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Denver, Colo., April 17.—H. C. Hen derson, in jail in Dallas,Texas, charged with complicity in the kidnap ing of young Cudahy from the home of his multi-millionaire father in Omaha, has made a “confession” dis closing alleged plans to kidnap little Frances McClurg, the granddaughter of millionaire David H. Moffat. First, Henderson and his four con federates, according to his story, planned to kidnap Mr. Moffat, but con cluded that if they kidnaped Mr. Mof fat himself it would be difficult to ne gotiate with safety for the payment of the ransom money, while if they held some relative Mr.Moffat was very fond of they could negotiate with him direct and get a large sum of money comparatively easy. Finally, Henderson's very improbable confession says, it was decided that Mr. Moffat was very fond of his little granddaughter, Frances McClurg, in fact the child was a strong favorite in his affections. The five plotters deter mined, so Henderson told Attorney Shields, to steal the child and keep her concealed near Denver until Mr. Mof fat should pay a ransom of $50,000, if he could stand that much, but he should not be let off with less than $25,000. A cottage was rented near Denver and one of the plotters and his wife moved into it. The cottage was occu pied for several weeks and the plans to kidnap the girl proceeded. The wife of the cottage renter protested against the proposed kidnaping and caused several ugly incidents among the party and deferred their plan from time to time. Finally, one of the plotters re ported that Investigations had devel oped unfavorably from a financial standpoint. It would be unsafe to take any money except gold from Mr. Moffat. Pane or paper collat eral, if collected from Mr. Moffat, might be marked and lead to the be trayal of those holding it. The ability to raise $50,000 in gold on the part of Mr. Moffat was doubted, and the plan had been so long in ma turing that it was doubtful if it could be further pursued with safety. The result was that the Colorado kidnap ing scheme was abandoned, and later a plan similar in its essential details was worked by a portion of the plot ters on the Cudahy family in Omaha. The doubt of the plotters as to Mr. Moffat's ability to raise $50,000 in gold is very amusing and stamps the whole yarn as a wild invention of Hender son's.
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Walden North Park Union
Walden, Colorado, US
Fri, Apr 26, 1901
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