New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-05-10
FAMOUS PAT GROVE
EAGER TO REFORM

ALLEGED KIDNAPER OF YOUNG
cUDAHy VISITS OMAHA
NEWSPAPER OFFICE.
Says He Is Willing to Surrender to
Police if Granted Immunity from
imprisonment Fought Through
the Boer War.
Omaha, Neb.. May 6.-Pat Grove, the
alleged kidnaper of Eddie Cudahy, son
of the millionaire packer of Omaha,
and for whose arrest rewards aggregat-
ing $4,000 have at different times
been offered, walked into the Office of
| the World-Herald at one o'clock this
| Saturday. morning, accompanied by
Thomas O'Brien, proprietor of the Hen
shaw hotel, of this city. Grove tele-
| phOned the World Herald Office at mid
night of his presence in the city, and
| paper Office. A short time afterward he
appeared in company with Mr.. O'Brien.
| Grove, O'Brien and representative
/ of the World Herald were closeted for
nearly an hour, during which time
| Grove told of his wanderings since he
! left the city, four years ago.
Served in Boer War.
Grove stated that he had served in
the Boer war, fighting with the Beers.
] He returned to this country after the
/ war, and has lived continually, accord
ing to his statement, quietly in South
! side fiat, in Chicago. He says he has
been in Chicago nearly three years,
and that he has visited Omaha on three
/ different occasions during that time.
He stated that he had been negotiating
for several years for immunity from
punishment, in case he should surren-
der himself to the authorities, although
he declined to say with whom the ne
gotiations are being held.
Wants to Reform
| He says that he is very tired of liv-
ing in isolation from his relatives and
/ friends and wishes to reform and get
into business. He declared that he
would ask for immunity from the peni.
tertiary and stated that he was ready
to accept the protection of the Omaha
police He said that in case he was
permitted to remain in Omaha ant
have indictments against him quashet
he would probably get into business a
once Grove has been at the home O.
his brother, j. j. Grove, who resides il
Council Bluffs, and runs saloon II
that city. He was asked if he had {
hand in the famous Cudahy kidnapping
but declined to either deny or admi
his guilt. The interview lasted fo
nearly an hour, during which Crow
was apparently at east at all times.
His Crime.
The crime with which Grove il
charged is that of kidnapping Edward
4 Cudahy. Jr., whose father is the pro
prietor of large packing establishment
in this city. The kidnapping occurred
December IS, 1900, about seven o'clocl
in the evening The kidnapers wrot
a long letter to the senior Cudahy, de
manding a ransom of S25, 200 for the re
turn OF the boy. According to MI
Cudahy's own story, he drew tina
amount from an Omaha bank, tn
amount being in gold, and drove to
point on the Center street road five mile
west of the city, where he deposited i
according to instructions given in tn
letter Mr.. Cudahy stated that tn
place was marked by red lantern hun
by the roadside. He made the driv
in buggy, accompanied by his coach
man, and left the bag of gold as had bee
required by the kidnapers. He saw n
person, and returned to the city at one
At five O'Clock in the morning youn
Cudahy was taken to point within
/. square of his fathers home and give
his liberty. A large police and dete,
tive force was at once placed at wor
to secure clew and capture. if possibl
the kidnapers The house in whic
| young Cudahy had been held prisont
for Sc hours was locased and identifie
by the boy A number of clews wei
followed, and finally the authorize
came to the conclusion that Pat Grow
and James Callahan, relative
y Grove, and another man whose nan
"a was never learned, were members of tt
s, gang which carried the young me-
" away. Callahan was arrested in tn
IS city, and finally, after two length
ID trials, was acquitted by the jury. Fl
as lowing the kidnapping Edward Cudah
Mt Sr.. offered a reward OF $4,000 for tt
,r capture of Grove, and this offer was fl
:" lowed by another of similar nature
4. the city council and county commissio
ers Other rewards were also offere
= bringing the aggregate amount up
{. $4,000. The reward stood for sever
months, but Groves whereabouts
: NAMED as much of mystery for t
next four years as they we're yesterds
What purported to be an offer frc
Grove, sent through relatives to gi
himself up to the authorities if the
80 ward was withdrawn and under 9th
lr- conditions named, was received by t
as chief of police. On his recommended
the entire reward was withdrawn, a
ne since that time Chief Donahue h
arl awaited his surrender.
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