The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-22

city are evidenced in the plans they
laid. Close by the place where MI.
Cudahy was directed to leave the ran
som for his son the river approaches
the road, and it is supposed that the
men were on the watch for the mil
llonaire and saw his red light from
BOAT. AS soon as he had driven
away and they had satisfied them
selves that no others were lurking
near, they probably clambered up the
bank, obtained the sack of gold that
had been left for them, made their
way to the boat again and escaped
without leaving any tell tale foot
prints
This afternoon, absolutely no clue
to the identy of the men who
spirited the boy away had been found,
though the police have been working
necessarily on the matter ever since
it was first reported. Whether he will
be able to give the police any inform.
alton that will lead to the capture
of the outlaws who held him prisoner
over "a hours remains to be seen.
The boy says that he was seized
on the street by two men who told
him that he was fugitive from the
reform school and that they were dep
uty sheriffs from another county.
They placed him in a closed carriage
and threw baby skirt over his head.
They took him, according to his best
recollections, to lonely cabin west
OF South Omaha, there kept him a
prisoner until put in a hack and re.
turned 10 his home this morning. At
the cottage he was guarded by two
men and provided with sufficient food.
Later.
Omaha, Dec. 21.-The result of "a
hours work of the police Of this city
and half hundred detectives has
brought to light the location of the
house in which Edward Cudahy, Jr.,
was held prisoner for nearly two
days, before he was returned to his
home in the city at late hour We'd
nesday night. 1t is stated this morn
ing that Pat Grove, we'll known to
| local police circles is the man whom
the police suspect of being the leader
of the gang who abducted young Ed
ward Cudahy, on Tuesday night. The
officers in citizen clothing are looking
for Grove today, but SO far he has not
been arrested. The police and de-
tectives who are working on the mat
ter are inclined to believe that men
not well acquainted with the city and
surrounding country would not have
been able to manage the affair, as it
was carried out. For this reason
they are searching for several local
men who are know to bear hard
regulations and an extra force Of
Pinkertons arrived this morning, and
were put to work on the case. The
only clue they have to work on at
present is copy of the letter thrown
on the Cudahy's lawn naming what
hour the boy would be returned. The
original copy was returned with the
money, this being one of the consid-
erations demanded by the despera-
does. Mr.. Cudahy this morning con-
frmed the offer of reward of $685.
900, for the arrest of the abductors.
Young Edward Cudahy today stated
that the letter was hurled into the
yard by his abductors before they left
the neighborhod of his home. That
was Tuesday, December 18. This
has given rise to some curious spec.
ulation, for the letter was dated De-
cember 10, that is to say the following
day. It was Wednesday morning
that the letter was found in the front
yard. If the bandits wrote the letter
and threw it into the yard Tuesday
night, they dated it ahead. The let
ter was unsigned and the statement
that was made shortly after it's dis
covery, that it was signed "Jack," was
an error.