Evening star., 1901-04-29
JAMES CALLAHAN ACQUITTED.
Man Charged With Completely IL
Cudahy Kidnapping Case.


| A dispatch from Omaha, Neb., yesterday
says: After considering over night the
guilt or innocence of James Callahan, the
jury this morning declared that he had had
| no part in the kidnapping of Edward Gu
| dahy, jr. The verdict was an evident sur
| prise to the court, and Judge Baker ex-
pressed his disgust in emphatic terms.
| Callahan was arrested on two other
| counts which the state is not now pre-
| pared to say will be made use Of. as no
new evidence Is at hand, and the expense
of going over the ground again would be
| considerable.
The jury notified Judge Baker at 8 am.
| that it had settled upon verdict, and the
| news spread among attorneys and interest
ed persons, so that an audience of fifty
awaited the twelve men they filed into
| the court room. Callahan occupied his
| usual seat. and betrayed no apprehension
as to the outcome. His face was a blank
| as he watched the verdict unfolded and
| read. AS the words mot guilty" were pro-
| nounced, however. Callahan half rose to
his feet, his lips parted in smile and he
| turned his eyes gratefully toward the jury.
Judge Baker studied the wording Of the
verdict for several minutes in silence, as
| though he had doubted the evidence of his
ears. Then. addressing the jury, he re-
buked them in most vigorous terms.
"If Callahan had made his own choice of
a jury" the court said "he could not have
selected twelve men who would have
| served him more faithfully. II the state
Of no men it could have named who could
have been less careful of it's interests The
jury Is discharged without the compliments
Of the court, and the prisoner is likewise
turned loose as to this trial, presume to
continue the criminal practices in which
you have failed to check him. do not
know what motive actuated you IL reach
ing this decision, but I hope none of you
will ever appear again In this jury box.
The jury evidently was i'll at ease during
this arraignment, but did not make any
| response. and filed rapidly from the box
| as soon as at liberty to do SO. In the hall
way Callahan mumbled his thanks and
shook the jurymen's hands.
Chief of Police DOnohue says he will urge
Mr.. Cudahy to at once withdraw the prof
fered reward Of 5000 for the apprehension
Of Pat Grove.
Grove might easily make an appearance
and claim the reward himself said Chief
Donohue. 'as the evidence against him is
no more direct than that against Gala
han.
.'In my eighteen years Of experience with
criminals have never heard more abso-
luteiy convincing evidence than that pre-
sented against Callahan.
There was not single flaw in the tes-
timony, and the evidence Of guilt was over
whelming. From the information 1 have
secured as to the sentiment Of the jury
believe that its decision was based largely
on the theory that the victim of the affair
was wealthy man, and as such is able
to suffer. Two Of the jurors, I am in
naping had occurred, and they had taken
their oaths as jurors with this conviction
in their minds.
81 do not approve of any reward being
that 1t operated in the Callahan trial for
the acquittal OF the accused Several times
I heard the expression that the police had
simply concocted a plot to send an inno-
cent man to the penitentiary in the hope Of
securing the reward.
''The $4,000 offered Tor the conviction Of