Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-21
FUNERAL FOR
JOHN CUDAHY
BEING PLANNED
Committed Suicide Because
of Failure to Negotiate
Loan. d"

rangements for John p. Jack"
Cudahy, son of the late Michael
Cudahy, internationally known meat
packer. and himself once manager of
the Cudahy Packing company of Kan
sas City, who committed suicide here
yesterday, were being perfected to-
day.
Cudahy's death, according to de-
tectives. resulted from his failure to
negotiate a loan Of $4,000 from a
Chicago bank.
The officers made public part of
deter signed by the vice president OF
the institution. reading:
I'VE do not want to carry a perma-
nent loan and unless your sister can
vouch for the loan Of $4,000 which
you ask for, we find it impossible to
grant your request"
The officers said Cudahy had re-
ceived from his sister, Clara. at Santa
Barbara, telegram reading:
Sorry, but find it impossible to do
what you ask"
Yesterday, it was declared, Cudahy
seemed his usual self.
About 1880 a. m. he was said to
have gone to his room in his resi-
dence in the Hollywood district
Early in the afternoon Mrs Cudahy
heard a shot and hurried to her hus-
bands room.
She found him dead, his head shat
tered from a gunshot wound. He lay
on a bed, shotgun close by. The
shoe and sock had been removed from
one foot and the detectives said he
had placed the muzzle of the weapon
in his mouth and pulled the trigger
with his toes.
Physicians said he had been suffer-
ing from nervous Affections for sew
eral months and lately had been TAX
ing treatment in a sanitarium.
The widow, Mrs. Edna Gown
General John Clay Gown of Omaha,
Neb., was said today to be in a state
of collapse. With her in the house
when Cudahy killed himself were two
of their four children, Anne Cudahy,
II, and Michael Ia, their only son.
Miss Mary Cudahy was away at the
time. The fourth child is Mrs. Percy
Fisher Brown of Pasadena, who was
married only fewsmo morashs xgo: y
Well Known in Kansas City.
Kansas City, Mo-. April 20.-The
marital difficulties of Jack Cudahy
who committed suicide in Los Ange-
les today and his wife. who was Miss
Edna Cowing, daughter Of General j
G.. Gown. of Omaha, Neb.. and
widely known in social circles, occu.
pied considerable interest during the
IA years the family lived in Kansas
City. The Cudahys left here in 1918
to make their home in California
Cudahy was general manager Of
his fathers packing plant here dur
ing the period of the family's Kansa:
City residence. He and his wife
were ma rried in Omaha December
%, 1899. On March 6. 1910. Cudah,
figured in a sensational episode. Po
10 no 1.,I l,~,
at an early hour by Mrs. Cudah,
found Jerc Lillis, local banker. ly
ing on the floor bound with rope!
and severely slashed Cudahy ant
his hauffeur were in the room. II
la statement to the police. Cudah!
said Lillis "had wrecked his home
lIillis recovered and Cudahy was no
prosecuted.
Separation is Announced.
Several days later relatives an
nounced a separation had taken plac
between the Cudahys. On August 90
1910, Mrs. Cudahy was granted a di
vorce. after she had appeared upo,
the witness stand and told of allege,
indignities suffered at the hands o
her husband. The decree provided
that she should receive $1,000
year during her lifetime from Mich
ael Cudahy father of Jack. and tina
trust fund of 100000 should b
set up by the elder Cudahy for tn
four children who were to divide tn
sum upon attaining majority. Tn
court also provided that the custod
of the children should go to Mr.. an
Mrs. Michael Cudahy.
Mrs. Jack Cudahy left Kansas Cit
several days later. ACCOMPANIED b
the children. In Chicago she an
nounced that the children had dis
appeared. A nationwide search fo
them was started.
Several months afterward it wa
announced they had been found in
Los Angeles convent. where. it wa
stated. they had been placed by Mr.!
Michael Cudahy. the grandmother.
Reconciled and Remarked.
In 1912 reports became preva1er
that the couple had become recon
ciled Those reports were followe
by an announcement that they woul
return to Kansas City and reope
their home. They were remarked d
Excelsior Springs Mo-. June 20. 1a1:
"a court decree shortly afterward sc
aside the original divorce order an
restored the custody of the childre
to their parents.
Cudahy during the time he live
here was active in club circles an
took part. in many sporting event!
He was especially interested in pol
and maintained a string OF polo por
les that was said to have. been on
of the finest in the country.
Local friends said tonight tina
nothing was known by them tha
might assist in establishing motiv
for his suicide today.
mx1E urArHER
Minnesota: Unsettled with
rain tonight and probably in