The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-28
GROVE On IBE OCEAN
UBIQUITOUS OMAHA KIDNAPER
SAID TO BE OFF FOR
EUROPE
SAILED FROM PORT AT BOSTON
rs REPORTED TO HAVE GONE ON
THE WARREN LINER
MICHIGAN
THE OMAHA POLICE GIVE UP
Have Reached the Conclusion That
Their Man Is Not Hiding
Anywhere In That
Vicinity.
SAILED FROM PORT AT BsSTON
THE OMAHA POLICE GIVE UP

BOSTON, Dec 2Z-The Boston police
have evidence to indicate, they think,
that Pat Grove" aud the other man who
is wanted on charge of kidnapping young
Cudahy are on the Warren liner Michi-
gan, bound for Liverpool, and a cable
containing that information has b en- sent
to the Scotland Yard detectives, who will
be on the Liverpool docks when the steam
eT arrives.
Just before the Michigan sailed from
the Hoosac tunnel dock, last Saturday,
two men who acted so suspiciously as to
attract attention, and who answered the
descriptions of Grove and the other sup
posed kidnaper boardsd the steamer with
a large amount of baggage. The steamer
sailed in a very short time, but not be-
fore the word of the presence of the
strangers had been sent to police head
quarters.
a Nantasket Beach watchman has re-
ported to the police that he saw at the
beach a big stranger, dressed like a
Western cattleman, and carrying a big
old carpet bag. He asked for a bcat-
man to row him out to an outgoing
vessel, and said he would pay almost any
price for the service, for he was anxious
to board some vessel going to a foreign
port, he did not care where, so long as
it was a foreign port He answered the
y 4
as it has been sent out by the Omaha po-
lice. The watchman went to notify the
police, and when he returned the man
was gone.
NOT IN OMAHA.
OMAHA, Neb, Dec 27-All hope OF
capturing Pat Grove in this vicinity has
been abandoned, and the police and spe-
cia1 detectives on the case have now set
tied down to a systematic search of ev.-
dence on the clews now in their posses
sion. These clews are few, but may lead
to important discoveries. They began at
the beginning, and are now going over
the entire ground covered by the bandits
Tuesday and Wednesday night of last
week, in the hope that they will secure
missing links in the chain of evidence
gas stove on which the outlaws boiled
their dinners in Grover cottage and the
buggy used by them at various stages in
the case
Logically, st. Joseph, the police think,
is the last city in the Middle West that
Pat Grove would visit at such time as
this 1t is the last place the police would
have thought of visiting, and, knowing
this it might have furnished him a good
reason for going there. AS far as the po-
lice know, Grove has no relatives in or
near St Joseph, but it is WAs known he
has friends there.
Another development in the case is the
fact that the man who rented the cottage
on June 1 gave the name of J. L. Connor.
Grove has a brother-in-law named ]. f.
ConnOr, and those working on the mat
ter are more inclined to believe, in
view Of this fact, that Grove rented the
house.
ANOTHER CLUE.
An additional clue was found today in
connection with the kidnapping. In search
ing In the vicinity of the place where
the father of the abducted boy placed
the $4,000 in gold, which was to ransom
his son, was found a few rods west and
little to the south, an ordinary new
gunny sack with. no marks or brands
upon it.
The gunny sack was found by an oak
tree on the southwark side From this
location the abductors of the Cudahy
boy could have had an excellent view Of
the spot where the gold was placed by
Mr. Cudahy and yet he securely screened
by the clump Of bushes.
1t is presumed that the abductors
of young Cudahy placed the gunny sack
behind the tree, meaning to use it in
carrying 1T away, just as they intended
to use the pantaloon legs if the gold was
not brought to the place in a grain
sack The place was surrounded by bits
of broken pottery, which might have
been placed there by the abductors, or
might be a part of a jug broken while
the abductors were waiting for Mr..
Cudahy. number of the pieces are
still in the ground, but the handle
could not be found. Near the place
where Mr.. CIdahy placed the bag Of
gold is a slight depression. Near this
Is an oak tree and a clump of bushes.
Behind this a man could with perfect
safety have watched the approach of
Mr. Cudahy and have seen whether he
placed the gold by the side of the lam
tern The bandit would have been as
Eecurely hidden as if he was in the most
secluded spot on earth.
PLACE WELL CHOSEN.
To the south of the place where the
gold was deposited stretches away in
the distance 100 acres of timber land
cut up by draws and ravines. Alongside
of these draws are numerous SlumpS and
clumpS where could be hidden for the
time being part or all of the money Sc
cured from Mr.. Cudahy. That this is
q common impression is proved by the
numerous holes that have been dug
around the numerous stumps and clumps
in a vain search for the treasure The
men who planned the affair chose we'll
their place for the deal There is not a
house within a mile and the place where
lantern was hung as guide for Mr.. Cud-
ahy is hidden entirely from view until
the deep cut has been entered either
from the east or west.
One peculiar thing in connection with
the case was the marking of a fence
- board evidently recently, at the exact
spot where the money was placed, by a
large sized X.
The discovery of an undershirt-sleeve
around MeIrose Hill hotel has developed
an important clue in the opinion of the
police While 1T is from an ordinary
shirt, it discloses a feature that may
lead to the capture of one of the men.
The arm was sewn up in such manner
as to indicate that it was worn by a
one armed person. The sleeve is hardly
large enough to admit an arm but it
is large enough to admit a stump. The
sewing is done by piece of yarn and has
the appearance Of having been done for
some time, at least before the shirt
was laundered the last time. The theory
Launched by the police is that the sleeve
of the undershirt is part Of a garment
owned by a well known South Omaha
man, who has figured in several esca-
pades, and is now doing term in jail
1t is believed this sleeve was taken from
the home OF the young man and left in
Melrose Hill hotel.
HE IS ALSO IN LARAMIE.
DENVER, Col, Dec. 27-Detective
Detue, of this city, says he is positive