The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-26
IDENTIFIED in COURT
YOUNG CUDAHY POSITIVE CALLAHAN
is A KIDNAPER.
Said Yesterday the Defendant Is the
ozark Man" Who Put n Pistol
to the Boys Head.

OMAHA, Neb.. April 25.-At the opening
of court to-day in the trial of James Gala
han on the charge of being connected with
the kidnapping of Edward Cudahy young
Cudahy told of the light mans return to
the prison house about II O'Clock on the
night of the delivery of the money. The
light man and the dark man held a confer
ence down stairs and then returned to their
prisoner and told him they were going to
take him home. Edward Cudahy told of
the trip home and of his being set down by
his captors on Thirty-sixth street, about a
block north of the pesthouse. Edward tes-
titled that he went back TO the house two
or three days later and recognized it. He
described the building and told its location.
The boy was asked about James Callahan
and told of seeing the accused on Sunday
afternoon following Galatians arrest. He
said Callahan and the chief were talking.
Then came the boys identification of Gala
han. and it was positive and absolute.
You may state whether the dark man
who put a pistol to your head and made
you a prisoner, and who guarded you most
of the time in the house, and who walked
down the street with you. and babe you
goodbye when you were released. was one
and the same person. said General GOWN.
1T was Jim Callahan, the defendant in
this CASE
From this point on Callahan was referred
to by name and no longer as the dark man.
Callahan betrayed no emotion when the
kidnapped boy declared he was one of the
abductors, but a cynical smile played faint
ly over his features.
At 9:45 o'clock Attorney Haler. for the de-
tense, began the crOSS-eXaminatiOn of
young Cudahy. The boy admitted that he
had gone over the case with General Gown
with reference to what his testimony would
be- He again detailed the route traversed
f, as nearly as he could remember. He adj
mitted that the only direct view he had of
the dark mans face was when he APP
preached him and admitted that at that
time he was pretty badly scared. The boy
admitted that he identified Callahan prin-
cipally by his voice, and said that he would
not be able to identify him by his appear
ance alone.
In answer to a direct question the boy
said he was as certain of the identity of
Callahan as he was of the identity of his
father or mother. He thought ii hardly
possible for there to be another voice like
Galatians. He said Callahan had a sort of
a brogue and gave a peculiar turn to some
words and seemed TO talk through his
teeth.
The state made a strong point against
Callahan in the testimony of John Rabbe. a
young carpenter. living about a block from
Callahan's sister, Mrs. Kelley. who said he
personally knew Pat Grove and that Grove
called AT MRS. Kelley s, Wnere Callahan was
living. about twenty times between Oct. %,
when the Kelleys moved there, and the
time of the kidnapping. The last time wit
ness saw Grove at the Kelley house was
about Dec. 4, four days before the kidnap-
ing.
a pony which the kidnaper rode played
a part this afternoon in connecting James
Callahan with the kidnapping. Daniel Bur-
ris, of North Omaha, recognized the pony
now in evidence as one which he had sold
&C. two strangers last October. In one OF
them he recognized James Callahan. The
other. he said, resembled the photograph of
Pat Grove. A further completely of interest
between Callahan and Grove was disclosed
by Mrs. Anna Wreuth. living across the
street from Callahan's boarding house. She
frequently saw him in company with a
man called Johnson. She was positive in
her identification of Pat Groves picture as
that of the sO-called Johnson.