Arizona republican., 1921-04-21
SON OF INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN PACKER TAKES LIFE AFTER FAILING TO. NEGOTIATE S10,000 LOAN
Sick and Despondent Cudahy Shatters Head With Shot Cun Cudahys Gained Prominence Through Wild Escapades and Domestic Troubles Divorced In 1910 Couple Remarked In California In 1912
IRepuhIican A. P. Leased WIrel

LOS ANGELES. Cal, April 20.-- John H. (Jack) Cudahy, son of the late Michael Cudahy. internationally known meat packer of Kansas City, found dead today in his bedroom with his head shattered by a shotgun wound. committed suicide after fail Ing to negotiate a $10,000 loan with a Chicago bank, Detective Sergeant McNahan said tonight
 McNahan said Mrs Cudahy. the widow. told him her husband received a letter yesterday from an officer of the bank informing him that the loan could not be carried unless '.vouched for by another member of the Cud- Ahy family. Today. according to NcMahan. Cudahy received tele- gram from the relative in question declining to vouch for the loan.
 Mrs. Cudahy also said. according to McNahan. that her husband had been Respondent for some time. She which the tragedy occurred after the noise of the shot alarmed the household.
 The body was found in a bedroom 10 which Cudahy retired shortly after lunch today, according to statements made to the police. The position in which 1t was found indicated. in Vestigation shows, that Cudahy lay on the bed placed the muzzle Of the gun in his mouth and pulled the trig- ger with the toes of his right foot, from which the shoe and sock had been removed.
 Mrs. Cudahy and her four children were in another part of the house at the time
 The Cudahys recently moved to Hollywood from Pasadena. where they had made their home for sev- ersl years
 pr. L. ]. Huff. Los Angeles phy- eician. said tonight he had been at- tending Cudahy for about a month past for nervous disorders. accom- panied by insomnia Prior to that ,-lsrae. the doctor said, Cudahy was ir a sanitarium near Pasadena for sew eral weeks.
 Ten days ago the doctor said hs was called to a Los Angeles hotel where he found Cudahy was regis tered under an assumed name. H. was in highly nervous condition ana had taken, accidentally, the doctol said. an overdose of a compound containing poison Cudahy wen from the hotel to his home, the doc tor added.
 Reports of domestic trouble wer' denied tonight by persons closet, connected with the Cudahy family Srt was said Cudahy's absence iron $home was due entirely to his physica condition.
 Gained Prominence In 1910
 KANSAS CITY, Mo, April 20-Th marital difficulties of Jack Cudahy who committed suicide in Los An geles today, and his wife who wa Miss Edith Cowin, daughter of Ger '. c. Cowin of Omaha, Neb.. occu pied considerable interest during tn 14 years the family lived here. Tn Cudahys left in 1914 for California.
 Cudahy was general manage 0 his fathers packing plant here dur fng the family's residence in Kansa City. He was married in Omaha December 2s, 1899 On March { 1910. Cudahy figured in a sensations episode. Police summoned to ths Cudahy home late at night by Mrs Cudahy found Jere Billis, d local bank CT. lying on the floor bound wit ropes and severely slashed. Cudah and his chauffeur were in the room In a statement to the police Cudah said, that Lillis had wrecked hi home Lillis recovered and Cudah was not prosecuted.
 Separated from Wife
 Several days later relatives ar nounced a separation had taken plac between the Cudahys On August 2 1910. Mrs. Cudahy was granted a di vorce after she had testified of al ieyed indignities suffered at th
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