The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-25
THE CUDAHT KIDNAPPING
Omaha Police Confident eff Catch
ing She cOnspiratOrs.
Chief Bonahue Begins work Early
on the Case, and Asserts That VAL
nabIe Clues Have Been Obtained.
Father OF fhe Abducted Roy Ex-
pected TO oner Big Reward.

OMAHA, Neb., Dec. &-ehief Dona-
hue. when be came to his Office earlier
than usual today. in discussing the kid
naping case OF Edward Cndahy, ir.. OBJ
served
q think we are getting hotter clues
every moment. We were disappointed in
the horse incident at Pacific Junction,
but we are following some warm leads.
Where Pat Grove IS doa't know. OF
course We are also trying to locate the
Deyine woman. She is SO peculiarly
marked that she can scarcely escape and
It is certain that If Mr.. Cudaby is IN
| dueea to cfer large specific reward for
! these crooks their companions viii be-
tray them.
Il know ] am blamed by the police in
other sections for permitting M Cudahy
TO deliver that sum of money where the
bandits indicated without~ making an ef-
.ort to have him followed, but I merely
followed his Instructions He assod me
10 keep on. and admitted that he pro-
posed TO pay the money. for ne said he
wanted to get his boy the quickest possi-
bic way.
4 think I could have put two good men
on bicycles. with orders 10 keep a half
mile behind the Cudahy carriage, and
when they ot-teEyea him place the money
on the ground and depart. the detectives
could have closed in slowly, and. no mat
ter how alert the thieves we're. they could
have caught Them red-handed. buS this
would not have brought young Cudaky
back ard that was what his father wanted
could have thsown 2 cer.fon of officers
around the spot where the money vas to
be deposited and thus caught the nlen, but
! that still would have left the place OF the
boys concealment mystery and that
would not suit Ar. Cudahy. It wss his
moRsy and il vas his boy whose life and
e.-7s we're in jeopardy and I felt that he
ought to be permitted to have his way. It
is one thing to have another mans child
in danger and another thing to have your
own. / did not think the boy was in dan
ger from the thieves il spite OF their
hIood-curdiing threats, but there is 10
telling what The bandits would have done
Il they had been thwarted-"
The detectives started out the search
Tor the cs.sehy kidnaPers Christmas
morning with a slight setback The bay
/ pony wfth The white star on the head.
which was abandoned by a man at Pa
eife function Saturday morning ard
which was positively identified as the
pony that Pat Grove escaped from 0ms-
ha On with the s25 Geo il gold. proved,
after all. 10 be the wrong animal.
Young C1ynn, OF Omaha, who vas in
the livery stable when tie man rode the
horse up last Wednesday morning aad
telephoned the cudahy house. went down
to Pacific Junction last night and found
the horse was not the bandits animal.
To make ii more certain. during the
night the horse was called for by
drunken farmer boy, who had left it
there. He had taken the train for the
first station south. and had re-
sembied Pat Crowe. Mr. Gudahy did Bot
ofTeF the reward for PIT Grove today as
/ he promised He finally deferred action
until tomorrow
CHICAGO, Dec 2s.-Pet Groves broth
er, s a Grove, OF Chicago. is convinced
that Pat is the principal in the Cgdahy
! kidnapping case. and says that the disap-
pearanee Of his brother is most esneiu-
siye evidence that Pat is guilty
4 stiIl hate TO believe Pat would be
guilty of such thing as kidnapping Gu
dahy's sen, said Grove yesterday. but
I am ready 70 admit he seems 10 be the
most likely person The strongest eyi-
I deuee against him. in my opinion. is that
he has failed TO show up since his name
has been conneetea with it, If he did not
do it, he would be certain to telegraph
! Cadahy where he is and that, If ,fHcers
wanted him, they could get him. Thai
would put an eni to it ss far as ERdahy
is concerned, and Pat would not be both
cred
'.Then. again, the word Of Chief of Po-
lice Donahue Of Omaha goes long way
with me, and he thinks il was Pat. There
is only enc possibility in his favor He
msy have been in hook somewhere else
in the country and unable u make his
whereabouts knr@n II that is the case.
he, Of course, ..flI be able to prove an
alibi when be gets out. If Pat committed
the crime, I hope he viii get the sxirene
penalty of the law and that he viii be
put where he belongs and stay there.