The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-02
Reported That Omaha Detectives
Caught Him Near Oelrichs, :.
d., After Hot Chase.
HIS BROTHER UNDER ARREST.
Police Found j. j. Grove Heavily
Armed in His Saloon i'm Council
Bluffs-Pieads Ignorance
of Cudahy Affair.

| Sioux city. Ia. Jan. IA special to the
! Journal from Chadron. Neb. says:
/ Pat Grove. charged with completely in
/ the abduction Of r Idle Cudahy OF Omoha.
has been captured. Three detectives fol-
] lowing Groves trail came upon him to-day
on the Pine Ridge Reservation. near Oel-
richs. $. D.. and captured him after "A wild
] chase
| Grove was driving a team and blackboard.
/ He whipped the horses and tried to outrun
/ the horsemen. who soon brought him 10 a
| halt with their six-shoOters.
John Delfelder. cattleman. has iust
Reached town with the news. and says tn ,
| posse mad stoppe'i at a ranch about thirty
miles out for lunch and to feed their horses.
PATS BROTHER ARRESTED.
Omaha. Neb.. Jan. THE first arrest In
! the Cudahy kidnapping case has been made.
j. J. Grove. brother OF Pat Grove. whom
the police believe to he a principal I'm the
nb iuctIOn. was taken into custody In
Council Bluf1s this afternoon by Omaha de-
teciives and brought to this city. The war
rant charges Grove with the abduction OF
yourg EDWARD Cudahy on December Is.
Grove consented to accompany the off,
GERS across the river without the formally
of requisition papers.
Eariy this afternoon a posse OF detectives
with searcf warrants and complaints
charging abduction. ransacked the Premises
adjacent 10 J. J. Groves saloon in the hope
Of discovering Pat Grove In his place OF
conCealment.
A dIllgent search disclosed no trace of
Pat Grove. but the officers came upon tho
brother asleep I'm n rear room. They hastily
awakened him. and took away two large
bulldog pistols. which he carried in his
Cor rcI Bluffs Police Station by Detective
Weir OF the Iowa department. and then he
was conducted across the river for an
examination by chief Donahue.
Was Taken ny surprise.
When the detectives opened the doors Of
the saloon and the adjoining rooms, the
fVrWN NaG Nm1r-
was no show Of resistance. woman of
the household attempted TO run TO the room
where Grove lay asleep. but one of the
on1cers blocked the way and entered first.
So quiet had been the entry OF the OIL
GERS. that Grove had not been awakened.
He was aroused and disarmed. at the same
tine In his rear pockets. two huge re-
Ncivers were found. one in each hip pocket.
Grove rubbed his eyes nj II he were tlazed
What What do you want?' he demanded. Z.
We're looking for you and Pat b" was the
response We want Pat most. but II We
can. md him. We want to ask you a few
Grove took the situation complaisantly
I'll do anything | can for you. gentle
men. he said; but III tell you right now
/ can't do or tell much
While two detectives stood guard over
Crowe tili he put on heavy ciothing for
the premises. Groves saloon Is in the
midst OF an Isolated cluster OF buildings
Just beyond the last regularly marked
stops and the prairie begins.
The floors have rotted away but there
Is a large basement. making IL possible for
an apartment to be fashioned beneath the
debris where man could easily hide
Grove was put in the sweatbox by the
police tonight. but denies any knowledge
Of his brothers whereabouts and that he
had anything to do with the kidnapping.
The police expect. however. to secure some
valuable information about PaI Grove and
his recent doings.
KIDNAPERs GOT THE WRONG BOY.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Bethlehem. Pa. Jan. 1-Charles Kersch-
ner, IL years old, the bright lad hurried
away. bllndfolded and drugged. last even
ing at twilight by kidnapers, was released
by his captors at midnight and returned to
his home.
The kidnapers had made a mistake In
their hsste they had taken the son of a
poor gardener. They were looking for big
ger game. The gardener is in the employ
of Robert +. Linderman. the millionaire
president OF the great Bethlehem Steel Com
psny.
The boy to-day is in the hands Of Doctor
Ziegenfuss and Is confined 10 his bed, suffer- |
ing from the results of the chloroform that |
was forced on him Immediately after the |
kidnapers had him in their power.
He says the abductors seemed disguised |
when they learned that he was only the son |
Of Mr.. Linderman's gardener and they re- |
leased him with the remark that he was not |
the boy they wanted.