World-Herald historian A detailed letter demanding a ransom and threatening the kidnapped boy with a terrible fate if the money was not paid was thrown in the the yard at the Cudahy mansion.

In 1911, the Cudahy headquarters moved to Chicago, and the following year the mansion was sold to Fred Nash and John Creighton, though Creighton did not live in the house. The mansion was razed in ...

With all sympathy against big money capitalists, a later editorial said that, particularly with the building of the mansion, Cudahy “had put on airs about himself and wanted to show his wealth ...