The age-herald., 1901-10-14
Detectives Have Hunted Him for Over a Year Wth-
 out Success
FALL 1 ASK IS SQUARE DEAL
Conditions Under Which He Will Sur render Are That Reward Shall be Withdrawn and His Bond
 Fixed at $500.

Omaha, October 1s.-Chief of Police John J. Donahue today received a letter from Pat Grove naming the terms on which he will surrender.
 The letter came in care of an Omaha newspaper, in which 1t Is published and covers fourteen closely written pages of manuscript. The postmark is illegible, but the letter was mailed at 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 trialf or the Kidnapping of Eddie Cudahy, provided he is not locked up until 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 sun.
 Chief Donahue, when asked his opinion of the genuiness of the letter. expressed himself as quite satisfied that 1t came from Grove. Donahue has known Crowe for several years is acquainted with his manner, handwriting and style of speech. The chief also received a letter from Crowes uncle at Manchester, Iowa, sub hitting similar terms for Crowe's sur render, which lead the police to believe that they are dealing with the right men. Crowe's letter to Chief Donahue begins:
 Detectives Fall Down. "J. J. Donahue. Chief of Police. Omaha,
 Neb.:
 Dear Sir-Nearly a year has passed by since was accused of the Cudahy Kidnapping. A large reward was offered and plenty of time has been given for the police and detectives to have made me a prisoner. So far they have failed to do 1t.
 ''Now wish to make short statement to you and the public"
 Grove then takes the detective agencies to task. defying them to attempt his ar- rest, and continues:
 Now, MT. Donahue, let me tell you all I want is justice, fair trial by twelve men, citizens of Douglass County, Nebraska--not B. F. Herod or his kind. Their God Is gold. and with that power they rule the world.
 
 deal. Grant my request and I will give myself up.
 MT. Cudahy has known me for thir- teen years. He now believes me guilty; nevertheless I 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 the farm in Iowa, and says the Governor has identified him at the banks in South Omaha when Grove was in business there. The letter ex- presses regret that he has fallen into i'll repute, and then lays down the condi- tions of his surrender as follows:
 Conditions of Surrender.
 "Now, MT. Donahue, I will give myself up to you if you will promise me upon your word of honor that I will not be locked up until the jury says guilty. And if the jury says that, will take my pun ishment like a man-without murmur.
 T can give a bond for $500 and that is
 
 am fugitive from injustice.
 Your answer to this must bear the signatures of Edward Cudahy, Governor Savage, Sheriff John Power. Attorney Shields, Chief ]. J. Donahue and the judge that fixes that bond.
 MT. Donahue, I want you to under stand that I am not afraid of the com bined wealth of all the Cudahys on the earth and the united efforts of all the scrub detectives that their money can hire. The man who tries to pinch me will bite the dust. for am ready to die in the mix I will not be kangarooed.
 You say 1t Is your business to deal out justice will take you at your word. Give me a square deal. Leave 1t to jury of twelve citizens.
 Chief, ask, but do not expect to get justice. There is some one who wants to put me away. and I know the good of gold"
 The letter then states that the chief would not know him; that he weighs 200 and is looking fine. He says he has been in South Africa fighting with the Boers, and expresses his disgust with Great Britain and his sympathy for the Boers. He closes the main part of his letter by saying he regrets that MT. Cu- dahy should suspect him of Kidnapping the boy and hoping soon to receive a reply from the chief. which he directs should be made through local paper.
 This part is signed Pat Grove" but the signature Is partly erased. and four pages of postscript are added in which Grove says if his offer is not accepted he will return to a foreign country. from which he will probably never return. He then recites a few "reminiscences dis cusses the Boer war and it's causes, and signs the postscript with the name Pat Crowe.''
 Letter from His Uncle.
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