Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-08

as there was some controversy in Pacific
Junction as to whom was entitled to the
possession of the pony, he was unable to
arrange to bring 1t back with him. on
December % 1 sent Detective Dunn, Mr..
Burris and Mr.. Warren, who had sold the
pony TO Mr.. Burris. to Pacific Junction,
and both Mr.. Burris and Mrs. Warren pos
itively identified the pony as the one they
had owned and which Mr.. Burris had sold
to Grove. The parties in Pacific Junction,
however had not yet settled their contro-
versy as to who was entitled to possession
of the pony there, and they were compelled
TO return without It. on December 81 De-
tective Dunn and Mr. Warren again went
to Pacific Junction and by putting up a
cash bond of 500 with a justice of The
peace there they obtained possession of the
pony and brought II to Omaha Several
days were then spent by Detective Heitfeld
In taking the pony around to different
places to have it positively identified as
the pony used by the kidnapers and it was
Identified by a number OF persons living in
| the vicinity of the Melrose Hill house as
the pony used by the people occupying the
Melrose Hill house Just prior to the kid
MAPPING. The pony had been shod since
Mr.. Burris had sold it and an endeavor was
also made to find the blacksmith who had
done the work, and on January II Charles
Lee, blacksmith at Albright, Neb, identi-
| fed the pony as one he had shod few
days prior to the kidnapping, but he was
unable to identify the picture of Grove as
one Of the men who brought the pony to
him or give any description of the men,
ION the afternoon Of December 20, when
Mr.. Cudahy and his son were in my office
he told me he would pay a reward of SOS,
900 for the arrest and conviction of the
kidnapers. and on December 81 the mayor
and city council by resolution offered an
| additional reward OF $4,000.
Mr.. Cudahy refused to withdraw his offer
of $4,000 and this therefore made the re-
ward for the arrest and conviction of the
kidnapers $4,000.
"on or about January 4, 1901, had 1900
circulars printed. with half-tone cuts of
Grove and giving his description and the
description Of two other men whom our
information led us to believe were impli-
Gated with Grove in the case, and also
calling attention to the $4,000 reward Of
fered for their arrest and conviction. These
were sent out as quickly as possible to all
the principal cities.
Our continued investigation of the case
satisfied me beyond doubt that Pat Grove
was one Of the kidnapers, and on January
Y, 1901, at my suggestion, the mayor and
city council, by resolution, offered an ad-
ditional reward of 5000 for the arrest of
Grove.
"On or about that date had an addi-
| tional 1000 circulars printed, calling atten-
ton to this additional reward of 5000 sim
ply for the arrest of Grove These were
mailed to different cities as fast as possi-
BILE.
Locating Groves Associates.
During this time the detectives were
! investigating the haunts of Grove and his
associates in South Omaha and Council
Bluns and about the middle of January in
/ formation was obtained from Ed HAYES
that one morning, prior TO the kidnapping
while on his way to work he saw Pat
| Grove, whom he knew well and two
strangers, one OF whom was introduced to
| him as Pat Farrell, in the St. Mary's GEM
| etery at South Omaha, and that they had
| with them a horse and buggy. The reason
given for their being In the cemetery was
| that Farrells mother had died some twelve
years ago and was buried there Efforts
were then made to locate Pat Farrell and
In the investigation il was learned that a
man by the name OF James Callahan, an
ex-convict, had been frequently seen with
Grove and that Callahan answered the de-
scription of the man introduced TO Hayes
| as Farrell. II was also learned that Cal
lahan was still in the city, and he was at
! once Swallowed. IL was then ascertained
! that Callahan, since the kidnapping had
! been drinking heavily and spending money
freely and that old debts contracted by
him long prior to the kidnapping had been
paid. The information obtained, taken to-
gether, led us to believe that he was one
Of the kidnapers, but / did not at that
! time believe the evidence suficient TO con-
meet him with the case, and the detectives
were instructed To continue their investiga-
tons in the hope that more direct evidence
might he obtained.
| Callahan Under Arrest.
ION February rs, Oficer Frank Deuoerry.
who was at that time a member of this
department, came TO my office, and in
| formed me that he had been with Callahan
a day or two prior and that he talked OF
nothing but the KIDNAPPING case, and that
he Oeuberry) felt satisfied Callahan knew
who the kidnapers were. He said further
| that Callahan had also been talking TO
Officer l.. f. Dgyer one OF our officers.
Having little confidence in Deuberry's dis
erection and fearing that Callahan might
learn he was suspected and leave the city,
asked Deuberry to locate him as soon
as possible and bring him in, as we al
ready suspected him Of being connected
| with the case, and detailed Ohicers Deu-
| berry and Dwyer 20 search for him, and
at once instructed Detectives Dunn saw
/ age, Heitfeld and Donohoe TO arrest him
| About noon the next day ohhcers Dryer
/ and Deuberry brought him 20 my once
i ia a very intoxicated condition. 1 had him
i taken to the police station. and locked up.
He had been drinking heavily for several