A Son From Arizona

A SON FROM ARIZONA

COMES ALL THE WY TO HAVE HIS FATHER ARRESTED.

How Eli F. Cuddaback Came to Part With His Property to Save Expense and His Troubles Since.

lt is not often that a son will travel across the continent from Arizona to Michigan to secure the arrest of a father. Yet such an event culminated Wednesday in the arrest of Eli F. Cuddaback, of 439 Spring st. , on complaint of his son Walter S. Cuddaback on the charge of sending threatening letters to his wife and his son who are living at Nogalles, Arizona. The son is a young man of about 25 or 28, and he brought the letters with him. The letters contain some vile language and threats of coming out to Arizona to shoot them unless they return some property and mortgages.

The trouble grows out of some property difficulty, Cuddaback was a switchman in the employ of the Ann Arbor road about three years ago when he was hurt and for a time it was thought that he would die. To save the expense of probating his property he deeded it over to his wife. Then he got well. But the wife kept the property including a large sum of money he had in the bank which she had transferred to her name. He was a saving man and an old soldier who drew $12 a month pension and had accumulated abont $6,000. He had considerable trouble with his wife over the matter and they separated. Before he went to Arizona they had a heated interview in a lawyers office at which he finally let her go with the property. Before they left he bid his wife and son farewell. To the son he wished good luck but turning to the wife he said. 'I never want to hear from yon again. I never want to see you again in this world and when you die, may hell be your doom." The sympathy of the neighbors seem to be with Cuddaback.

A warrant was issued for Cuddaback by Justice Duffy this morning on the complaint of the son. He was brought into court this afternoon and his examination set for Friday with bail fixed at $500. He was hunting for bail this afternoon.