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with the coins at taverns in Omaha, and on March 21, they arrested him for robbing Cudahy Sr. of $ 25,000. When he went to trial, he did not face kidnapping charges; Nebraska had none that applied to the kidnapping of a 16-year-old within city limits. While that soon changed, it did not change
Callahan's trial, and on April 28, the jury found him not guilty of robbery. Another trial in November also found him not guilty.
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in 1919. The couple had three children and later divorced in 1942. His wife died several months after the divorce. In 1944, Cudahy married
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matched Cudahy's reward, and later in the month, a man named James
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Mr. Cudahy: We have kidnapped your child and demand $ 25,000 for his safe return. If you give us the money he will return as safe as when you last saw him, but if you refuse, we will put acid in his eyes and blind him... Get the money all in gold, 5, 10 and 20 (dollar) pieces... Get in your buggy
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neighborhood. As he walked home, a carriage pulled beside him and a man jumped out and grabbed him, pulling him inside. His father, the millionaire owner of the Cudahy
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Ross died of a broken heart, sorry that he allowed the detectives to dictate to him. Cudahy, you are up against it, and there is only one way out - give up the coin. Money we want and money we will get. If you don't give up...you can lead your boy blind the rest of your
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through the mail. Despite agreeing to turn himself in after negotiating the drop of the ransom in late 1901, Crowe never showed up. In the spring of 1905, he turned up in Omaha and gave an interview to a
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