The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-05-04

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Omaha, Neb., May An agent Of
the kidnapers has made a proposition
to Edward a. Cudahy to return S21,-
600 of the money paid for his sons
ransom, demanding in return with
/ drawal of the $4,000 reward and a
cessation of the search that is being
prosecuted, together with an abandon
ment of the determination TO punish
the criminals.
How the Proposition Came.
The proposition came in a letter
from Elein H., and Mr.. Cudahy is
convinced of its authenticity. He
went to Chicago ten days ago because
of it, being summoned there by his
brother in response to overtures that
had been made. He refused to con-
slider it for a minute, and declared his
unchanged resolve to prosecute to the
end the search for the men who stole
his boy.
4 Letter From EIEin, Ill.
Il received a letter about ten days
age" said Mr.. Cudahy. Ut was dated
April 10. at Elgiu, and bore the Elgin
po>rmark. l can not show il to you,
because l sent il to Mr.. Pinkerton,
nor can [ give you its contents ver-
batim, as l did not make copy Of it,
1t was very brief, and recited that
the chief kidnaper had communicated
with the writer and was getting un-
easy. 1t set forth that the chase by
the detectives was getting uncomfor-
tably close, and asked if l would with
draw the offer of reward uow out
standing and let up on the effort 10
find the criminals and have S21, 900 of
the $4,000 ransom returned TO me.
Writer Got In II Hurry.
: 1T seems that the writer got some.
! what in q hurry, for as soon as he
mailed the letter he must have
, slipped right over to Chicago. where
ne called on my brother Michael the
same day. which was two weeks ago
He asked my brother whether I would
consider a proposition of that kind
My brother told him that ne did not
know anything about it. but would
ask me to come over to Chicago and
q talk the matter over, although he did
not believe that l would consider it.
. Called to Chicago.
: THAT afternoon I received a tele-
> gram from my brother, asking me il
1 could come over, and l replied that
= I would he over there in the morning
! 1 left here on the afternoon train
and on reaching Chicago learned what
l had transpired at that end of the
$ line. l arrived home on Thursday and
the letter from Elgin was here wait.
ing for me,
The letter was signed and gave di.
, rections how a reply should be ad.
dressed to reach the writer at EIgin
l do not wish to make that public, as
assurances were given that l would
not, and that the party could submit
such proposition as he desired to
make.
The Offer Rejected.
so far as the offer is concerned,
it has been rejected. I refused abso.
lutely and unqualifedly TO consider it.
and am determined to prosecute this
, search as vigorously as I know how.
That is what we started out to do.
and l feel as if l would follow those
men to the ends Of the earth.
No Compromise with Criminals.
{ Il realize that this means $4,000
to me, and that is q sum that is Ger.
b. tainly an object to any man. no mat
ter what may be his means. As I feel
about the matter I would spend my
last thousand dollars rather than
compromise with the criminals l am
desirous of having them punished for
, what they have done and to deter any
= other daring gang from compelling
other parents to undergo what we
l. I haXa