Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-08


make a search for the boy.
las 1t was quite late there we're not
many officers on duty who could be
specially detailed on the case, but de-
tectives NJ F. Dempsey and Peter Jorgen-
sen were at once sent to the home OF Mr..
Cudahy. special detail was also made
to make inquiries OF all hack drivers and
street car men with view OF as
Certainng whether any OF them had
carried that night a boy answering the
description Of young Cudahy, and TO also
go 10 the depots and the East Omaha and
Douglas street bridges to ascertain. II
possible. whether any one answering his
description had left the city, Detectives
Dempsey and Jorgensen, in company with
Mr. Cudahy and others, made a thorough
search Of the neighborhood and visited the
homes Of some Of the boys. who were fell
low students Of young Cudahy at Creighton
college The search and inquiries were
continued throughout the night. but no
information was obtained regarding his
whereabouts.
Letter From Kidnapers.
Early the next morning December lsD
Detectives J. II. Savage. II. W. Dunn, j. I.
Donohoe and Henry Heitfeld were also de-
tailed on the case, and l also detailed all
available patrolmen to take up the search.
l then went out to Mr. Cudahys residence
and had an Interview with him, at which
time we arrived at the conclusion, the
boy had been decoyed away, but did not
| realize the purpose. 1 came back to the
office and made arrangements with different
livery barns to furnish rigs for the use
4 Of the officers in the search, and about
| $3.50 that morning l received a telephone
| message from Mr. Cudahy saying that
! letter explaining the situation had been
/ found in his yard by one of the servants
and requesting that l go to the house at
once. l did so, and found there Detectives
| Dunn and Savage, Mr.. Cudahy, and Mr..
j. c. Gown The letter was read over to
me by Mr.. Gown, the following being
substantially a copy:
| OMAHA, Dec 10. 1900.-Mr. Cudahy: We
! have kidnaped your child and demand
! SOS 900 Ctweity-five thousand dollars) for
his safe return. II you give us the money
| the child will be returned as safe as when
| will put acid in his eyes and blind him;
/ then we will Immediately kdnap another
and demand 500 OOO and we will get IT, for
| he will see the condition of your child and
realize the fact that we mean business
and will not be monkeyed with or cap
tured. Get the money all in gold, hve, ten
| and twenty-dollar pieces; put II in grip
| I'M a white wheat sack; get in your buggy
| alone on the night of December 10 at p.
| IN. and drive south from your home 70
| Center street. turn west on Center street
the paved road toward Fremont; when you
! come to a lantern that is lighted by the
road place the money by the lantern ana
| Immediately turn your horse around and
| return home. You will know our lantern,
, for II will have two ribbons black and
! white, tied to the handle. You must place
! a red lantern on your buggy, where 1t can
/ be plainly seen, so we will know you a
| mile away This letter and every part Of
81 he rafs wifi
and any attempt to capture VIII be the
saddest thing you ever done.
| II you remember, some twenty years ago
Charles Ross was kidnapped in New York
City and 10000 ransom asked. Old man
Ross was willing to give up the ,,t money ntS
| ers, persuaded the old man not to give up
the money. assuring him that the thieves
would be captured. Ross died of broken
heart sorry that he allowed detectives TO
dictate to him. This letter must not be
seen by any one but you. If the p9h c',
might attempt to capture. although entirely
against your wish. or some one might use
a lantern and represent US, thus the wrong
party securing the money, and this would
be as fatal to you as II you refused 20
give up the money. So you see the danger
Mr. Cudahy, you are up against II, and
there ia only one way out. PUT UP THE
MONEY! Money We want and money we
III You don't give up the next man will
for he will see that we mean business aho
| you can lead your boy around blind the
rest of. your days and all you viii have
is the dam copper sympathy. DO the rlshl
thing by. us and we will do the same py
you II you refuse you will see the saddest
, | sight you ever see.
"wednesday, Dec. 10.
THIS NIGHT OR NEVER.
Follow these instructions and no harm
will befah you or yours.
Clue Afforded by Phone.
.'While we we're discussing the letter Mr.
Cudahy was called to the telephone by
man who asked II he had received 1t. Mr.
Cudahy replied he had not, and the person
telephoning Immediately rang on. Mr.
( Cudahy then asked central for the numbe
= Of the telephone which the man had used
The number was given to him, and on look
/ ing 1t up it was learned that the telephone
was located in a livery barn conducte'
5 by w s. Glenn at 3Ol4 Leavenworth street
s Immediately sent Detectives Dunn ant
s Savage to the barn, which is In the neigh
: borhood of eleven blocks from Mr.. Cudahy'
D residence They had no conveyance an
y went to the barn on foot. On arriving
5 there they found Frank Glenn, boy, Il
I charge. He could give very little descrip
{ ton of the man who had used the tele
e phone, stating that he was on the loung
e when the man came in, and while he say
= him go to the telephone and heard hir
{ call up some number, he did not motto
: MIN AAo sdlu TIC hlo
: mounted a bay pony on leaving the bar
L and rode west to Thirty-first street an
Il then turned north at a very fast gait
g Later on Mr.. w. s. Glenn, proprietor o
n the barn. was seen, and while he said h
T, saw the man ride away from the barn, h
e was unable to give an accurate description
r Of him. Detectives Dunn and Savage i'm
/ mediately telephoned this information I
the police station, giving as accurate dc
scription of the man and pony as they ha
, been able TO obtain. which description wa
q given out from the station to all ofiicer
a on duty as soon possible.
II No trace OF the boy was obtaine
a through the inquiries made OF hack driver
trainmen, bridgemen and street car mel
This fact, together with the manner
:, which the letter was received, and its cor
), tents. and the inquiry by telephone lie
me to believe that the boy was hidde
somewhere within the city limits, or nc
= far outside and that by thorough scare
- of the city we might be able to locate III
. place where he was detained With tn
Al end In view I called out the entire polio
a force, and Mr.. Cudahy suggested that h
II call out a number OF the men employed b
10 him at the packing house to join In n
J. search. This suggestion was followed OF
lie and about noon hfty or sixty Of Cudahy