men. he says. talked
little about themselves. He gathered from
them that there were six In the gang.
One OF these men came from Mexico re-
Gently. and from Denver very lately and
was an expert In the kidnapping business.
Had Planned tG kidnap DaHghter.
After the mysterious house was reached
one man guarded him during a greater
portion Of the day. The second man was
IN and out Of the room at intervals From
a conversation between the abductors and
himself the young man learned that the
abductoIs had been seeking to abduct one
of the girls OF the family, and had been
planning this for four months. At night.
for some unknown reason, the men re-
leased young Cudahy from his chains and
said; I'VE are going TO take you home"
Then they led him 10 hack. He was
driven rapidly through the darkness to
Thirty-seyenth and Leavenworth streets.
where he was allowed TO leave the car
riage. From there he walked home ar
riving there shortly after O'Clock In the
morning. The bandits made no explana-
tion to him why they gave him his free
dom.
~ II Of Is l,
power OF the kidnappers, young Edward
gave the following account of his sur
roundings and what occurred. and OF the
men who guarded him:
Il could tell by the way the mems foot
steps resounded throughout the house that
1t was vacant and stripped of furniture.
| observed also that they struck no light.
| would have been conscious of a sense
Of light had they made one. for the band
age could not have excluded all its ravs.
The men still moved about in absolute
silence, exchanging no word. One of them
found an old rickety chair in some place
and pushed me down on II. Then he re-
moved the cords from around my wrists
and substituted a pair of handouts. with
chains attached, and made the latter fast
10 the rungs OF the chair. A pair of leg
irons were clapped upon my ankles. and
the chains Of these were also locked
about the legs Of the chair.
Given Coffee and Crackers.
In this uncomfortable position I spent
most of the twenty-four hours of NV in
generation. though at one time. for a
period OF about five hours, l should Judge.
the chains from my wrists were remov
ed, and | was permitted to lie down on
nnnr pF liz
vided coat. which served as a pillow [
tried 10 sleep, but my nerves were too
badly shattered to permit of IT. During
all of this time / partook of nourishment
but once, though the man who was with
me often asked me If / wanted anything.
Once / said / did, and he went and got
me cup Of coffee and some crackers.
AS soon as / was chained TO the chair
one OF the men went away, but he kent
returning at intervals OF every few min
utes, when he would tap lightly upon the
door. ana would engage my guardian in a
whispered conversation. L could not catch
word of what they said. After each
one OF these interviews the man on The
outside would go away, and after a mo-
ment or so | could hear the tinkIe of
telephone bell. which sounded a. long wav
on. l believe they were In teIenboni,
communication with some persons in
Omaha all the time.
Ihe man who kept watch over me was
drinking heavily all the time. AT first ro
did not talk at all, but after we had hasn
alone together for six or seven hours ba
began 10 get garrulous He talked about
all sorts Of things, and his talk rambled
although whether from drink or DESIGN 7
could not say. Finally he became bolder.
Plan Was to kfdnap One OF the Girls.
Two or three times he touched on the
subject OF my abduction, 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 and which startled me.
DO you know he asked that va
have been watching that house of YOURS
out there for the last two months? We'll
We have. What we really wanted was to
get one of the little girls-your sisters
but we didn't get a chance Finally We
became desperate and determined TO take
the bull by the horns and nab Won. And
/ guess it's all right. You've acted first
class. my boy. Ycu'n be back with your
folks In few hours
The boy tonight is apparently none the
worse for his unusual experience. ana
says he Will take up his school studies nj
Creighton College as usual after the hoIi-
days.
Notwithstanding the entire police and
detective force OF the city, several Pin
kertons from Chicago, and half a hundred
Of Mr.. Cudahys own men have been
searching diligently for a clew looking 10
the capture OF the outlaws ever since the
return of the young man. up to II o'clock
tonight nothing has developed TO give the
least idea Of the identity of the men who
perpetrated the crime.
Most people will wonder why the po-
lice did not attempt 10 capture the kid
nappers of young Cudahy when his father
took out that S25.0o0 Wednesday eve"
said Chief OF Police Donahue tonight.
I'VE could have done so, but il was Mr..
Cudahy's wish that We do nothing that
would interfere with the safety OF the