The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-20
Young Cudahy Positive Callahan IL
the Man who Took Him Away
from Home in the Buggy.
AS BEING CONNECTED WITH THE
HORSE AND COTTAGE DEALS.
Son Of Coachman Said 10 he No.
Of the Kidnapers, and His
Arrest Expected Soon.

OMAHA, Neb., Feb 19.-The police have
under arrest James Callahan. charged with
completely i'm the abduction OF Edward
Cudahy, jr.. on the night OF Dec. IS Cali
lahan was arrested last Saturday, but ths
police kept the fact secret until to-day
In the hope OF securing other arrests
Young Cudahy has positively identified him
as the man who accosted him near the
Cudahy residence and represented himself
TO be a sheriff from an adjoining county
and forced him into a buggy and also az
the man who kept guard over him at the
Melrose Hin house during the thirty hours
he was kept prisoner, pending the nego-
tiations for the ransom of $4,000 which Mr..
Cudahy paid for the return OF his boy.
Daniel l.. Burris. who sold a horse and
buggy 10 two men who are supposed TO
have used ii 10 procure the abduction, also
identified Callahan as one of the men with
whom he made the deal. Marie Larsen, =
servant in the employ OF ]. N. ii. Patrick.
OF whom the kidnapers rented house, was
the third person 10 identify Callahan She
says he is the man who paid a months
rent in advance for cottage In Happy
Hollow. which the abductors abandoned
two weeks before the kidnapping fearing dis
covery.
Callahan was arrested by Patrolmen
Deuberry and Dwyer. both OF whom are old
acquaintances Of the prisoner. one OF them
having gone to school with him. They also
knew that he 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
with discussions of the Cudahy affair.
These suspicious were communicated TO the
chief OF police. who made quiet bur
thorough investigation which led 10 Cali
lahan's arrest.
FULLY IDENTIFIED.
Mr.. Cudahy, ST.. to-day told a reporter
of the arrest and said his son and two
others had identified Callahan as one of his
abductors. Mr.. Cudahy feels confident
that the police now have one OF the right
| men. and that other arrests OF equal i'm
portance will follow. Young Cudahy's
identification Of the man seems most COM
plete. Together with his father he called
| Sunday at the Office OF the chief OF police
and confronted the prisoner. The men had
conversation lasting half an hour and
after Callahan had been taken away young
| Edward said:
81 would never forget that voice. and I
| also remember very distinctly his peculiar
manner of 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, 1 can be pretty sure that this
is the man wanted"
Callahan denies absolutely that he had
anything to do with the kidnapping. but ad-
| mits that he was close friend TO Grove
| He says he can prove alibi and that dur
| ing the time which IL is claimed he spent
guarding young Cudahy he was at the home
| OF his sister, Mrs. Kelly. short distance
| from the Meirose Hill house. Mrs Kelly
said the day following the deed that csiia-
! han was at her home, but Acknowledges
that she does not know his whereabouts
the night before. Callahan. tonight. made
| statement follows:
81 know nothing. absolutely nothing
about the KIDNAPPING OF Edward Cudahy,
| tr III / did ! would be the last man in the
| world TO tell II, because IL did and Pat
| Grove proved 10 be connected with the
| crime he would run me 10 the end OF the !
earth and run a knife through me- There
| Is no danger OF me turning states evidence,
even II had knowledge OF the deed. which
/ would assist the State in conviction
Rather would i serve a term In the peni-
tentiary than take chances OF acknowledge
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| to myself or anybody else, because i know
| the people OF this city would not rest unit.
they had hanged me 10 the nearest teie-
| graph pole. / have seven people who VIII
| swear to my whereabouts on the night or
/ the abduction and the two days following
Again / would say that nobody can bring
| evidence to show that ! was in any way
| connected with the kidnapping The state
| ments of those who have pretended TO icen-
/ tify me with the case go for nothing. L
| know none OF them. have never seen them.
| nor had any dealings with them"
Formal charges will be fled against Cal
| lahan tomorrow in order TO warrant the
| police i'm holding him in jail Just what
form these charges will take is not at pres
| ent known. but this point viii be decided
tomorrow morning. when the chief OF po-
| lice has had a conference with the county
| attorney and the attorney for Mr.. Cuda-
hy 1t Is understood Attorney General
| Proutt has looked up the statutes In the
! case and has found law under which
Callahan can be legally held. Chief Dona-
hue expresses opinion that some charge
can be found TO mt the case. notwithstand-
ing the fact that the Nebraska statutes
provide but light penalty for kidnapping.
ANOTHER SUSPECT.
Tonight the police secured information
which they expect 10 lead TO the arrest OF
another man connected with the crime. lie
is coachman OF family friend OF Mr.
/ Cudahy. and IL is claimed he has been act
/ ing very queersy since the kidnapping
The chief OF police says this man win be
arrested and he expects him TO throw ad-
dItiouai light on the matter. The coachmsn
is not suspected as being one OF the prin-
cipals. but his son Is the man rezis<
wanted, and the elder man Is expected u
tell his sons actions az the time OF tf1
stealing OF the boy. The coachman's %.