The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-26
SAYS CALLAHAN
IS A KIDNAPER
Young Gudahy's Identification
of Him is Positive.
TELLS HIS EXPERIENCE
OTHER EVIDENCES OF GUILT
AGAINST THE ACCUSED.

/ Wnlcn the k1dnaper rode to telephone
| Information to the Cudahy residence
played its part this AFTERNOON in con-
meeting the name of Callahan with the
crime,
Daniel Burris of North omaha. recog-
nized the little pony now in evidence as
one which he had sold to strangers last
| October The men had called at his
! house in a buggy. and in one of ,thAra
7 lie recognized James Callahan The
other. ne said. resembled the photo
graph of Pat Grove.
The same discriminating pony was
shod by Charles Lee, a South Omaha
/ blacksmith, shortly afterward. The
man who brought the animal. Lee said,
was Pat Grove. The pony had a ssar
/ in his forehead and two white feet,
which enabled the blacksmith to be
i positive Of its identity.
! A further completely of interest be-
/ tween Callahan and Grow was dis
/ closed by Mrs Anna NYreuth,a diving
+ across the street from Galatians
4 clearinghouse. She says she fire.
quently saw HIM in company with a
! man called Johnson. She was positive
! in her Identification of Groves pic
ture as that Of Csllahan's unknown
/ guest.
/ Another piece OF evidence which oc-
cupied the courts attention was the
red lantern by which Mr.. Gudahy was
guided to the rendezvous with the
gold. An effort was made to trace its
/ ownership to the accused.
I Young Edward Cudahy at the OPEN
I ing of court this morning told about
J the light mans return to the prison
! house about IL O'Clock on the night OF
! the delivery of the money He sum
mOned the dark man TO come down
stairs, where they remained about half
an hour. At the end of that time the
light man came upstairs and told the
prisoner they We're going to take him
home.
His Trip Home.
Edward told of the trip home and of
his being set down by his captors on
Thirty-s ,th street. about block
north Of the pest house. He said that
while they were driving in. the dark
man whispered to the light man and
| asked: rs this Sarpy migs2" ard the
latter replied. Yes
The boy identiefid what appeared a
section from the leg of an old pair of
/ knit drawers, and said this was the
part of the blindfold that was left on
him when he was turned loose and told
| TO keep walking ahead until he came
to Leavenworth street.
Edward testified that he went back
to the house two or three days later
and recognized it. he said he knew It
by she outside step and the broken
places into which he had stepped when
bli1dfolded. He described the build
ing and told fits location.
iFhe boy was asked about James Cal
J lahan, and told Of seeing the accused
the Sunday afternoon following Calla-
hans arrest. He said Callahan and
the chief were talking. and that Gala
| han was rolling and smokinc igareUS ;.
I Then came the boys identification Of
Callahan, and it was positive and alb
soIute. te
You may state whether the dark
eaan put a pistol to your head and
/ made you a prisoner, and Who guarded
you most of the time n the house and
who walked down the street with you
and babe you be quiet when you were
! released were one and the same per-
s0n?'' asked General Corwin.
Was the Same Man.
1T was the same, man.
Who was that MANI
Jim Callahan"
The defendant here, in this case2s
Yes; sir
From this point on Callahan was re-
fererd to by name. and no longer as
l the dark md - Ek
Callahan betrayed no emotion when
the kidnapped boy declared ne was one
4 of the adbuctOrs, but a cynical smile
PLAYED family over his features
The boy testified that CaIIahan's
/ mOustache was stubbier than it is now
at the time of the kidnapping, and that
IT was stubbier when first arrested
than it Is now
At 9;45 O'Clock Attorney Halter. for
the defense, began the cross -exanaina-
ton OF YOUNG Cudahy. The boy ad-
United that he had gone over the. case
with General Coi'win with reference. to
what his testimony would be. He
again detailed the route -traversed; as
nearly as he could tell. He admitted
mat the only direct view he had of the
dark mans face was when he first an
preached him, and admitted that at
tnat tine he was pretty badly scared.
Inc hoy said he could not have fden-
tilted Callahan from simply seeing him.
he said the police tSld him they had a
man there and wanted to see IL he
could Identify the prisoner as the dark
man. He admitted that he Identified
Callahan principally by his voice and
said'that Re would not be able To iden-
thy him by his appearance alone. 4
Certain of Identity.
In answer to a direct question. the
boy said he was as certain of the 5den-
tity of Callahan as he was of the fden-
tity OF his father or mother He
thought it hardly possible for there to
be another voice like Cailahar's. He
said Callahan had a sort of brogue.
and gave a pecUIir turn to some words.
and sort of talked through his teeth.
The boy admitted that he was not
positive as TO Callahan's identity at
ne close Of the first interview in the
chiefs office but after. e. second sitting
was positive in his identity.
The state made = strong point
against Callahan when John Rabbe a
young carpenter living about a block
from Callahan's sister Mrs. Kelly. at
80 Handpoppletons avenue. was called
10 the stand He testified to KNOWING
Pat Grove, and that Grove called ar
Mrs Keiiy's. where Callahan was lix
ing, about twenty times between oct
23, when the BSelly's moved there and
the time OF the KIDNAPPING. He said
Grove always came the same way and
vert in the back door without stopping
to knock. Witness said he was work.
ing for Anthony Grove. Pats brother
Pat came there twice. Anthony told
him that II was his brother Pat The
last tine witness saw Pat Grove at she
Kelly house was Dee. IA, four days be-
fore the kidnapping.
Held Short Session.
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