The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-12-27

| y 'N Soi iodo y oui IVY hIouIih Dilllh
the rest of your days and all you will
have is the-copper sympa thy. Do
the right thing by us and we will do
the same by you. If you refuse you
will soon see saddest sight you ever
seen. Wednesday, Dec 10. This
night or never.
Follow these instructions and no
harm will befall you or yours
THE BOYS ACCoUNTIN DETAIL
Omaha, Dec. 21.-YOung Cudahy
says he was in front of General Cow
ins house, Just across the street from
his own home, OH his way back from
the Rustin residence, Tuesday even
ing, when two men approached and
one of them said:
I'VE are sheriffs from Sarpy county
and arrest you as Eddie McGee. who
escaped from the reform school" "
The lad protested that he was not
the mythical Eddie McGee, but his
captors said that he would have to
be identified. They placed him in a
buggy and as they approached
Leavenworth street a motor ear
passed them. The lad recognized the
conductor and said to his captors:
There is a man who knows me; he
can identity me-
But the captors Immediately
blindfolded him and whipped up the
horse. Presently they came to a
house, which, in the opinion of the
lad is somewhere in the southwestern
part of South Omaha. He was taken
from the buggy and placedin a room
and chained to the floor.
He remained there all Tuesday
night and the next day, Wednesday.
His hands were tied and the chains
on his feet prevented him from get
ting good view of his surroundings
even after the blindfold had been re-
moved. He knows however that he
was in an empty room and that the
blinds on the windows were closed.
After the mysterious house was
reached one man guarded him dur
ing great ter portion of the day. The
second man was in and out of the
room at intervals From conversa-
tion between the abductors and him
self the young man learned that the
abductors had been seeking to alb
duet one of the girls of the family
and had been planning this coup for
four months.
Il could tell by the way the men $
footsteps resounded throughout the
house" young Cudahy said, that 1t
was vacant and stripped of furniture.
| observed also that they struck no
light. | Iwould have been conscious
of a sense OF light had they made one
| for the bandage could not have eX-
cluded all its rays. When we arrived
the men moved about III absolute
silence. exchanging no word. One of
them found an old rickety chair some
place and pushed me down upon it.
| Then he removed the cords from my
pair OF handouts with chains at
| tached and made the latter fast to
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.
In this uncomfortable position |
spent most OF the hours CT my incar-
ceration, though at one time. for a
period of five hours | should Judge,
the chains from my wrists were re-
moved, and / was permitted to lie
down on the floor. One OF my cap
tors kindly provided an overcoat
which served as Il pillow. tried to
sleep, but my nerves were too badly
shattered to permit OF 1t.
During all of this time | partook
the man who was with me often ask
elk me If | wanted anything. Once |
said did and he went and got me a
cup OF coffee and some crackers.
As soon as l was chained to the
chair one OF the men went away, but
he kept returning at intervals OF
every few minutes. when he would
tap lightly upon the door and would
engage my guardian in whispered
conversation. / could not catch a
word OF what they said. After each
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