The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-02-21
A KIDNAPlR CAUGHT
Arrest of Another Suspect in the
Cudahy Affair.

Omaha, Neb., Feb. 2O.-Ihe ponce
have under arrest James Callahan,
charged with completely in the abduc-
ton of Edward Cudahy, Jr., on the
night of December is. Callahan was
arrested last Saturday, but the police
kept the fact a secret until Tuesday, in
the hope of securing other arrests.
Young Cudahy has positively identihed
him as the man who accosted him near
the Cudahy residence and represented
himself to be a sheriff from an adjoin-
ing county and forced him into "a buggy,
and also as the man who kept guard
over him at the Melrose hill house dur
ing the 80 hours he was kept prisoner,
pending the negotiations for the ran
som of S25,OOO which Mr.. Cudahy paid
for the return of his boy. Daniel ii.
Burris, who sold a horse and buggy to
two men, who are supposed to have
used it to procure the abduction, also
identified Callahan as one Of the men
with whom he made the deal. Marie
Larsen, servant in the employ of j. n.
H. Patrick of whont the kidnapers
rented house, was the third person to
identify Callahan, and says lie is the.
man who paid months rent in adj
vance for cottage in Happy Hollow,
which the bandits abandoned two
weeks before the abduction, fearing
discovery.
Close Friend of Grove.
Callahan was arrested by Patrolmen
Deuberry and Dwyer, both of whom
are old acquaintance of the prisoner,
one of them having gone to-school with
him. They also knew that he was a
close friend of Pat Grove, for whom
large reward has been offered as leader
in the kidnapping. Their suspicious
some time ago were aroused by re-
marks dropped by Callahan in connec-
ton with discussions of the Cudahy af-
fair These suspicious were commhni-
Gated to the chief of police, who made
quiet but thorough investigation.
which led to Callahan's arrest. Mr..
yudahy, Sr., told a representative of
the press of the arrest. and said his
son had identified Callahan as one of
his abductors, and also by two other
persons. Mr.. Cudahy feels confident
that the police now have one of the
right men, and that other arrests of
equal Importance will follow.
Identification Complete.
Young Cudahy's Identification of
the man seems most complete. To-
gether with his father he called Sun
day at the office of the chief of police
and confronted the prisoner. The
men had a conversation lasting half
an hour, and after Callahan had been
taken away young Edward said: 81
would never forget that voice, and l
also remember very distinctly his pc
culiar manner of pronouncing GER
tain words. In his present talk he
used these same words and pro-
| nounced 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"
| Denies His Guilt.
| Callahan denies absolutely that he
had anything to do with the kidnap-
ing, but admits that he was a close
friend to Grove. He says he can
| prove an alibi, and states that dur
ing the time which it is claimed he
| spent guarding young Cudahy that
he was at the home of his sister, a
Mrs. Kelly, living at Poppleton ave-
| nue. and Fifty-third street, which is
| short distance from the Melrose
| Hill house.
Mrs. Kelly was asked concerning
| 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 whereabouts the
night before.
| The police have secured informa-
ton 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, and
| it is claimed he has been acting very
queerly in the matter ever since the
| kidnapping. The chief of police says
| this man viii be arrested soon and
he expects him to throw additional
light on the matter.
The Suspect.
Callahan is SO years of age and has
lived in Omaha for several years. He
has been employed in the packing
house of the Cudahy Packing com
pany at South Omaha up to three
| months ago. He has not been en-
ployed for some time, but the police
claim he has been spending money
freely and taking life easy. In 1899
he was given a five-years' peniten-
tiary sentence for highway robbery,
but after serving Is months was pa
| rolled. Six months later he was con-
victed for stealing and sent back to
| serve the remainder of the sentence.
Callahan is held as man No. as de-
scribed in the circular recently sent
broadcast describing the three men
| supposed to be the abductors and for
whom there is now a combined re-
ward of nearly 100000 The chief of
police says the fact that Callahan has
an alibi prepared leads him to believe
| that he has the right man. Prior to
the kidnapping Callahan is said to
have been in Groves company daily.
He introduced Grove as "Mr. John
son" and they took rides daily in the
| vicinity of Ruser's park, which is
near where Mr.. Cudahy left the gold
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