Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-17
WORD FROM PAT GROVE
Suspected Abductor Of Eddie Cud-
ahy Wants to Surrender.
ASKS SMALL sAil. DURING TRIAL

IN Remarkable Letter TO orIai1si' 8
Chiet OF Police He Eaiculeg ~
tempts Of Detectives to Capture Him.
Fought With Beers In South Africa.
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 14.-Chief of Po-
lice John J. Donohue yesterday recetv-
ed letter from Pat Grove, naming
the terms on which he will surrender.
The letter came in care Of an Omaha
newspaper, in which it is published,
and covers Is closely written pages
of manuscript. The post mark is il
legible, but the letter was mailed at
5 o'clock in the morning and reached
this city at o'clock in the evening
of the same day, indicating that it had
not travelled a long distance. In the
letter Grove agrees to give himself
up at once and stand trial for the kid
mapping of Eddie Cudahy, provided he
shall not be locked up until a jury
shall adjudge him guilty. He says he
is unable to furnish bond in excess
of $500, and demands that bail be fixed
in that sum.
Chief Donahue,, when asked his opin-
ion of the genuneness Of the letter,
expressed himself as quite satisfied
that it came from Grove. Donahue
has known Grove for several years,
is acquainted with his manner, hand
writing and style of speech. The chief
also received yesterday letter from
Groves uncle in Manchester, Iowa,
submitting similar terms for Groves
surrender, which lead the police to be-
lieve that they are dealing with the
right man.
Groves Proposition.
Groves letter TO Chief Donahue
begins:
Nearly a year has passed by since
l was accused of the Cudahy kidnap-
ping. A large reward was offered and
plenty of time has been given for the
police and detectives to have made
me prisoner. So far they have failed
to do it.
Grove then takes the detective agen-
cies to task, defying them to attempt
his arrest. and continues:
Now Mr.. Donahue let me tell you
all / want is justice. fair trial by
IL men, citizens of Douglass county,
Nebraska. Not by Herod or any of
his kind. Their God is gold and with
that power they rule the world.
'Donahue, all ask is a square deal.
Grant my request and | will give my
self up.
Mr. Cudahy has known me for 13
years. He now believes me guilty.
nevertheless l think he will give me
a fair trial, as all he wants is the
public to know the truth.
He then expresses confidence that
the county attorney and sheriff will
give him a fair trial and says he has
known Governor Savage ever since he
was a barefooted boy on farm in
Iowa, and says the governor has den-
titled him at the banks in South Omaha
when Grove was in business there.
The letter expresses regret that he
has fallen into i'll repute and then lays
down the conditions of his surrender
as follows:
Now, Mr.. Donahue, will give my
self up to you if you will promise me
upon your word of honor that l will
not be locked up until the jury says
guilty And if the jury says that 1
will take my punishment like a man,
without a murmer.
Il can give bond for $500 and that
is all. If the court will not accept
that, l am a fugitive from injustice.
Your answer to this must bear the
signatures of Edward Cudahy, Cover
nor Savage, Sheriff John Power, At
torney Shields, Chief j. J. Donahue,
and the judge that fixes that bond.
''Mr. Donahue, l want you to under
stand that am not afraid of the COM
bined wealth of all the Cudahys on
earth, and the united efforts of all
the scrub detectives that their money
can hire. The man that tries to pinch
me will bite the dust. for / am ready
TO die in the mix. l will not be
kangarood.
you say it is your business to deal
out justice. l will take you at your
word. Give me square deal. Leave
1t to a jury Of IL citizens
Chief l ask but I do not expect
to get Justice. There is someone who
wants TO put me away and know
the God of gold"
Fought In South Africa.
The letter then states that the chief
would not know him. that he weighs
200 pounds and that he is looking fine.
He has been in South America and
Africa fighting with the Beers. and
expresses his disgust with Great Bri-
tain and his sympathy for the Beers.
He closes the main part Of his letter
by saying that he regrets that Mr..
Cudahy should suspect him OF kid
mapping the boy. and hoping soon to
receive reply from the chief which
he directs should be made through a
local paper.
Thic ;c otr !,