The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-07
Of Her Husbands Attack on
j. f. Lillis.
HE STRUCK HER FIRST
She Had Been Out Riding With
the Victim.
Ran Away as Soon as the TrOu.
BILE Began.
Saw Husband Using Knife on
the Man.


Kansas City, March This afternoon
Mrs. Cudahy was induced to make a
statement regarding the trouble be-
tween her husband and Jere r. Lillis
Mrs. Cudahy. in telling of her husbands
attack upon Mr.. Hills declared it was
the elimination of a long line of bru-
tai treatment. This last act, she said,
would result in the separation of her
self and husband.
Mrs. Cudahy was lying on a daven-
FORT in her room as she made her state
ment. One of her eyes was badly swol-
len.
This was dore 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. new runabout that
Mr.. Lillis had just ordered
Mrs. Cudahy then told the story OF
the attack. Her husband, she said, at
tended by his chauffeur, Johann Moss.
had found Mr.. Lillis and Mrs. Cudahy
at the Cudahy home.
ut was last Friday" said Mrs.
Cudahy, that Mr.. Lillis received his
new runabout. 1 had the first ride in
the other one and I told Mr.. Lillis
wanted the first ride in this one.
HE said I should have it. I told
Fem, our chauffeur. that day that Mr..
Lillis had gotten his new car and that
was to have ride in it. Incidentally
out of town. down to Grainfeld, Kan,
I believe. to look at some cattle.
Must Have Been Bribed.
f'WeI, Fem must have been bribed
by Mr.. Cudahy. I have always been
good to that boy and Mr.. Cudahy was
always fuSsing at him. That Mr.. Cud-
ahy's going out of town would have
anything to do with my riding with
Mr.. 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 ten times.
Friday the car was unloaded and
in the afternoon we took ride. The
weather was fine and we sped over the
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 and then went out. AS we went
out I said to Mack. the head waiter,
that he should see Lillis' new car.
Went Out Again.
1--WE went riding in the evening
again. When we came home Mr.. Lillis
was going to drive away when 1 asked
him to come into the house. We went
into the library down stairs and had
been talking only a few minutes when
ed him Mr.. Cudahy-'rushed into the
room. He must have come into the
house through the billiard room. He
was accompanied by Fem (Johann
Lillis and began beating him. Mr..
Cudahy had thing that he uses in the
car and he beat 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
1.-THE thing to which she had alluded
is an electric searchlight. 1t was eight
inches long and about the thickness of
a mans wrist.
THAT was what he hit me with
too said Mrs. Cudahy. "I ran as
soon as I saw they were beating Mr..
Lillis- I believed they would try to
kill him and I thought they would try
to kill me, too. They had a rope
with them when they came in and
both swore frightfully. I ran upstairs |
and stood screaming at the top of |
the stairs. Freda, the maid, came |
running with the other servants. She |
stood with her arms about me to |
protect me. They had finished tieing |
Mr.. Lillis by this time and Mr.. Cuda- |
ny came tearing upstairs. He struck
me over the head and in the left |
eye" Mrs. Cudahy raised her hand |
kerchief to the swollen eye-"and |
you see what he did,"
Both the lid and the skin inme-
diately under the lid were deep pur- |
pie.
Used Knife on Lilis.
Then he rushed down stairs |
again." Mrs. Cudahy went on, land |
then guess he began to use the knife |
on Mr.. Lillis. He must have had it |
with him, although I didn't see it |
when he came in. Freda ran down |
stairs and came up telling me they |
were cutting Mr.. Lillis. I cried muir |
der and ran to the telephone.
cit was I who called the police |
wouldn't you have done the same |
when it appeared that murder was be- |
ing committed? They kept on beating |
ing and cutting Mr.. Lillis Mr.. Cudahy /
would beat him awhile and the chauf-
feur would cry turn him over Then |
they would beat him some more.
"Freda was in the hall when Fem,
the chauffeur, rushed out again. He I
had a revolver in his hand. He point
ed it at her as she ran. He rushed up
stairs and shook his fist in my face.
I screamed. Let's kick the woman
OUT he cried, but Mr.. Cudahy was too /
busy beating Mr.. Lil1is downstairs to
pay any attention to him. He rushed |
downstairs again. Then the police