The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-27
Omaha Detectives Confident They
Have the Suspected kidnaprr
in Close Quarters.
ATTORNEYS HOME WATCHED.
Officers Are Guarding Every Ave
me of Escape. and if Grove Is
in -. Joseph, lie Can
Hardly Get Away.

Eff'i Ei.i'' SPECIAL.
81. Joseph. Mo. Dec. cG-Threr detectives
from omaha arrived in -. Joseph thus
. afternoon To assi<, in the search that =
heing made here for Pat Grove. supposed
10 have been implicated IN th. Cudahy alb
ductiou case. Two detectives cam" here
from Omaha several days ago and are still
here. The Omaha officers Were in confer
ence with the local police detectives during
the greater part OF the afternoon. ana
while they give out nothing for puhlicn-
iIon. admit that they believe Crow" il here
1t is evident that chief Donahue of Omaha
is Of the same opinion or the three addi-
tional men would not have been sent here.
The officers claim TO have positive in:orma-
tion that Grove is being secret.d at The
home OF q prominent attorney here ana are
watching the house closely. lest he should
escape. They do not want 10 arrest MN
there. as they fear they would lose the prs
oner by habeas corpus proceedings ih'F
are watching for a chance 10 spirit their
man away.
Had Long Talk with Grove.
Omaha, Nch, Dec. 26-There have beer
no new developments in the tudahy kidnaP-
ing case during the last twenty-four hours,
80 far as concern the movements or the
| bandits in this city and South Omaha. The
mystery OF finding the pony at Pacihc
Junction, Ia. twenty miles south of pma-
Ina. has not yet been cleared up, those ,5 try5
| ing 10 identify the pony as the one hseu
10y the kidnapers being unable To decide
whether or not it WAS the same animal.
| The police. however. are inclined to the
belief that there Is considerable Importance
| in the report coming from ST. Joseph. Nc.
| stating that Pat Grove had been seen there
| as late as Monday. and Chief Of Police
| Donahue is now investigating that report.
| Should il prove true the Chief thinks it
| probable that Grove is now in that vicinity.
| There has been no real evidence adduced
| that Grove was In any way connected with
| the kidnapping. but the CHIEF thinks his past
record and his actions since the Cudahy
! event. of which the detectives and other
| officers are now pretty We'll acquainted. are
very strong reasons for securing his arrest
and detention. and are vigorously prose-
| cutliS the search for him.
1t is now known that Pat Grove was
| seen In South Omaha scarcely twenty hours
| before the abduction of Eddie Cudahy. On
| Monday night. December Il. a weil-known
| citizen of South Omaha conyersed with him
| for nearly. an hour. Pat was in a reminis-
| cent mood, and recalled some of the chief
| adventures of his picturesque career. Just
| before they parted Pat was questioned con-
| replied:
| oh. have something big on; you'n hear
At the time this was viewed as an idle
| boast. for Grove is boastful he is
daring. But a few days later the acqua int
4 ance who spoke with him that night had
good reason to recall those words.
Hitherto Pat has been brought no closer
| to the abduction than the saturday niSht
World-H Herald Mrs. Grove admitted that
her husband was in South Omaha on Satur-
day. The man who saw him on Monday
| night states that he has withheld this in
| formation. fearing that 1t 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 frequently seen I'm Omaha
and South Omaha. and those who knew
him wondered where he made his home
little knowing that Pat had turned A dairy
man and was engaged in the innocent task
time. His employer was none other than
his own brother-in-law. a former street ear
conductor and saloonkeeper. who had his
place of business on Harmony street be-
fore he took TO dairying. This man is now
engaged in the dairy business at Albright,
just below South Omaha.
Last May Pat arrived the home of this
brother-in-law and said that he was willing
| to 60 to work. that he weary Of des-
tonest life. 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 Omaha until
| Just few days before the KIDNAPPING and
| the last time was late Monday night, De-
cember IL.
A search has been made in Albright for
| the buggy used by the abductors in their
operations. Several buggies answering tha
general description have been found through
the aid of b. K. Munshaw of Melrose Hill
Munshaw was taken by the police to a car
rlage factory and selected a buggy similar
| 10 the vehicle Of the abductors.
Working along his line the detectives d!s-
covered several bUggies in Albright and
Bellevue that looked very much like the one
Munshaw had picked out in the carriage
factory. The quest is still under way and
hopes are entertained Of locating the buggy
In or near Albright, Bellevue La Platte
Piattsmouth, Dossibly Pacific Junction
1t Is thought that if the owner can be
found, or the person from whom the alb
ductors bought the buggy. if they did buy
II. this Will go a long way TO clear up the
puzZling problem Of what the kidnapers did
with their equipment when they abandoned
their rendezvous fed from Melrose Hill
LOOKING FOR GROVE IN INDIANA.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Evansville. Ind. Dec. 2s.-Chief of Police
Cobbs to-day received a telegram from
| Chief Donahue of Omaha. Neb, asking him
to be on the lookout for Pat Grove who is
supposed to be one of the kidnapers Of
| young Cudahy at Omaha. Grove was i'm
| Evansville several years ago and is known
| here. He has relatives In this end Of the
State.