Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1902 — LIKE THE CUDAHY CASE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LIKE THE CUDAHY CASE.

Threat to Kidnap the Children of a - - PtlUhuim MllUnn n I rs, A case identical in many respects with the famous plot which resulted in the kidnaping of the young son of E. A. Cud-

ahy, the millionaire pork packer of Kansas City, is that which has caused not a little inconvenience and anxiety to the family of Alexander It. Peacock, former first vice-president and general sales agest of the Carnegie Company of Pittsburg. In the Cudahy case kid-

napers secured the millionaire’s son and before they delivered him up compelled the payment to them of $25,000 by tihe father. Mr. Peacock’s three children have not been abducted, but warning letters, telling that the children will be stolen and murdered unless $25,000 be left at a certain place, have caused the family to leave Tittsburg and locate at a New York hotel. The children consist of two sons, Grant, aged 14; Alexander, 10, and Irene, aged 2. The first threatening letter was received two months ago and resulted in the police being placed on the case. Several days later a second note was forthcoming. The shock was so great, Mrs. Peacock became ill and removal to New York was decided upon. The detectives profess to know who the would-be kidnapers are and say they are among the most dangerous criminals in the country. The steel trust hns announced that It will this year expend about $8,000,000 In Pittsburg and its vicinity in new plants and additions to and alteration* in old one*. The strike Of the tinners of Bt. Joseph, Mo., has been settled after three months by a compromise by wliich the men get 35 cents an hour instead of 3114 as heretofore. Two lines of steamships are to be established to ply between Spain and Mex* Ico in an effort to hold and extend Spanish trade with the Mexican republic.

A. R. PEACOCK.