The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-10
MRS. CuDAHY SEES
BANKER MANNED N
HUSBANDS HOUSE
IDenounces Packer as Monster
of Cruelty and viii Try to
Get Divorce.

Kansas City. March a.-Mrs. John
Cudahy, wife Of the packer. who as
saulted Jere Lillis, a banker, in his
home early Sunday morning, today
made a statement to the newspapers.
Her husbands attack or Mr.. Lillis, she
declares. was the elimination of a long
line of brutal treatment. This last act.
she said. would result in the a
ton of herself and husband.
Mrs. Cudahy was lying on a daven-
port in her room as she made her
statement. One of her eyes was badly
swollen.
This was done Saturday night" she
said. and / have no desire to receive
visitors today. 1t was a terrible thing
that occurred; and it was all caused
by an automobile, a new runabout that
MIR. Lillls had just ordered"
Story of the Attack.
Mrs. Cudahy then told the story of
the attack.
Her husband, she SAID, attended by
his chauffeur, Johann Moss. had found
Mr.. Lillis and Mrs. Cudahy at the
Cudahy home.
1T vas last Friday" said Mrs.
Cudahy, that Mr.. Lillis received his
new runabout. l had the first ride in
the other M and I told Mr.. Lillis I
wanted the first ride in this one. He
said | should have it. I told Fem,
our chauffeur. that day that Mr.. Lillis
had gotten his new car. and that l was
marked that Mr.. Cudahy was going out
of town, down to Grain1eld, Kan, I
believe. to look at some cattle.
We'll, Fem must have been bribed
by Mr.. Cudahy. I have always been
good to that boy, and Mr.. Cudahy was
always fussing at him. That Mr.. Cud-
ahy'sgoing out of town would have had
ANYTHING to do with my riding with
Mr.. Lillis wouid be ridiculous. Mr..
Cudahy often says he is going out of
town and then never goes. He prob
ably does that nine out of 10 times.
Friday the ear was unloaded, and
In the afternoon we took a ride. The
rock roads. Saturday Mr.. Lillis said 1
should see the a tried out again. We
went out Saturday afternoon and then
drove out to the Country club for din
ner. Then we decided TO go down to
the Baltimore instead, which we did.
eat and then went out. AS we went
out said to Mac, the head waiter,
that he sho see Mr.. Lillis' new car"
Invites Liliis into House.
We went riding in the evening
again. When we came home Mr.. Lis
lis was going to drive away when 1
asked him to come into the house. We
had been talking only q few minutes
when Mr.. Cudahy"-Mrs. Cudahy al
ways called him Mr.. Cudahy-"rushed
into the room. He must have come
into the house through the billiard
room; He was accompanied by Fem
seized Mr.. Lillis and began beating
!: him. Mr.. Cudahy had a thing that he
ua9ssin- the car anG he beat Mr.. Lillis
over the head with it."
Here Mrs. Cudahy looked over at
the table near her couch and said:
There it is there. See the blood on
the end"
The thing to which she alluded was
an electric searchlight. 1t was 8 inches
long. and about the thickness Of a
mans wrist.
THAT was what HI hit me with,
too" said Mrs. Cudahy. Il ran as soon
as I sew they were beating Mr.. Lillis.
I believed they would try to kill him
and I thought they would try to kill
me. too: They had a rope with them
when they came in and both wore
frightfully. I a up stairs and stood
screaming at the top Of the stairs.
"F'reda, the maid, came running in
with the other servants. She stood
with her arms about me to protect
me. They had finished tying Mr.. Lii
IFS by this time and Mr.. Cudahy came
tearing up stairs. He struck me over
the head and in the left eye'-Mrs.
Cudahy raised her handkerchief to the
swollen eye-"and you see what he
did"
Both the lid and Immediately under
the lid were deep purple.
"Then he rushed down stairs again."
Mrs. Cudahy went on, nj then 7
guess he began to use the knife on Mr..
Lillis. He must have had 1t with hin
although l did not see 1t when he came
in. Freda ran downstairs and came up
telling me they were cutting Mr.. Lii
lis. l cried murder and ran to the tele-
phone.
She Called the Police.
"It was 1 who called the police.
Wouldn't you have done the same when
it appeared that murder was being
committed? They kept on beating and
cutting Mr.. Lillis. Mr.. Cudahy would
cry turn him over Then they would
beat him ONE more. Freda was in the
hall when Fem, the chauffeur rushed
out. He had a revolver in his hand.
He pointed it at her and she ran. He
rushed up stairs and shook his fist in
my face. I screamed. Lets kick the
woman out" he cried. but Mr.. Cudahy
was too busy beating Mr.. Lillis down
stairs to pay any attention to him. He
rushed down stairs again. Then the
police came"
ANGRY SPOUSE works
HORRIBLE VENGEANCE
Kansas City, March 9.-Finding Jera
liz. Lillis, a millionaire Local uanAer,
in his home when he arrived unex-
pectedly at IN early hour yesterday,
John P. Cudahy. a wealthy packer and
son Of Michael Cudahy, h Chicago
millionaire, is alleged to nave COM
.a,i4tad an Assault on the man which