The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07
'EYACTS PEN|ALTY
FOR R|U|INED N Home
p Packer Cudahy Dishg-
ures Interloper
for Life.
BANKER VICTIM
OF HIS WRATH
Returning Unexpectedly He Dis
covers Millionaire Lillis-Bind-
ing Him With Rope, He Uses
Knife With Frightful IF
fect-Mrs. Cudahy Was
Kansas City Belle.

I<ansas city, Mo-, March 0.-Finding
Jere r. LiliIs, millionaire local
bunker, In his home when he arrived
Unexpectedly ut mn early hour to-day,
John p. Cudahy, wealthy packer aud
son Of Michael Cudahy, the Chicago
millionaire. Is alleged to have commits
ted an assault upon the ninn which led
to his arrest on charge Of disturb
ing the pence. He WIS released on
s10O bond.
Lillls is In ST. Mary's Hospital. His
condition Is said to be critical. Cuts.
said to have been inflicted with a
knife, are on his face. legs and ane
arm. The cuts have been made In
criss-cross fashion. If he RECEIVERS he
Will be disfgured for life. tits averred
by physicians.
Before cutting Liliis. cudahy Is said
to have bound him with strong rope.
A woman heard Lillis screaming and
groaninE in the Cudahy home and
called the police. Her identity has
not been established
patroiman hurried to the Cudahy
home, which is in fashionable resi-
dencc section. The front door was
open. SO he did not ring the bell
Screams came from parlor and then
!groans and cries for mercy. The po-
liceman said of the scene:
Three men were in the room. Pros
trate upon the floor lay Lillis, half
nude and bound witt, a rope. His legs
were bare and his few remaining
clothes were bloody. Above him stood
Cudahy IN evening dress. His sleeves.
were rolled up and blood was, on his:
hands At his side stood chauffeur.
None Of the men noticed me.
81 rushed to the trio and asked
icudnhy, What does all this mean?'
Hes ruined my home he replied.
making no resistance to arrest.
II allowed him to telephone to his
attorney. while called an ambulance
for the wounded man.
Since Cudahy's marriage to MISS
Edna Cowin. who was a society belle
OF Omaha, on December IS. 1899. the
family has been prominent in Kansas
City society. They have five children.
Lillis is a bachelor forty-seven years
old, manager of the Western Exchange
Bank and prominently socially
Says Stories Are Untrue.
n the Cudahy home, which Is dark
with the exception Of the nursery,
where the children play. innocent Of
the affair that took place early to-day.
Mrs. Cudahy was found tonight. She
was extremely nervous. She says she
is going to bear up as best she can.
as she is positive that in time she will
he vindicated
81 can say nothing now but that
the stories which have been told about
me are distorted and untrue" she said.
Time alone will bring out the real
truth. have talked with my attor-
5neys and they say this is no time for
mo to make a detailed statement"
Friends who called at the Cudahy
residence to-day were told by n maid
that 5llcr mistress was not at home to
callers. The maid was an eyewitness
to a part of the affair. She heard the
screams and means OF Lillis and went
downstairs to Investigate. When she
FIcallZeus WIidI w Iltppelllus sSue4iIdu
ach to her room and was not present
when the arrest was made.
81 can't tell everything that hap,
spened hecause r was SO excited and
also because d id not stay downstairs
long" she said tonight.
II do know, however. that none had
any part In the trouble but Mr.. Gu
.dahy Mr.. Llllls and the chauffeur"
According to attaches OF the house.
Mr.. Cudahy has not been at home to-
day. 1t Is said he has left the city,
and will remain away for several days.
His attorneys will look after his case
by the time It is called. Police are
searching for ohm Moss. the chaut--
feur, who was present. & s3 III
PhystcianN Silent.
Physicians who attended Mr.. Lillis
have been warned to say nothing
about the natureBof his injuries. An
interne at the hospital Is authority for
the statement that Lillis has deep
cut 8on each cheek and a cut on his
forehead. His most severe wound Is
said to be In the left leg. where the
blade of the knife Is supposed to have
sgrazed the bone. On each hip there
is a deep flesh wound. and ono cut
was, inflicted on the left arm. Lillis
j
night. Throughout the day he was
restless, the nervous shock Of his ex-
perience having been great.
That .Ltllls will recover there seems
to be no doubt. Flo Is an athlotic
man more than six feet tall and
strongly built For many years he has
8taken@ an active part in all sorts Of
outdoor sports. His ability as q golfer
is we'll known. rs for several years
he held the Kansas City championship,
AT different times he has participated
in golf meets through the West For
several years l.illls has been an In
stimate friend OF the Cudahy family.
5IIe had been at almost every social
gaffairgt hey gave until recently. It tfwas
reported a few months ago that Lillls
and Cudahy had had a rnisund erstand- (
Eing. \ !ys5s a N 4. @ @ n ~ II
1T is general y slnders 70 od Az lis will
not pros acute Cuda hy, so the ca So may
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