The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-05-01
KIDNAPPED A MAN
Fine Piece of Detective Work
Pulled 0Rin Wichita.
BIG REWARD OFFERED
C. H. Grill May be One of the
Pat Grove Gang.

John Dunnam, alias c. T. Grill. was
arrested in this city last Thursday morn
ing BY two United States secret service
men, ana was taken. handcuned. in a
carriage to Newton. Kansas.
Dunaam or Grill, is supposed to be
wanted at San Jose. California. to answer
TO a charge Of murder in the first de-
gree. The arrest OF the man Grill was
one Of the most peculiar and slick pieces
Of detective work ever pulled OF in this
city. Prior 70 and UP 10 last Wednesday,
Grill. who is described as being g husky
looking fellow with a black mustache and
a snaky black eye, has been stopping at
the Topeka Avenue hotel in this city. He
came there about thirty days ago and
represented that he was q book agent or
contract man for some eastern publishing
house. During his stay at the hotel he
often made little trips out OF the city to
various small towns nearby ostensibly in
the interest Of his business as book or
magazine agent About a week after
Grill came 10 Wichita, man by the
name of Z. Z. GreineT came here and
registered at the same hotel. he was also
a big hurley looking fellow. Seemed To
have plenty of money ard was not afraid
to spend il with the boys. --e represented
that he was a land agent from Illinois.
lie formed the acquaintance OF Grill and
ore or two Of the boys around the hotel
and several times took out a party Of
them for a social time at the theatre or
elsewhere. Cfrainer evidently took a
great fancy to Grill, for he leant the lat
ter money and stood good for several
weeks board at the hotel for him and
whenever he went out in the evening
he always invited Grill to accom-
pany him. Grill was a hard drinker
and Greiner always seemed ready to
stand for another drink for his friend,
Grill
About ten days ago Greiner and Grill
were at the Exchange saloon in this city
and Grill got into an altercauon with
man in that place and was pretty
badly used UP. From the evidence OBJ
tanned since the arrest il is evident that
Greiner was trying TO get Grill drunk at
this time and 10 stay sober himself, but
the scrap IN the saloon put stop TO the
convivial opera tions. Greiner. while in
this city. although he represented himself
as a land and colonization agent from
Burlington, Iowa, was known to have
been formerly chief Of police a. Burling-
ton and he visited. on the quiet. police
headquarters here and told Chief Burt
that he was in the land and immigration
business, that he was on his way TO
Chfckasha 7 T. and that he formerly
was connected with the department at
Burlington, Iowa That he was familiar
with and knew a. large number Of crooks
in his country. and could he look over the
records and papers of men wanted here
in this Office and maybe he might strike
someone he knew that was want
ed by the police and that he might
be able to turn a trick or two. he was
granted permission to inspect the papers
in police headquarters and spent a couple
OF hours IN the chiefs Office looking over
the records. It was the opinion of Chief
Burt and Detectives Sutton and Massey,
who were present while he was inspect
ing the papers. that he was not making
j general inspection, but was hunting for
some particular one record OF description
and it could not be asCertained whether
he found what he wanted or not. on last
Wednesday Greiner, who had been receiv-
ing innumerable telegrams and letters
during the previous ten days. left the ho-
tel in the morning and did not show UP
around there all day, and it was pre-
sumed that he had left town. The man
Grill. in the meantime, had also left the
city the day before for one Of his short
trips TO a nearby town. Grill came in on
the evening train and telephoned 10 the
hotel TO see If Grelner or any of the
boys were around. Tom McGinnis and
another party who boarded at the hotel,
were sitting out in front and McGinnis
answered the telephone. Grill asked for
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