The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-26
CALLAHAN IS IBE MIN
YOUNG CUDAHY POSITIVE IN HIS
IDENTIFICATION OF ALLEGED
KIDNAPER
IS DARK MAN IN THE CAsI
CALLAHAN WAS FREQUENTLY WIS.
TIED BY PAT GROVE, SAYS
ONE WITNESS
THAT PONY ALSO FIGURES
Two Witnesses Give Testimony Con-
Meeting the Animal With
Grove and the Man
ON Trial.

OMAHA, April %. = In the trial of
James Callahan on the charge Of connec-
ton with the kidnapping of Edward Cud-
ahy Jr., Dec. Is, 1900, the victim took the
stand and absolutely identified Callahan
as the dark man in the case After
telling of his confinement in a deserted
house, which he described minutely,
young Cudahy was addressed by Attor-
ney Gown as follows:
You may state whether the dark man
who put a pistol to your head and made
you a prisoner and who guarded you
most of the time in the house and who
walked down the street with you and
bade you good-by when you were re-
leased was one and the same person"
1t was the same man.
'Who was that man?"
'Jim Callahan"
1.-The defendant here in this case?'
yes sir
From this point on Callahan was re-
ferred 20 by name and no longer as the
dark man.
Callahan betrayed by emotion when the
boy declared he was one Of the abductors,
but cynical smile played family over
his features.
Witness testified that Callahan's mus
tache was stubbier at the time of the
kidnapping than it is now.
Attorney Haller cross-eXamined Cudahy
for the defense.
Witness admitted that he had gone over
the case with Gen. Gown with reference
TO his testimony. He again detailed the
route travelled, as nearly as he could tell
He admitted that the only direct view
he had of the dark mans face was when
he approached him. He admitted that at
that time he was pretty badly scared
and said he could not have identified
Callahan from simply seeing him. He
I, 4O1xI I. l..
in jail and wanted to see If he could
identify the prisoner as the dark man.
He admitted that he identified Callahan
principally by his voice, and said he
would not be able to identify him by his
appearance alone.
In answer to a direct question the boy
declared he was as certain of the ident-
ity of Callahan as he was of the identity
of his father or mother He thought it
hardly possible Of there being another
voice like Callahan's. lie said Callahan
had a sort of a broGue and gave a pc
culiar turn to some words and sort of
talked through his teeth. The boy ad-
mitted he was not positive as to Gala
hans identity at the close of the first
interview i'll the chiefs office, but after
a second sitting was positive in his ident-
ifiCation.
PAT GROW IN WITH IT
john Rabbe, carpenter, living about
a block from Callahans sister, Mrs
Kelly, testified that he knew Pat Grove
and that Grove called at Mrs KeIIy's
where Callahan was living, about twenty
times between Oct % and the time Of the
kidnapping. The last visit, he said was
Dec. IA, four days before the kidnapping
The pony which the I1idnaper rode TO
telephone information to the Cudahy res
idence played its part this afternoon in
connecting James Callahan with the
crime. Daniel Burris, of North Omaha
recognized the little beast now in evi-
dence as one which he had sold to two
strangers last October. The men had
called at his house in a buggy, and in
one of them he recognized James Gala
han. The other, he said, resembles the
photograph of Pat Grove
The same discriminating pony was shod
by Charles Lee a South Omaha black
smith, shortly afterwards. The man who
brought the animal for the service, Lee
says, was Fat Grove. The pony had a
star on it's forehead and two white feet,
which enabled the blacksmith to be pos
tive of it's identity. A further completely
of interest between Callahan and Grove
was disclosed by Mrs. Anna Wreuth, liv-
ing across the street from CaIlahan's
boarding house. She frequently saw him
in company with a man called Johnson
She was positive in her Identification Of
Pat Groves picture as that of Callahan's
unknown guest
Another piece of evidence which occu-
pied the courts attention was the red
lantern by which Mr.. Cudaly was guided
to the rendezvous with the gold An eff
fort was made to trace its ownership to
the accused.