Show KANSAS CITY HAS SCANDAl Millionaire Cudahy Coming Coining Home Unexpectedly Said to Have Found Pound Jere J ere Lillis Lulls There and Assault Alleged VICTIM IS BADLY Y CUT ABOUT FACE AND BODY Rolice Summoned by Womans I 1 Screams Over Telephone Find Clubman Bound Hand and Foot Partially Nude ALLEGED ALLEGE ASSAILANT GONE Kansas City Cit Mo March 6 Finding Jere Jera F Lulls Lillis a millionaire local banker i in his home borne when he arrived unexpected unexpectedly II ly at an early hour bour today John P Cud Cudahy Cudahy Cudahy a wealthy packer and son of Michael Cudahy the Chicago millionaire Is alleged to have committed an assault upon the theman theman theman man which led to tt t his arrest on a charge of disturbing the peace He was released I Ion on a bond and cannot be found Lulls Lillis Is in St Marys hospital His con condition condition is said to be critical Cuts said to have been inflicted with a knife are on his face limbs and one arm ann The cuts have been made in crisscross fashion If ho lie recovers he will be disfigured for tor life Ufe It is averred by physicians Before cutting Lulls Lillis Cudahy Is said to have bound Lulls Lillis with a strong rope One of or was present nt Neighbors heard Lulls Lillis screaming and groaning in the Cudahy home and they called the Westport police station It was a woman who called caned Her identity has not been b n established Man Ian Is being murde d In the Cudahy home send an officer there at once she screamed Blood on Hands Ten minutes later Patrolman Brian Un rn Underwood Underwood derwood hurried to the Cudahy home which Is at and Walnut streets str ets In the most fashionable residence section of the city The front door was open so ao he did not ring the door bell Stepping into the hall ball he heard screams Then came groans and cries lor tor mercy merc Underwood followed the sound and pushed open a door and entered cau cautiously Three men were in the room Pros Prostrate Prostrate Prostrate on the floor lay Lillis half nude and bound with a rope His lower limbs were wore bare Above him stood Cudahy He was In correct comet evening dress except that he wore no coat His sleeves were rolled up Blood was on his hla hands At his side Elide stood a chaffeur garbed In regulation leather cap eap and duster as though he had come Into the house after A hurried call cail calland calland and a run with Ith his machine None Kone of QC the men noticed Underwood L groaned and tugged feebly at the cords that bound him j id 1 he e pleaded Cudahy Cud h did not answer 1 Says Lillis Lulls Ruined Home over to the trio Underwood ad ado addressed addressed dressed d Cudahy udah What hat does oes this mean he queried Hes ruined my home Hes ruined my home said Cudahy turning to the officer and making no attempt at re resistance resistance You YO are under arrest said the officer All GAll right Ill go with With you but let me call my m attorney before you take me to the station replied Cudahy calmly Call your attorney and Ill get an am ambulance for this alan nian said the police policeman policeman policeman man Who Is he heIts heIts Its ls Jere Little Lillis Cudahy said over his shoulder as he walked toward a tele telephone telephone I phone pone After seeing that Lillta IAma had been started I Ito to a hospital the policeman took Cudahy I to the police station statton packer gave a cash bond and was released relea d From the beginning to the end of ot the affair Mrs Cudahy was not In evidence Attempts to reach her today have hae proved futile friends admit the gen general general eral etal facts In the case but are unwilling to go into details Both oth Are Prominent Since marriage to Miss Edna Cowin who was a society belle of ot Oma Omaha Omaha Omaha ha on December rember 28 1839 1699 the family has been prominent here On the day of the marriage father made him man manager manager ager of ot his Kansas City interests After a three months honeymoon which in included Included eluded trips on special trains and the oc occupancy occupancy occupancy of a palace in Italy tab the couple returned here and purchased one of the finest homes In the city Society readily received them They rhey rent rented d a box at each theatre b by the year yeat Is a member of ot the Country o Kansas City CIt Elm Ridge Hunt and Polo clubs For a time he kept many man manOne One fi horses borses Following an injury sus sue sustained i tamed while playing polo lOlo he sold his stables and took up motoring The have five children Lulls Is ia a bachelor bac elor 47 years ars old He Is manager of the tile Western Exchange e bank and prominent socially He lie holds mem memberships members bers in Sp the Kansas Kans s City Country Evanston Golf and Elm Ridge Automo Automobile Automobile Automobile bile clubs Often he has been seen In club clubrooms rooms In company compau Says Say Stories Untrue I can cn say nothing now but that the tue stories that have been b en told about me me are are distorted nn t ald Mrs Time Ibn will bring u the real truth In justice to me and my in children dont dori t believe a word wort of what is Js being said The Tue stories tore ure absolutely untrue Friends who called at atU the Cudahy rest resi residence dence today were toW toli toi bred bW a ant malt malU la I that her mistress was wa J not it Jit at home to tD callers The Th maid was an eyewitness to a part i of the affair She Sho heard beard the Ille screams anji tind moans of LUUs LUlls and went downstairs to Investigate WhIt Wh she what was Y s happening she ran back her room and was not present when the Ute arrest was V s made madeI 1 I cant tell everything that happened ned because I 1 was tras wasso so excited and also because Continued on Page Nine KANSAS CITY HAS SCANDAl Continued from Page One I i did not stay downstairs long she he said I 1 do d know however howver that tat no noone noone noone one had any part in the trouble but Mr Cudahy Mr Lillis Lii and the chaffeur According to attaches of the house house Mr Cudahy has not been ben at home today His attorneys refuse refus to say where be he is Although they acknowledge that they his whereabouts Police Polee Seek Chauffeur It I is said Cudahy has left the city and ad wi will remain away for several days das Police are nr searching sarching for John Moss the I chauffeur chaUffeur who was present It I Is ru rumored rumored mored that ho was hurried out of ot the oily aUy Physicians who attended Mr Lulls Lillis LUls have been bean b n warned to say sy nothing about the nature of ot his Injuries He lie is in one of ot the handsomest suites in the hospital A careful guard is kept over his room to toso so ec that none enters without his personal permission An at the hospital is I authority for or tho the statement that Mr Lulls Lillis Liis has ha a I depp cut on each cheek and a cut on his hla forehead His most serious wound is said mid ld to t be b In the te left lef leg where the blade of tho the knife Is reported to have grazed the bone On each hip there ther is a deep flesh wound and one cut was wa inflicted on tho the left lef arm according to the tho Mr tRite Lillis LUls is reported to be bo resting easy That Tat LUlls Lillis LUls will wi recover there thero is no doubt Ho Is an athletic man more than six Ix feet tall tan and strongly built buit For many L years he lie has taken an active part in all al sorts orts of outdoor sports here His ability as s a n golfer Is well voll wol known At different tes he has participated In golf meets mets r the country t jy b jj Were Intimate Friends several years yearn Lillis has been an In ft c d i several ear Liis ben 1 alue e te of the Cudahy family He HeT iii e T been at almost every ever social affair I te heir place pace until recently recent It I was re ro sto a few months lg ago that Lillis Ills and D had had a a misunderstanding Many rumors were rife at that time but they faded away awa and aad ant it I was generally general I accepted they were were without foundation Explanation of tho the small smal bond required of Cudahy udah given by polIce court officials is that Lillis Llis has ha preferred no charge against him so far and they thoy do not feel fel like making malting any other accusation than Ulan disturbing the peace on their own re responsibility It I is generally gene rai understood Lulls Lillis LUls will Wi not prosecute Cudahy BO so s the I lease case may mY be dismissed with wih a small smal fine I Policeman t I d will wi be b a complain complaining ing mg witness at the hearing |