Omaha daily bee., 1921-04-22

wife momentarily lett his side short
~ before noon Wednesday, and
while she was in the bathroom Cud-
ahy secured the shotgun.
A check on Cudahy's recent ac-
t;vities revealed that he had wired
officials of the Northern Trust conf
pany of Chicago asking for loan
of $4,000. He received a letter in
reply in which the trust company
informed him they could not carry
i long-term loan without the con-
sent of his sister, Clara. The Off
Gals suggested that he write them a
letter fully explaining the details OF
the desired loan and also requested
his sister 10 get into touch with
them for. reference.
That Cudahy was in severe tinan-
eial straits and was attempting 10
remedy this condition was disclosed
by messages sent by him to Sheldon
Clark of III West Washington
street. Chicago, indicating that he
was dickcring on a motion picture
proposition. Documents and letters
expected to throw further light on
the cause of suicide were turned
over to the coroner's Office by detec-
tives detailed on the case. Cudahy
has been residing at the Hollywood
address for about SIX weeks and dur
ing most OF that time had been
moody and subject to protractcd
spells of melancholia, according t.
friends.
About 1880 a. m. Wednesday. he
was said to have. gone, to his room
in the house in the Hollywood dis
trict of Los Angeles, where he and
his family made their home.
Early in the afternoon Mrs.
Cudahy heard shot and hurried to
her husbands room where she found
him dead.
Widow Is Proserated.
The widow, Mrs. Edna Gown
Cudahy, who was the daughter of
Gen. 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.
Anna Cudahy, II. and Michael
Cudahy. H. their only son. Miss
Marie Cudahy was away from the
home at the time. The fourth child
is Mrs. Percy Fisher Browne of
Pasadena, who was married only
few months ago.
In connection with the financial
and physical troubles which were
believed by officials and friends
alike to have been the immediate
cause of the suicide, a number Of
court actions in which Cudahy fig
urcd were recalled today.
For several weeks prior to March
2l, of this year. Cudahy was at
Pasadena hotel. attended by neurolo-
gists. Then he came to hotel in
Los Angeles and registered under
all assumed name, it was said. On
April Is, back again at his Holly
wood home, according to DR.. L. J.
Huff, who attended him, he took
poison. DR.. Huff found Cudahy i'll,
but apparently his system was free
from poison, the physician said. Cuda-
.hy told DR.. Huff, the latter stated to
the police, he had tried to kill himself
but declined to give reasons.
Why Cudahy lived at hotel under
a name other than his own was not
known. Friends suggested it might
have been in line with a complaint
he once made that he ''never could
do anything like other men,.
IF I tip a waiter" they quoted
him, 1t is Immediately circulated
| am giving away Sl00 bills"
IF l buy a piece of jewelry, it is
heralded from coast to coast.
1T / am seen at race track, | am
always betting wildly"
In 1915, he disappeared for time.
Friends and relatives conducted a.
search which ended when He was
found. calmly reading a magazine
in his Pasadena home.