National Response
Paying the kidnappers fueled a national debate. The San Francisco Examiner condemned the action, editorializing that, "Mr. Cudahy had acted as a bad citizen because it will encourage others." The Omaha Bee noted that Cudahy spoke in a "nonchalant tone" about paying the $25,000, as though he "had just dropped a nickel down a cellar grating."
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