Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-03-10
JACK cUDAHY's VICTIM is
STILL IN HOSPITAL; WIFE
SAYS SHE'S PROUD OF HIM.
CONTINUED from Page H.

in for a few moments, and he finally
consented.
Were You having tea or Just what
were you doing when Mr.. Cudahy
came in?"
NO, we were not having tea just
sitting on the divan talking, with the
lights burning and house all lighted
up. The chauffeur came in with Mr.
Curahy. They we're in their stocking
feet and neither Mr.. Lillis nor
heard them come In. And that chauf-
feur. the coward the fend! Oh. he
was horrible. guess Mr.. Cudahy was
afraid to try to handle Mr.. Lillfs alone
He knew Mr.. Lillis was too strong for
him. To think that a man Of Mr.. Cud-
ahy's standing should take into his
confidence and make q boon coi1pan.
ion out of chauffeur. And such
chauffeur as he is! never thought 1t
possible for a human being to nc the
fiend incarnate III real life as did that
man. He took especial delight in jerk,
ing the strangling cord around Mr.
Lillis neck and actually dragged the
man about the room. The cords were
never severed until DR.. Ayres came"
THAT my daughter will go on the
stage Is a rlilnor without foundation.
said General Gown. Mrs. Ctidahy's "a,
Their. II know, as all her friends. that
she is greatly talented. but she Will de.
vote her life to her little ones
II never liked Jack Cudahy and !
did all in my power to prevent her
marriage, but 1t was useless contin
ued the general. she had not been
married forty-eight hours until she be
gan to be disillusioned. despise ths
man, and the remarks he made on that
terrible night brand him as con.
Itemptible cur. He has ruined my
home were the words he used. AS for
the chauffeur, look upon him as
would a mad dog that Cudahy had
brought into the house.
THE home in Thirty-sixth street is
in trust for my children and will re-
main their home. Tie family will stay
here and show the world that Edna
has nothing to be ashamed OF. only
blame my daughter for being impetu-
GUS and disregarding the opinions OF
her neighbors.
IF Lillis had been warned away
from the house by Mr.. Cudahy he had
no business there. / do not think he
did the right thing by coming. NY
daughter in her contempt for the opin-
ion OF scandal mongers could not SEE
the light that would be cast upon her
by allowing him to remain her friend
and call.
Il realize that many people here are
envious OF her looks. her talents and
her charm, and thing OF this kind is
meat and drink for them. But I have
known my daughter all her life and I
know her nobility and her passionate
love for her children. They are all the
world to her.
Sup to the time she left my home
she had never tasted liquor. 1t was her
husband that urged her to drink, and
ALTHOUGH | knew she never drank 70
excess, what she did she did openly.
and people are only too quick to talk
about such things.
II am going back to Omaha and
will leave with the knowledge that my
little girl is better of than when I
came. She can live her life from now
on in peace, surrounded by her chill
dren and devoting all her energy to
their becoming noble men and women.
Mrs. Cudahy will not seek the
courts unless some effort is made to
take her children away or to take their
property rights. Then she viii fight to
tho lask"