The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-12-28
WORKING ON
FIRST CLUE
OMAHA POLICE STILL BELIEVE
GROVE GUILTY.
had SOMETHING BIG ON
Suspicious Statement Made to New
" Found Witness Night
Before Abduction.

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Before Abduction.
Omaha, Dec. 26-lt is now known
that Pat Grove wal seen in South
Omaha scarcely 30 hours before the
abduction of Eddie Cudahy.
On Monday night, December II, a
well known citizen Of South Omaha
conversed with him for nearly an
hour. Pat was in a reminiscent mood
and recalled some Of tile chief adj
ventures of his picturesque career.
Just before they parted Pat was ques-
toned concerning his future plans and
laughingly replied: "Oh, l have m
thing big on. You'll hear from me
soon"
Hitherto Pat has been brought no
closer to the abduction than the Satur-
day night preceding that event. To a
reporter for the World Herald Mrs.
Grove admitted that her husband was
in South Omaha on Saturday. The
man who. saw him Monday night
states that he has withheld this in
formation, fearing that it might lead
to his own personal discomfort or even
injury.
The local habitation of Pat Grove
while in this vicinity has been more
or less Of a mystery. He was fire.
uuently seen in Omaha and South
Omaha and those who knew him won
dered where he made his home, little
knowing that Pat had turned dairy
man and was engaged in the innocent
task Of making butter and ebay at
the same time. His employer was
none other than his own brother-in-
law, a former street car conductor and
saloonkeeper, who had his place of
business on Harvey street before he
took to dairying. This man is now
engaged in the dairy business at Al
b ight, just below South Omaha.
Last May Pat arrived at the home of
this brother-in-law and said that he
Mas.wiIling to go to work; that he
was weary Of desperate adventures
and wanted honest work.
His brother-in-law and his sister
welcomed this determination of Pat
and set him to work. He remained
for several months and then went
away. But to the surprise Of his
sister he returned to the dairy and
again went to work. From that time
on he continued at the dairy until
shortly before the Cudahy abduction.
He was not seen often in South Oma-
ha until just a few days before the
kidnapping ana the last time was late
Monday night, December II.
Search has been made in Albright
FOR the buggy used by the abductors
in their operations. Several buggies
answering the general description
have been found through the aid Of
B. z. Munshaw, of Melrose Hill.
Mnnshaw was taken by the police to a
carriage factory end selected a buggy
similar to the vehicle Of the abductors.
Working along these lines the detec-
tives discovered several buggies in AL
bright and Bellevue, that looked very
much like the one Munshaw had
picked out in the carriage factory.
The quest is under way and hopes
are entertained Of locating the buggy
in or near Albright, Bellevue, La
Platte, P~lattsmouth or Pacific juno
tion. It is thought that if the owner
can be found or person from whom
the abductors bought the buggy, if
they did buy it, this will go a long
way to clear up the puzzling problem
of what the kidnappers did with their
equipment when they abandoned their
rendezvous and fed from Melrose Hill.
The police are inclined to the belief
that there is considerable Importance
in the report coming from st. Joseph,
No., stating that Pat Grove has been
seen there as late as Monday, and
Chief of Police Donahue is now inves-
tigating the report. Should it prove
true, the chief thinks it fprobable that
Grove is in that vicinity.
There has been no real evidence ad-
duced that Grove was in any way
connected with the kidnapping, but
the chief thinks his past record and
his actions since the Cudahy event,
with which the detectives and other
officers are now pretty well %acquaint-
ed, are very strong reasons for secur-
ing his arrest and detention, and are
vigorously prosecuting the saerch for
him.
GEAR FULLY RECOVERED.
st. Petersburg, Dec. 26-The Rus