Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-03-08
L|LL|S WILL
NOT PROSECUTE
Mystery of His Cutting by
Avenging Husband Will
Remain Unsolved
BANKER IS RECOVERING NICELY
Both Families Refuse to Make
Statements for Publ
cation.

Kansas City, March S.-Jere F
l4lills, president of the Western Elk
change Bank, who was slashed with
knife by John p. Cudahy, the mil
lionaire packer at the Cudahy home
on Sunday morning, is not sufficient,
ly recovered today to be removed
from the hospital. His nurse said
however, that Mr.. Lillis' condition is
improved. The cuts on his face and
his body are healing nicely. The
definite announcement that Lillis will
not prefer formal charge against
Cudahy makes almost certain that fur.
ther details of the circumstances that
led up to the trouble will never be
made public. Both Cudahy and Lillis
firmly refuse to make a statement.
Mrs. Cudahy Innocent.
Mr.. Cudahy has taken apartments
at the Coates house, down town ho
tel. He refuses to say whether he
will return to his home
Efforts to locate John Moss, the
chauffeur who is believed by Mrs
Cudahy to have disclosed the presence
of Mr.. Lillis at the house, have proven
useless.
Into the arms of her father, Gen,
eral John C. Gown, of Omaha, an at,
torney of national reputation, Mrs
Cudahy rushed last night. The general
arrived here on an evening train and
went at once to the Cudahy home
where his daughter had been waiting
for him since Saturday morning, when
she telephoned for him to come at
once.
Briefly Mrs. Cudahy told her story
to her father. 1t was practically the
same she gave out in statment form
yesterday.
According to her story, she and Lii
lis had been automobile riding, re
turned home and were seated in tn.
,dbrary resting when Cudahy en-
tered.
General Gown was much affected
by his daughters story
my daughter is innocent" he said
firmly. 81 am as certain of that az
| am of the virtue of Jesus Christ.
Il regret exceedingly that Cudahy
was so cowardly as to say he ha:
ruined my home He did this for his
own protection. Why did he no
think of these dear children who mus
suffer from this untrue statement"
After a lengthy discussion with he
father tonight, Mrs. Cudahy an
nounced she would not institute di
vorce proceedings against her hus
band.
Mrs. Cudahy's Account of Sensationa
Assault.
Mrs. Cudahy was induced to maxi
statement. Mrs. Cudahy, in tellin!
of her husbands attack upon Mr.. Lii
lis, declared it was the elimination o
a long line of brutal treatment. Thi
last act, she said, would result in tn
separation of herself and husband.
Mrs. Cudahy was lying on a daven
port in her room as she made he
statement. One of her eyes was badl
swollen.
| This was done Saturday night" sh
said, "and have no desire to receiv
visitors today. 1t was terrible thin
that occurred. And it was all cause
by an automobile, new runabou
that Mr.. Lillis had just ordered"
Mrs. Cudahy then told the story Q
the attack. Her husband, she sale
attended by his chauffeur, Johan
Moss, had found Mr.. Lillis and Mrs
Cudahy at the Cudahy home.
''It was last Friday" said Mrs. Cue
ahy, "that Mr.. Lillis received his ne'
runabout. I had the first ride in tn
other one and I told Mr.. Lillis
wanted the first ride in this one.
"He said I should have it. I tol
Fem, our chauffeur, that day tha
Mr.. Lillis had gotten his new car an
that I was to have ride in it, Inc
dentally I remarked that Mr.. Cudah
was going out of town, down to Grail
field, Kan, believe, to look at som
cattle.
well Fem must have been bribe
by Mr.. Cudahy. l have always bee
good to that boy and Mr.. Cudahy wa
always fussing at him. That M
Cudahy's going out of town woul
have had anything to do with my ri
ing with Mr.. Lillis would be ridicu
Gus. Mr.. Cudahy often says he is g
ing out of town and then never goe
| He probably does that nine out of te
times.
Friday the car was unloaded an
in the afternoon we took a ride. Tt
weather was fine and we sped ovt
the rock roads. Saturday Mr.. Lill
said I should see the car tried OF
again. We went out Saturday afte