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Show CUDAHY RETURNS UNEXPECTEDLY TO FIND A DESPCILER IN IS HOI Battle Follows in Which the Intruder, Nearly Naked, is Bound With a Rope and Then Disfigured for Life-Scandal in the High Society of Kansas City she came down stairs on hearing tho noise of the sci.ffle In the parlor Shu saw a man ntretchod out on the floor with a rope about his neck and about his chauffeur remained about the yard, stripped of clothing, she said. His bodv was bare from the tvalst down. Just as the maid arrived at the foot of the stairs. Moss, she says, was pulling on the rope about the neck of the man on the floor, and as soon as Moss saw her standing there he came and pointed a revolver In her face. She then, she sas. ran back to h?r I rcKim. Mr Cudaht had on Saturday evening, even-ing, the mnld said, signified his intention inten-tion of goinc down town to attend a political meeting. Mr Cudahy left the house, she declared, hut he and his chaffeur remaincr about the tard, both hating removed their shoes. Bryan I'ndertvood, the patrolman who responded to the call to the Cudahy Cud-ahy home, and who later accompanied Mr. Cudahy to the police stntlon. do dined to talk of the case today. I Frank F. Snow, acting chief o1. police, made public Underwood's report re-port as made to him. Underwood told of being called to the Cmlnny home at 12'T.u Sunday morning snd of finding find-ing JJllls. lyijig on thllCt. boijnd and wounded.- CucKihy explained Mills' condition, the .officer said, by Isaj ing hillis was an Intruder In the Cudahy home. Llllls was partly dt robed and a part .of his clothing waf ' lying on the floor near him. I Dr. Samuel Ay res. who reached tb house ahead of the ofucer. had said j that Lills was not dangerously In ured Kansas City, March 7. J. I'. CuH-hy, CuH-hy, the millionaire society leader and rU'o man, who early ycstcrJiv iiimii.-ir.g iiimii.-ir.g assaulte d .Kre' S. nils, bank president and club man ami former intimate Irlend of C'.idabt. will be .ii-reigned .ii-reigned In police court one week frmi i today on the charge. It was announced an-nounced last night th u Oulrihy would b? arraigned this morning, but. tl rejugh an agreement betw(rn hi; lawyers and the autlio.U'es the hearing hear-ing wns postponed lor one week. Frank Walsh. Cudahy's attorney, said this morning he did not know whether or not his client had left the cltv. 'T have no idea where Mr. Cudahv is." sold Mr. Walsh. No Information could be secured at at the Cudahy home at 1"0 East Thirty-sixth street Members of the fam 11 v refused to be seen and the ervalnts referred callers to their employer's attorneys. At Die Coates hotel, where Mr. Cudahy spent the greater part of yes-, terday, no information as to his whereabouts could be secured. Attendants at St. Mary's hospital, where Mr. LRUs was taken yesterday morning, stated today that the wounded wound-ed man was resting easily. - The prosecuting attorney announced an-nounced this morning that no state tvarrant had been issued for Cudahy. Extreme reticence was a marked characteristic of every one connected with the case today. Judge W. F. Johnson, attorney for Mr. Llllls. said he had not seen Mr. i I Llllls since last night. j "I called up the hospital on the telephone," said Judge Johnson, "and the attendant ?aid Mr. Llllls was resting rest-ing easy." "A statement from Mr. Lillis would be appreciated," suggested a newspaper newspa-per man. , 'T don't believe Mr. Llllls would care to make a statement, at least not now, " replied Judge Johnson, "in i fact, I don't believe he is in shape to talk much. He has a severe cut or bruise across his lips that makes It difficult fr him to speak. It was rumored early In t.h- day that Mr. Llllls had died of his Inuries, bui this proved untrue. At 11 o'clock he was reported by the hospital officials offi-cials to hive Improved. The exact ! nature of his wounds con'd not be learned, as neither his physkiio. th nurses, nor hospital physicians would discuss this phase of the case. In fact, every one connected with the C3se who could 1 e reached displayed a desire de-sire to dismiss the matter. I Henry Koe'nler, cashier of the Western Exchange bank, of which Mr. j LIUIs is president, said: "I believe the whole thing has boon exaggerated grossly, am quit sure Mr. Llllls' condition is not a: all re:l-ous." re:l-ous." It was stated Mr. l illis would not prosecute Mr. Cudahy. Assistant County Prosecutor .Tost said he was Investigating the case, but had not gono far enough Into It to be able to state what the attitude of the state would be. He said no formal for-mal complaint against Cudahy had been filed In the prosecutor's office Although newspaper men were unable un-able to obtain an audience with Mr. Cudahv. It was learned he had held a long conference with his attorneys at tho apartments of Alex New, his at torney. Frank P. Walsh is associated with Mr. New- in tho case, but he. too, tvas reticent. The two attorneys were found In Mr. Walsh's office, and when Mr. Walsh was asked for a statement he aid: "See Judge New. Ho Is Mr. Cudahy's Cud-ahy's attorney. Step right in to mv private office there and see him; I hate nothing to say about the case." Judge New tvas equally non-corn-municatl ve. "Yes, I am associated with Mr. Walsh in representing Mr. Cudahy." i;ald he. "but I have absolutely nothing noth-ing to say." "Will Mr. Cudahv make a statement state-ment about his trluble with Mr. I litis?" Mr. New was asked. "Mr. Cudahy will make no statement state-ment for publication," he replied. Mr. New said he old not know whether or not the sta' would issue a warrant for Mr. Cudahy's arrest. A srore of newspaper men sought Mrs Cudahy at ihe packer's palatial home In ihe South Side, in an attempt at-tempt to get a statement of the affair from her. Maid Saw the Stiugqle. John Moss, the Cudahy chauffeur, who was with Cudahy during the affair af-fair last 'night, was not to be found today. ' A maid was the only one who would appear at the Cndahy home In answer to rings at the door bell. She said she knew nothing of the whereabouts of Moss. The maid, tolling of the affair, said |