Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-03-07
Taken on Kansas City
Banker by J. P, Cudahy'
Wealthy Packer Arrives Home
When Not Expected.
Finds Associate There and Mutt
Iates Him With Knife.

| Kansas City, Mo-, March Grinding
.Jere F. Lillis, a millionaire local bank
er. in his home when he arrived uneX-
rpectedly at an early hour today, Johr
IP. Cudahy, wealthy packer and a
son OF Michael Cudahy, the Chicago
millionaire, is alleged to have com
United an assault upon the man which
led to his arrest on a charge of dis
turbing the peace. He was released
on 500 bond.
Lilis is in St. Mary's hospital. His
condition is said to be critical. Cuts
said to have been inflicted with knife
are on his face, limbs and one arm
| The cuts have been made in criss-
cross fashion. If he RECEIVERS he will
| be disfgured for life, it is averred by
physicians
Before cutting Lillis, Cudahy is said
to have bound him with a strong rope
| One of Cudahys chauffeurs was pres
| ent.
Neighbors heard Lillis' screaming
and groaning in the Cudahy home and
they called the Westport police sta =
ton. 1t was a woman who called. Her
"A man is being murdered in the
Cudahy home. Send an officer there,
she screamed.
Ten minutes later a patrolman huf-
ried to the Cudahy home, which is IN 4
fashionable residence section of the
| city The front door was open so ne
did not ring the door bell. stepping
into the hall he heard screams coming
| from a parlor Then came groans and
cries for mercy.
The policeman followed the sounds
and soon reached the ROOM 1t was
brilliantly lighted. He said of the
scene:
Three men were in the room. Pros
trate on the floor lay Lillis, half nude
and bound with rope. His legs We're
| bare. His few remaining clothes were
bloody. Above him stood Cudahy. He
was in evening dress except that he Wore
no coat His sleeves were rolled up.
Blood was on his hands. At his side
stood chauffeur, CARRIED in regulation
leather cap and buster as though he had
come into the house after trip.
'None Of the men noticed me. Lilis
groaned and tugged feebly at the cords
that bound him.
Don't do it, Jack. Please don't do it,
he pleaded.
II rushed to the trio and asked CudanE
What does all this mean?'
Hes ruined my home he replied.
turning to me and making no resistance
to arrest. I allowed him to telephone to
his attorney while | called an ambulance
for the wounded man.
II asked him the mans name and he
calmly replied that it was Jere Lillis.
From the beginning to the end of the
affair | did not see Mrs. Cudahy."
Attempts to find Mrs. Cudahy today
proved futile. Cudahy himself could not
be found by reporters. Cudahy's attor-
neys admit the general facts in the ease
but are unwilling to go into details.
Since Cudahy's marriage to Miss Edna
Gown. who was society belle of Omaha,
on Dec. IS 1899, the family has been
prominent in Kansas City society. On
the day of the marriage Cudahy's father
made him manager of his Kansas City
packing interests. After a three-months
honeymoon which included trips in spe
cial trains and the occupancy of a palace
in Italy, the pair returned to Kansas City
and purchased one of the finest homes in
the city. Cudahy is a member of all the
leading clubs. For time he kept many
fine horses After an injury sustained
while playing polo he sold his stable and
took up motoring.
The Cudahy's have five children.
Lilis is a bachelor, AZ years old. He
is manager of the Western Exchange
Bank and prominent socially. He is
member of the same clubs to which Cud-
ahy belongs and the two have often been
seen together in the clubrooms.
Mrs. Cudahy was found tonight at
her home. extremely nervous. She
says she is going to bear up as best she
can, as she is positive that in time she
will be vindicated.
Il can say nothing now, but that the
stories which have been told about me
are distorted and untrue" she said.
Il have talked with my attorneys and
they say this is no time for me to make
a detailed statement In justice to me
and my children don't believe a word
that is being said The stories are alb
solutely untrue"
Physicians who attended Mr.. Lillis
have been warned to say nothing about
the nature of his injuries.