The Detroit times., 1910-03-10
MRS. CUOAHY SAYS
STORIES ARE LIES
Defends Man Who Was Mutilatcd
BY Husband-Her Father Says
Packer Urged Wife To Drink.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. March g.
Jere +. Lillis millionaire banker. at
lacked by John L. Cudahy when
found In the latter's home at an early
hour last Sunday morning, may not
bee able TO leave the hospital for sew
eral days according TO physicians to-
day DR.. Samuel Ayres. who is attend
ing Lillis. said he did not think there
Was any great danger of bloodpoison-
ing developing az result OF the
wounds the banker received, but he
did not want to take any chances.
he knife blade which Cudahy used
Is said 10 have been rusty, making the
danger OF poisoning more acute.
Iills has not yet been able To make
statement regarding his connection
with the affair Hospital nurses say
his lips are SO badly swollen that ne
cannot talk.
III is untrue that | met Mr.. Liiiis
frequently at the Hotel Baltimore.
said Mrs Cudahy. wife of "JacN
Cudahy. who carved up the millionaire
banker Il dined with him frequently
1T my home and at the Country club.
bat nowhere else As To meeting MIN
at roadhouse % being at one with
him. that lis absolutely false.
Il am heartbrakcn, more for what
has been said ABOUT this thing tidn
for anything that has happened. Ny
relations with Nr. l.illis have been
such that nobody nut one insane could
have found fault with them.
Il think my hcsband's attack upoa
Mr. lllis was cuwardly. Surely II
there was qualification for an attack
r. all. IL would have been decent icr
him To settle the matter with Mir. l-illis
as a man 10 man and not 10 call In MS
servant 10 assist him
The most cCWardly and infamous
thing OF all was when the officer
found him. To save himself he sac
iilced his wife ard children by the in
famous and false charge. He has
ruined my family
Says lnslnuations Are Untrue.
Il am thankfui that | have many
friends here who are confident thar
he base insinuatons made again
Ire are untrue ask merely TO be- let
i.One with my SORROWS.
Il consider u an honor 10 be al
inred so sincerely IN every way 10y Il
nan like MIR. lilps tie is not drunE-
ard. nor gamr ct and Is member
81 one OF The best families in the coua-
tly He * a clean. upright. moral man
aud every one always speaks highly
az him"
You asked Nj lill!s in after the
ride Saturday, didn', YOU war asked.
Yes. He did nor want TO come In.
bat | insisted that he come in for
few moments and he finally con
sented
Were you having tea or just what
we're you doing when Mr.. Cudahy
tame?"
NO. Wa were not having tea. JusT
sitting on n diVan talking with che
lights burning anu the house all light
rd up The chauffeur came with Mr.
CIdahy. They were in their stocking
soet and neither Mr. Lillis nor heard
hem come in.
Oenounccs Chauffeur
And that chauffeur, the coward the
Gend, he was horrible. guess Sir
~udahy was afraid To Try TO handle NJ.
His alone. tie knew Mir. Lillis wa3
90 strong for him To think that a
nan OF MI Cudahys standing shou'd
axe into mis- confidence and make Il
icon companion Ct "a chauffeur. aud
such chauffeur as he rs. | neVcr
houglrt it possible for a human being
4, act the nend incarnate In real If
q did that man He took especial de
ght in jerking the strangling cord
round Mr. Lill.s' neck and actually
ragged the nan about the room.
rhe cords were Lever severed until
pr Ayres came"
According to 4 statement made by
Gen. Gown, Mrs. Cudahy'e father, Mas
Cudahy will remain I'm Kansas City
| ana devote her lie To the rearing and
education OF he. children. She will
never sec Mr. Cudahy again, although
| she will not enter the courts To obtain
legal separation.
90" never liked Jack Cudahy and !
od all in my power to prevent her
marriage. Dut II vas useless. She hat
rot been married As hours until she
Logan To he disiiiusioned.
Il despise the man who called her
wife and the remark he made on that
terrible ,light brands him as con
temptible cur As for the chauffeur
look uuon him in the same light as |
would a mad cog that Cudahy had
brought into the house.
The house in Thirty-sixth-st is Iii
trust for the children and will remain
their home Tie family will stay mere
and show the world that Edna has
nothing % be ashamed Of only
Lame my daughter for being impetu
Gus and Tor disregarding the opinions
of her neishbors
IF the man l.illis had been warned
,way from the house by Mr.. Cudahy.
ne had no business there. | do not
mink he did the right thing by com
ing. My daughter in her contempt
FOR the scandal nongers could not sec
the light that would be cast upon her
hy GLOWING him 10 remain her friend
aud call
4 realize that many people here are
obvious of her locks, talents AMI
,harms. and ming of this kind il
meat and drink for them. But have
known my daughter all her life and |
know her nobility aud her passionate
love for her children. They are all the
world 10 her
Up TO the tIrne she left my home
-. haJ nevpr tasted liuuOr IL WAS