The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-08
No NO LEGAL LEGAL STEPS STEPS
AGAINST CUDAHY
Pank9r li||is Will Not Prose-
cute His Assai|ant
STORY Is SENSATIONAL
Mrs. Cudahy Talks of the Attack and
shows That Her Husband struck
Her As Well As the Man
in the Case
STORY Is SENSATIONAL

Kansas City, Mo-, March 7.-Jere F. Lii
lis. president OF the Western Exchange
bank, who was assaulted by John p Cud
ahy. the millionaire packer. when th'
latter found the banker in his home Sun
day morning. VIII not prosecute his as
sailant
Charges OF disturbing the peace, pre-
ferred against Cudahy by Bryan Under
wood, a policeman who Interrupted th'
punishment Of the nocturnal visitor, viii
probably be dismissed with a nomina
Mapeh Is.
Thus will end the affair, in so far a.
punishment for Cudahy is concerned
fudge w. 7. johnson. legal representative,
of I.illis, made known tonight that ther,
would be no prosecution OF Cudahy
"We have no desire TO take any lega
steps agairst Cudahy," he SAID. .Ther'
will be no prosecution"
| Lillis' condition is improving rapidly
Nurses at st. Mary's horpital said tonigh
| he would be able to be removed TO hi
home tomorrow morning. His wounds
will be slow in healing. 1t is believed, bu
they will not prove serious
Mr.. Cudahy has taken apartments a
| the Coates house. n downtown hotel. H
| refuses to say whether he will return t.
his home
| Efforts to locate John Mess, the chauf
| feur. who Is believed by Mrs. Cudahy t,
| have disclosed the presence OF Mr.. Lilli
at the house. have proven useless.
General Gown Arrives
Into the arms of her father. Gen. Johi
G. GOWN of Omaha. an attorney of ma
| tional reputation, Mrs. Cudahy rushed a
| i.er home tonight. The general arrive,
here on an evening train and went a
once to the Cudahy home, where hi
daughter had been waiting for him sine
| Sunday morning, when she telephonet
him to come at once Not realizing whs
| had happened. General Gown delayed hi
| departure. Another message from hi
daughter caused him to hasten.
Briefly Mrs. Cudahy told her story t.
her father. 1t was practically the sam
as she gave OUT IN 3 statement today
| According to hcS story, she and Liiii
| had been automobile riding, returned
home and were seated in the library rest
| Ing. when Cudahy entered.
General Gown was much affected b,
| his daughters story.
my daughter is innocent" he said
| firmly. "I am as certain of that as l an
of the virtue OF Jesus CHRIST.
II regret exceedingly that Cudahy wa
so cowardly as to say, He has ruined m,
home. He did this for his own protec
ton Why did he not think of those dea
children who must suffer from this untrue
statement?'
The general was unable to say whethe
divorce would result from the trouble
in the cudahy household.
Chauffeur Is Missing
John Moss, the Cuday chauffeur, Wht
was with Cudahy during the affair las
night, was not TO be found today
maid was the only one who would ap
pear at the Cudahy home in answer t
rings at the door bell.
The maid. telling of the affair, sait
she came down stairs on hearing TIN
noise of the scuffle in the parlor. Sh
saw a man stretched out on the 400
with a rope about his neck and abou
his feet. The mans body was near''
stripped of clothing, she said. His bod.
was bare from the waist down.
Just as the maid arrived at the foo
of the stairs Moss, she says, was pull
ing on the rope about the neck of thu
man on the floor and as he saw he
standing there he came and pointed
revolver In her face. She then raj
back to her room and saw no more
Mr. Cudahy had on Saturday evening
the maid said, signifled his intention y
going down town to attend a politica
meeting. He left the house, but In
maid declared he and his chauffeur re
manned about the yard, both having re
moved their shoes. Bryan Underwood
the patrolman who responded to tn
call to the Cudahy home, declined L
talk of the case today.
Underworld Statement
Frank Snow, acting chief of police
made public Underwood's statemer
made to him. Underwood told of be
ing called to the Cudahy home at II:
Sunday morning and of finding Lillis ly
ing on the floor. bound and wounded
Cudahy had explained Lillis' condition
the officer said, by saying that LIllt
was an intruder in the Cudahy homo
Lillis was partly disrobed and a par
of his clothing was lying on the fIoo
near him.. DR.. Samuel Ayers. wn,
reached the house abe of the Of
ficef. haid said that Lillis was not dan
gerously wounded.
]. p. Cudahy and his brother, Joseph
of Omaha about noon today went lat,
private conference with Attorne,
Walsh and Mr.. New. Five minutes late
]. p. Cudahy emerged from the ofric,
and encountered several newspape
men.
II have nothing to say" Mr.. Cudah,
replied to dozen queries put TO hin,
He spoke in low tone. His face VA
pale and he appeared to be nervous ant
agitated.
You can set at rest many OF III,
wild rumors that are going aroun,
town." was suggested.
II must ask you to excuse me,
Cudahy insisted. MY ATTORNEYS nav,
advised me not to talk and l will sa,
nothiny at present"
Mrs. Cudahy Talks
This afternoon Mrs. Cudahy was in
duced to make a statement about he,
husbands attack upon Lillis She de.
clared 1t was the elimination of a lonp
line of brutal treatment. This last ACT
she said, was caused by an automobile
and would result In the separation O,
herself and husband.
Mrs. Cudahy was lying on a Davenpor,
in her room as she made her statement
One of her eyes was badly swollen.
"This was done Saturday night, she
said, land have no desire to receive
visitors today. 1t was a terrible th;ne
that occurred. And it was all caused by
an automobile, new runabout that Mr
Lillis had just ordered" Mrs. Cudah,
then told the story of the attack. Her
husband, she said. attended by his chauf-
feur, Johann Moss had found MIR. Lillis
and Mrs. iCudahy at the Cudahy home
TT was last Friday" said Mrs. Cudahy
"that Mr.. Lillis received his new run