The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-10-06
WAS IT A Boys PLOT
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started for the Cudahy house, three
of us riding in buggy.
Eddie Made for Home

w men ABOUT DlOcK anu IL HILL us
tant Eddie jumped OUT of the buggy
and went home. We then turned to
the side and drove away.
"All l know about how Eddie entered
his home and told his story is what
read the next day in the papers. That
night | went out and planted my mon
ey. | dug hole in the ground and hid
my share. The place and other details
about my end of the $4,000 it is not
necessary to state. The next day there a
furore was raised. rewards upon rewards
were being offered, so two days later
ducked, j rode out of town on horse
and caught a train to Chicago"
In an interview Grove said:
Il want to go back to Omaha and
face it all out. Only God knows how l
have suffered, being chased from city to
city like dirty cur / hope | may be
given an opportunity to mend my ways,
and God knows | will become a good
citizen. My folks were among the best
people of Crawford county. Their bod
les rest in the little cemetery at Vale,
and one of the greatest pangs of re-
morse in my hayward career has come
from the thought of the blemish I cast
upon their fair names. They know and
God knows / want to do better. ~
MY first wrongdoing began, after l
was forced out of my butcher business
by the elder Cudahy. | was made the
manager of the wholesale department
of his plant, and | began knocking
down." and soon became so deeply in
volved that l skipped out, and since
then have been nothing but piece of
human driftwood. For five years I have
not been in theater Never have I
left my room without dread that
would find some one waiting on the out
side to take me.
| Hunted Like a Beast.
THE terror of being hunted is simply
awful. | am no coward, but the fear
of being killed has appalled, me, and for
that reason l acknowledged being Pat
Grove when the two Butte officers ar
rested me last night. They were so
nervous that / feared they would shoot
me because of their excitement. NY
capture is in fact a s.,render. | WEI. to
Detective McGarvey of tic ...u.. police
force last Thursday and told him | was
Pat Grove, asking to be locked up but
that officer refused to believe me and
told me to beat it out as my head was
full. Ny brother introduced me to at
least half dozen persons as Pat Grove,
as Attorney Edward Booth of this city
will attest. My being unarmed shows
my intentions in the matter. / want
to go back, 60 to prison if necessary,
and end this terrible thing"
The interview was in the preesnce of
an old friend of Groves father and
mother, and during his talk Grove al
most broke down, so great was his emo
tion. His voice grew husky, and it was
only with an effort that he was able to
articulate. Grove has been positively
identified as the much wanted fugitive
by number of Butte people who have
known him.
What Mrs. Cudahy Thinks.
Omaha, Oct. Airs. E. A. Cudahv
ridicules the statement made bv Pat
Grove in Butte to the effect that Eddie
himself was party to the kidnapping,
and that he received $4,000 of the faith
er's money.
why, it's outrageous" said Mrs
Cudahy, ''to think a boy of fifteen could
think of such thing. What could he
do with the money? Why does any one
want to pay attention to the absurd
stories of Crowe?"
Both the boy and his father had re-
tired for the night when the news of
Groves version of the origin of the plot
reached Omaha, and Mrs. Cudahy re-
fused to disturb them.
"Do you think it is Grove they have
caught?' Mrs. Cudahy inquired. ''We
have heard so many times that, he was
in custody that we do not know what to
believe"
Steps will be taken today to bring
Grove to Omaha Immediately, and the
chief of police of Butte has ben asked
to hold him until Nebraska officers can
reach there
Chief Donahue today caused to be
filed in the district court an information
against Grove charging him with shoot
ing with intent to kill Officer Jackson
two weeks ago. He will be returned
on this charge.
Officers Go For Pat.
The original information filed against
Grove in the district court, charging
him with highway robbery in having
forced Edward A. Cudahy to pay $685.
600 ransom for his sons return. will be
used against the prisoner, although he
is being returned to Nebraska on a
charge of shooting Officer Jackson
Through the chief of police of Butte,
Grove requested that Chief Donahue
himself go to Butte to bring the fugi-
tive back to Omaha, but this Chief Don