The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-20
THE CUDAHY ABDUCTION.
lanes Callahan Under Arrest and
positively Identified by Young
rndnhY and Others.


-oba Neb.. Feb. 19.-The police have
..,sar arrest James Callahan. charged
lin completely iii the abduction of Ed
ard Cudahy, Jr, on the night of Dec.
, callahan was arrested last Saturday,
snt the police have kept it secret until
.,-dav in the hope of securing other ar
rests.
Young Cudahy has positively identified
hin, as the man who accosted him near
me Cudahy residence and represented
,iD,salf to be sheriff from
an adjoining county and forced
aim into a buggy, and also as the man
who kept guard over him at the Melrose
Hil house during the thirty hours he
va. kept a prisoner, pending the negotia-
tioos for the ransom of $4,000, which Mr..
C,t3abv paid for the return of the boy.
na7iel H. Burris, who sold horse and
hresv to two men who are supposed to
b4ve used it to procure the abduction.
al.o Identified Callahan as one of the
,,er Marie Larsen, a servant in the
en7rloy of J. n. H. Patrick, of whom the
Ltlrapers rented a house, identified CAL
1aban as the man who paid months
rent in advance for a cottage in Happy
1Io'loW. which the bandits abandoned two
weeks before the abduction, fearing dis
,1yery
,lIahan was arrested by Patrolman
Deuverry and Dwyer, both of whom are
or5 4cquaintances of the prisoner. one of
thcm having gone to school with him.
They also knew that he was a close
friend of Pat Grove, for whom a large
reward has been offered as leader in the
kidnapping. Their suspicious were aroused
Some time ago by remarks dropped by
callahan in connection with discussion
# the Cudahy affair. Edward A. Cudahy,
Sr. feels confident that the police now
have one of the right men and that other
arrests of equal Importance will follow.
Together, with his father young Cuda-
hy called Sunday al the office of the
chief of police and confronted the pris-
oner After half-hours talk young Cud-
ahy said:
Il would never forget that voice, and
also remember very distinctly his pecu-
liar manner in pronouncing certain words.
In his present talk he used these same
words and pronounced them the same
As ! had several good looks at the man
while he was guarding me, I can be
pre- ty sure that this is the man wanted"
Callahan denies absolutely that he had
'anything 20 do with the kidnapping, but
admits that he was a close friend of
AIpNC - I1C says iC Ndi PlONC dH ann
and states that during the time which it
is claimed he spent guarding young Cud-
ahy, he was at the home of his sister, a
Mrs Kelley, living at Poppleton avenue
and FlHy-third street, which is short
distance from the Melrose Hin House.
Mrs. Kelley tonight was asked con-
corning the whereabouts of Callahan at
the time of the abduction and said the
day following the deed he was at her
home. but acknowledges that she does not
know his wherea bouts the night before.
Tonight the police secured information
which they expect to lead to the arrest
of another man connected with the crime.
He is a coachman of a family friend of
Mr. Cudahy.
Callahan is SO years of age and was
employed in the packing house of the Cud-
ahy Packing Company at South Omaha
up to three months ago. He has not
been employed for some time, but the po-
lice claim he has been spending money
freely. He has served in the penitentiary
Tor highway robbery.
The coachman's son is the man really
wanted as man number three" in the
kidnapping, and the elder man is expected
TO tell of his sons actions.