Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-01-03
PAT GROVE THE MAN
He Rented the House in Which
Young Cudahy Was lnpris-
oned by the Kidnapers.
MAN WHO KNOWS HIM SAYS so
Saw Him Renting the House-Cudahy
Receives Another Letter Com
tainIng Viliainous Threats.

Omaha. Neb. Dec 31-Iohn Smith.
a broommaker employed by tie
Schneiderwind broom factory, has pos
itiycly identified Pat Grove as the
man who, in his presence, rented the
Schnciderwind house on Grover street,
vii. j was used as Il prison Tor Edd
CuGahy Whie Ie was being detained
for tie So 900 ransom. This is lie
frs. positive personal recognition If
any OF tle bandits and establishes tie
most important point Vet developed IN
the case. When asked to identify The
picture Of Fat Grove in connect on
with thc case, Smith said: on
need not show me any picture. / know
that man. It was Pat Grove. | could
have told any police officer the same
thing had he called upon me. | WAS
busy ut the broom machine when Pat
Grove called TO rent the house, and
paid no attention to him during his
talk with Mrs. Schneiderwind. Then
| thought | recognized the voice and
stopped my machine long enough to
get a good look at him. saw at
glance that the man was none other
that PAT Grove. a man whom ] have
known for ten years. | am as posi-
y
as I would be Of my own brother"
Another Threat for Cudhhy.
TIE foregoing is in important de
velopment. Int not more 50 than a fact
that was announced Saturday n'ght-
no less a one than that the miscreants
who stole The hoy have again commun-
ieated with CHdahy hy letter and again
Threatened him. The letter refers TO
the failure Of the police to get any
thing like q Tangible clew as to the
identity of the kidnapers, SCOTS Mt the
idea Of Pat Grove being one Of them
mer.ions the case with which he first
job was pulled off" and concludes ny
saying that if Cudahy is rs -wise as he
showed himself in the first instance
he will comply with the request and
withdraw the rewards at once. This
letter IS written in pen and ink on
the same kind Of yellow paper as the
first, ana evidently by the same person
Found in the Front Yard.
1t was found by servant Of the
Cudahy household early on the morn
ing of Thursday, Dec 81. Some one
called MP the house by telephone and
asked if Cudahy was in. The servant
answered that he was not.
well. came the voice over the
phone. won go out in the front yard
and YOU Will find letter there near
the gate. IFS addressed to Mr.. Cuda
n.y. See that it's delivered to him per-
Sonally and to no one else"
The servant Went out at once and
found n letter. Il was in plain white
envelope. and was addressed: Mr.. +.
A. Cudahy. Sr.. Personal and Private"
Cudahy win Take His chance.
Cudahy. who was then mt his pack
ing house. was summoned home at
once No one was permitted to see
the letter at first except Mr.. and Mrs.
Cudahy. Cudahy's intention ut the
time was to keep its contents to him
self. rs the bandits had requested, but
later he thought better of it. as he
believed that in the hands Of the po
lice it would prove a valuable clew.
So Saturday afternoon he took Chief
nonahue in his confidence. They held
consultation 1T the CHIEFS office
which lasted nearly three hours. The
chief was seen afterward. but refused
to disclose the nature of the subject
discussed. Cudahy says he has not
withdrawn the reward, nor will he do
so. The reward offered stands us orig
lnllly announced.