Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-03-07
Screams Heard
lnCudahyMansion
JOHN p, SON OF THE WEALTHY
PACKER. UNDER ARREST.
POLICE FOUND MAN BOUND
With Strong Rope, Lying on Floor, His
Face, Limbs and One Arm Siashed
crisseross Fashion.

Kansas City, Mo-, March 6.-Findine
Jere f. Lillis. millionaire local bank
er, in his home when he arrived unex-
pectedly> at an early hour today. John
z. Cudahy, a wealthy packer ant son
of Michael Cudahy. the Chicago mil
lionaire. is alleged to have committed
an assault upon the man which led to
his arrest on a charge of disturbin
the peace. He was released on 500
bond.
LilIis Taken to Hospital.
Lillis is in ST. Mary's hospital His
said to have been inflicted with a knife
are on his face, limbs and one arm.
The- cuts have been made in crisis
cross fashion. If he RECEIVERS he will
be disf1gured for life, it is averred by
physicians.
Before cutting LiIlis, Cudahy is said
to have bound him with a strong rope.
One of Cudahy's chauffeurs was pres
ent.
Woman Screamed for Officer.
Neighbors heard Lillis screaming
and groaning in the Cudahy home and
they called the Westport police sta
ton. 1t was woman who called. Her
identity has not been established.
"A man is being murdered in the
eSs Gudany lron1 home. Send an officer there"
What the Policemen Found.
Ten minutes later a patrolman hur-
ried to the Cudahy home, which is in a
fashionable residence section of the
city. The front door was open. so he
did not ring the doorbell. Stepping
into the hall, he heard screams coming
from a parlor. Then came groans and
cries for mercy.
The policeman followed the sounds
and soon reached the room. 1t was
brilliantly lighted. He said of the
scene:
Three men were in the room. Pros
70 fa on J<x 7
and bound with a rope. His legs were
bare. His few remaining clothes were
bloody. Above him stood Cudahy. He
was in evening dress except that he
UP. Blood was on his hands At his
side stood a chauffeur garbed in regu-
lation leather cap and duster as though
he had come into the house after
trip.
Don't Do II, Jack Please Don't"
None of the men noticed me. Liliis
groaned and tugged feebly at the cords
that bound him.
Don't do it, Jack. Please don't do
it, he pleaded.
dahy: What does all this nrean?'
He's ruined my home,' he replied,
turning to me and making no resist
ance to arrest. I allowed him to teie-
an ambulance for the wounded man.
II asked him the mans name, and he
calmly replied that it was Jere LilIis
From the beginning to the end of
the affair I did not see Mrs. cudahy."
Mrs. Cudahy Not to BE Found.
Attmepts to md Mrs. Cudahy today
proved futile. Cudahy himself could
not be found by reporters. Cudahy's
attorneys admit the general facts in
the case, but are unwilling to go into
details.
Since Cudahys marriage to Miss
Edna Cowin, who was q society belle
of Omaha on December 26, 1899, the
family has been prominent in Kansas
City society. On the day of the mar
riage Cudahy's father made him man
ager of his Kansas City packing in
terests. After a three months honey
moon, which included trips in special
trains and the occupancy of a palace
in Italy, the pair returned to Kansas
City and purchased one of the finest
homes in the city.
Cudahy is a member of all the lead
ing clubs. For a time he kept many
fine horses. After an injury sustain
ed while playing polo he sold his stable
and took up motoring
The Cudahys have five children.
Victim is a Bachelor.
Lillis is a bachelor, At years old. He
Is manager of the Western Exchange
bank and prominent socially. He is a
belongs and the two have Oft
en- been seen together in the club
rooms.
Mrs. Cudahy Says Rumors Are Mon
strous and Untrue.
Mrs Cudaily was found tonight at
her home, extremely nervous. She says
she is going to bear up as best she can
as she is positive that in time she will
be vindicated.
'T can say nothing now but that the
stories which have been told about me
are distorted and untrue" sc said. "T
M raj yad wit ms at nd
they say this is no time for me to
make a detailed statement. In justice
to me and my children, don't believe
word of what is said. The stories are
absolutely untrue"
Friends who called at the Cudahy
residence today were told by a maid ,
hat her mistress was not at hcme to
callers.
According to attaches of the house, |
Mr. Cudahy had not been at home to-
lay
Police Searching for Chauffeur.
Police are searching for John Moss, |
nome is closed and none of his family |
has been found
Doctors Warned Not to Talk About Ma |
ture of Wounds
Physicians who attended Mr. Lillis /
lave been warned to say nothing about /
he nature of his injuries.
An inferno at the hospital is au-
is has deep cut on each cheek and a /
:Irt on his forehead. His most severe /
wound is said to be in the left leg,
where the blade of the knife is reported |
o have Srazed the bone. On each hip /
here is a deep flesh wound, and one |
tut was inflicted on the left arm. Mr..
-illts is reported to be resting easily.
All Demands of Bethlehem Steel Co.
Strikers Refused.
Bethlehem. Pa, March 6.-President
Charles NJ. Schwab Of the Bethlehem
Steel company refused all the demands |
# the striking steel workers today. In
tead of sending a reply to the execu-
i've committee of the strikers, he had
lis decision published in special edi-
ion Of a local newspaper.
VesuvIus Suddenly Becomes Active.
Naples, March 6.-Vesuv1us has sud-
Ienly become active again. There has
,een continuous eruption for the
'ast twenty-four hours of red hot