The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-03-10
MRS. CUDAnY SEES
BANKER MANNED IN
HUSBANDS HOUSE
Denounces Packer as Monster
of Cruelty and Will Try to
Get Divorce.

Kansas City. March 9.-Mrs. John
Cudahy, wife Of the packer, who as
saulted Jere Lillis, a banker. in his
nome early Sunday morning, today
made a statement to the
Her husbands attack on Mr.. Lillis, she
declares, was the elimination of a Ions
line Of brutal treatment. This last act,
she said, would result in the separa-
ton Of herself and husband.
Mrs. Cudahy was lying or a daven-
port in her room as she made her
statement. One of her eyes was badly
swollen.
This was done Saturday night" she
said, land I have no desire to receive
visitors today. 1t was a terrible thing
that occurred, and it was all caused
by an automobile. a new runabout that
MI. Lillis had just ordered"
Story of the Attack.
Mrs. Cudahy then told the story of
the attack.
Her husband, she said, attended by
his chauffeur, Johann Moss, had found
Mr.. Lillis and Mrs. Cudahy at the
Cudahy home.
1T was last Friday" said Mrs.
Cudahy, that Mr.. Lillis received his
new runabout. / had the first rid in
the other one, and I told Mr.. Lillis I
wanted the first ride in this one. He
said I should nave 1t. 1 told Fem.
u chauffeur, that day that Mr.. Lillis
had gotten his new car, and hat l vas
to have a ride IN 1t. Incidentally, I re-
marked that Mr.. Cudahy was going out
of town, down to Grainfield, Kan, I
believe. to o at some cattle.
We'll, Fem must have been bribed
by Mr.. Cudahy. I have always been
| good to that boy, and Mr.. Cudahy was
| wv VIC f1ICoen0 ot HtDN THAT NJ. C,,l
ahy's going out Of town would have had
snything to do with my riding with
Nh. Lillis would be ridiculous. Mr..
Cudahy often says he is going out Of
town and then never goes. He prob
ably does that nine out of 10 times.
Friday the car was unloaded. and
in the afternoon we took a ride. The
weather was fine and we sped over the
rock roads. Saturday Mr.. Li)lis said l
should see the car tried out again. We
went out Saturday afternoon and then
drove out to the Country club for din
ner. Then we decided to go down to
the Baltimore instead, which we did.
We stayed there only long enough to
eat II then went out. AS we went
out said to Mac, the head waiter,
that he sho' see Mr.. Lillis' new car"
Invites Lillis into House.
we went riding in the evening
again.. When we came home Mr.. Lis
lis was going to drive away when l
asked him to come into the house. We
went into he library down stairs and
had been talking only a few minutes
when Mr.. Cudahy"-Mrs. Cudahy al
ways called him Mr.. Cudahy-"rushed
into the room. He must have come
into the house through the billiard
room. He was accompanied by Fem
Johann Moss), the chauffeur. They
seized Mr.. Lillis and began beating
him Mr. Cl1Iahy hod a thing that he
uses in the car and he bea Mr.. Lillis
over the head with it."
Here Mrs. Cudahy looked over at
the table near her couch and said:
There it is there. See the blood on
the end"
an electric searchlight. 1t was 8 inches
long and about the thickness Of a
mans wrist.
That was what he hit me with,
too" said Mrs. Cudahy. Il ran as soo
as I saw they were beating Mr.. Lillis.
l believed they would try to kill him
and l thought they would try to kill
me, too. They had a rope with them
when they came in and both swore
frightfully. l ran up stairs and stood
screaming at the top Of the stairs.
"Freda, the maid. came running in
with the other servants. She stood
with her arms about me to protect
me. They had finished tying Mr.. Lii
lis by this time and Mr.. Cudahy came
tearing up stairs. He struck me over
the head and in the left eye'-Mrs.
Cudahy raised her handkerchief to the
swollen eye-'and you see what he
did"
Both the lid and Immediately under
the lid were deep purple.
Then he rushed down stairs again."
Mrs. Cudahy went on, land then 7
guess he began to use the knife on Mr..
Lillis. He must have had 1t with him
although L did not see 1t when he came
In. Freda ran downstairs n came up
telling Inc they were cutting Mr.. Lii
lis. l cried murder and ran to the tele-
phone.
She Called tho Police.
ut was l who called the police.
Wouldn't you ave done the same when
1t appeared hat murder was being
committed? They kept on beating and
cutting Mr.. Lillis. Mr.. Cudahy would
beat him a while the chauffeur would
cry turn him over Then they would
beat him some more. Freda was In the
hall when Fem, the chauffeur rushed
out. He had a revolver In his hand.
He pointed it at her and she ram. He
rushed up stairs and shook his fist in
my face. I screamed. Lets kick the
woman OUT he cried. but Mr.. Cudahy
was too busy beating Mr.. Lillis down
stairs to pay any attention to him. He
rushed down stairs again. Then the
pOlice camen