The Portland daily press., 1901-02-20
Was Intimate Friend Of
Pat Grove.
And Has Lived Several Years in
Omaha.

Omaha, Neb., February 19.-One OF
the three men In the Cuiahy kidnapping
plot has been arrested. Edward Cudahy,
Jr.. this afternoon positively identified
the prisoner. He said: ''This Is the man
VINO asked me to get into the wsgon.
There is no doubt about it, he Is the
man."
Inc police re ruse to divulge the prison
er's name,
Edward Cudahy the millionaire packer,
who paid So, Oo0 In gold for the release OF
his son this afternoon Stated to the AS
ISOLATED Press that the man under arrest
had been identified by his son as the man
who aocosted him in front OF the Cudahy
residence and who kept him company
in the house to which he was driven on
the night of the abduction.
Mr.. Cudahy said the prisoner also had
eben identified by one of his servants
who saw the letter demanding the ran
som thrown upon the Cudahy lawn and
by another person whose name he Will
not make public fer the present.
Much mystery surrounds the arrest OF
the alleged kidnspper. Not until this
afternoon was word permitted TO be
made public on the case although it has
been learned that the arrest WAS made
Saturday night.
Late this afternoon 1t WAS learned that
James A. Callahan, an ex-convict, 10 the
man under arrest. lie has lived several
years with his sister. Mrs. Kelley, at bSrd
street and Woolwarth avenue, and is said
to have been an intimate friend and asso-
oiste of Patrick Grove.
James Sohneiderwind, owner OF the
house where young Cudahy was confined
pending negotiations for his ransom,
identified the prisoner as the man who
accompanied the light oomplexioned in
dtviduaI In his nego tistions for the rent
ing OF the house.
Young Cudahy has positively identified
him as the man who aocosted him near
the Cudahy residence and forced him
into buggy, and also the man who kept
guard over him during the 30 hours he
was kept a prisoner, pending the nego-
tiations for the ransom.
Daniel IL. Burris, who sold horse
and buggy to two men, who are sup.
posed 10 have used it to procure the ab-
duction, also identified Callahan as one
of the men with whom he made the
deal. Marc Larsen, servant in the en-
ploy or j. II. n. Patrick, of whom the
kidnappers rented a houss, was the third
man to identity Callahan, and says he
is the man who paid a months rent in
advance for cottage which the bandits
abandoned fearing discovery.
Callahan WAS arrested by Patrolmen
Duexbuerry and Dwyer, both Of whom
are old acquaintances of the prisoner,
one of them having gone to school with
him. They also knew that he was
close friend of Pat Grove. Young Cudahy
with his father, called Sunday at the
offios of the chief Of police and confront
ed the prisoner. Af6er Callahan had been
taken away, young Uudshy said:
al would never forget that voice and
I also remember very distinctly his
peculiar manner in pronounoing certain
words. In his present talk he used the
same words and pronounced them the
same. AS had several good looks at
the man while he was guarding me
can be pretty sure that this is the man
wanted"
Callahan denies absolutely that he had
anything to do with the kidnapping.
He says he can prove an alibi and states
that during the time which 1t is claimed
he spent guarding young Cudahy he was
at the home OF his sister, a Mrs. Kelley.
Mrs. Kelley tonight said the day fol-