Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-24
MRS. JACK CUDAHY
GRANTED DIVORCE
Secures Separation After SenSa-
tionaI Cutting ARRAY and
Gets ST AIimony

KANSAS CITY, Aug. 23.-As n sequel
to John p. (Jack) Cudahy's attack on
Jere Lillis, in the Cudahy residence
shortly after midnight on March last,
| Mrs. Cudahy obtained a divorce from
her husband here.
The decree was granted by Judge H.
Slower on the ground of incompatibility
of temperament, ten minutes after Mrs.
Cudahy had filed her petition.
Mrs. Cudahy and her maid, Elizabeth
Johnson, were the only witnesses called.
No mention was made of the Lillis ar
fair.
Cudahy was not in court He is said
to have been here yesterday, but he
could not be located tonight. Attor-
neys represented him at the hearing,
but they made no protest against the
granting of the decree and offered no
witnesses.
1t is understood that Gen. John C.
Gown of Omaha, father of Mrs. Cud-
ahy, and Michael Cudahy, the defend
ants father, brought about an amtcable
settlement of the case outside the court.
BY the terms of the decree Mrs.
Cudahy receives alimony of 81. A
friend of Mrs. Cudahy, however, said
Michael Cudahy had agreed to pay his
sons wife $4,000 during the first year
following her divorce and $4,000 during
each ensuing year Of her life as long
as she should remain single.
CHILDREN'S CUSTODY ARRANGED
Custody of the four children was
given Michael Cudahy and his wife
during their lifetime. At their death
Mary Cudahy, an hunr Of the children,
will have charge of them, and after
her, Clara Cudahy, another aunt.
Mrs. Cudahy was given the right to
visit the children "at all reasonable
times and places, and for such periods
as may be reasonable and proper"
ITO protect the children" was the
reason given by attorneys that no
charge other than "incompatibility"
was made in the bill.
Immediately after the decree had
been granted Mrs. Cudahy left for
Chicago with her children. She will
take them to the home of their grand
parents She will return here to make
her home.
Friends say she received the fur
nishings of the fashionable Kansas
City residence.
With the granting of the divorce the
rumor that Mrs. Cudahy would enter
vaudeville was revived. She is known
to have standing offer of $500 a week
for a thirtyweek engagement
Mrs. Cudahy had arranged with her
attorneys so that t. ere was no en-
barrassing delay in having her case
heard.
You have always been a faithful
wife?" asked w. H. Cowherd, one of
her attorneys.
81 have" she replied.
did your husband ever use abusive
language toward your"
Eyes, often vile"
"Did he ever so speak to you in the
the presence of others?"
Eyes"
All of her testimony was similar to
this.
Mr.. Cudahy's attorneys did not
cross-examlne her.
The maid, who was a witness to the
affray when Mr.. Cudahy carved Lillis
with a butcher knife, said she had
never seen Mrs. Cudahy act in other
than an orderly manner.
Mrs. Cudahy's bill was one Of the
shortest ever filed in this county. She
set forth that she was married to Mr..
Cudahy on December "a, 1899, in
Omaha and that he left her on March
l, 1910, without cause.
The children are Edna Catherine,
aged 10; Marie c., aged 8; Ann Eliza
beth, aged 6, and Michael, aged 21s.
Since his encounter with Lillis Mr..
Cudahy has not been at his home here.
He remained for a few days at a
downtown hotel and then left the city.
It has been reported he made frequent
attempts to obtain the children. At
one time several of the children were
i'll and friends thought this would
bring about a reconciliation, but Cud-
ahy remained away.