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


but standing. near its terminus at Forty
eighth street. when the boy saw 1t and
asked leave to have the conductor Identify
him. The chief continues:
Il was at the office early on the morning
of December 20 and telephoned Mr.. Cud-
ahy's residence. but was unable TO get any
response. 1 again telephoned and one Of
the servants answered, stating that Mr..
Cudahy and family were not yet up.
telephoned several times during the morn
ing, but was unable until about noon TO
have talk with Mr.. Cudahy, at which
time he said he would be at my office about
o'clock and bring the boy with him. Mr.
Cudahy at that time told me that he had
arrived at the conclusion the day before
that he could not afford 10 take the risk
OF having his boy dishgured in any way,
believing that men who were desperate
enough TO kidnap the boy would not hesi-
tate to do what they said they would do
~ the money was not paid and he had there
fore the night before placed $4,000 I'm gold
as directed in the letter and gave me such
proof that l was and am satisfied that he
paid the amount stated for the return of his
boy. l told him that l was sorry that he
had done so, as / believed the boy would
have been found before many hours and
the lcdnapers captured, but inasmuch as he
had felt that was the best plan to pursue
and the boy had been returned, every eff
fort would now be made by the department
to cause their arrest. l then had a talk
with the boy and he told me his story.
After going over the matter thoroughly
with the boy / detailed several officers In
buggies to go with Mr.. Cudahy and the
boy in search of the house The search
was continued during the afternoon without
success. The search was taken up again
the next morning and about noon, Decem-
Der a. Mr.. Cudahy telephoned me from his
residence that the house had been found
and asked me to come out to his residence
about 2 o'clock. Captain Haze and myself
drove out at that time and, in company
with Mr. Cudahy, his son and Mr.. Burkeey,
drove out to the vacant house at Thirty
sixth and Grover streets, which is almost
on line between Omaha and South
Omaha. On our arrival at the house we
. found Mr.. e. II. Hemming and Mr.. Eugene
Mayheld there, they having found the
house some time prior to our arrival. The
boy positively identified the house and the
ROOM in which he had been detained.
Efforts to Arrest Grove.
ION the morning of December 20, De-
tectives George d. Charlesworth and b. f.
Kemble OF the Pinkerton National De-
tective agency arrived in the city and went
TO work on the case. They were brought
Cudahy.
During the evening Of December 20 went
TO MIR. Cudahy's residence and had a talk
with him. At that time he told me that
he had information that one of the men
who kidnapped his boy was Pat Grove
but he did not know whether or not Grove
was in this part of the country at this
time told him would have an investi-
CATION made at once to ascertain that fact
and the next morning received infor-
nation that Grove had been here and had
been hiding out around South Omaha and
Council BLUFFS for several weeks. 1 also
learned that prior to the kidnapping OF
Mr.. Cudahy's son, Grove had suggested a
plan for kidnapping some rich mans son
in Omaha and holding him for ransom
Acting on this information on December
p, l wired Mr.. W. F. Riley, special agent
Chicago & Northwest Railway company
Chicago. ILL.,, as follows:
Kindly send latest picture you have OF
Pat Grove confidentially.
And on December % l wired Mr. l.. p.
Coleran, chief of detectives. Chicago, ILL.,,
as follows:
Ascertain when Pat Grove left Chicago,
where he went and with whom. Badly
wanted here.
Through our investigation we learned
streets, the one in which the boy had
been detained was known as the Melrose
Hill house, and was owned by James
Schneiderwind, 1913 South Twenty-eighth
street When the photograph of Grove was
received from Mr.. Riley, II was shown to
Mr.. and Mrs. Schneiderwind 1t was identi-
fed by Mrs Schneiderwind as the man who
rented the house from her. Being now
satisfied that Grove was one OF the kid
napers on December a. / wired Mr. l.. r.
Colleran, chief of detectives, Chicago, H.,
as follows:
Pat Grove positively identified as leader
can for us.
And on the same date I sent the follow
ing telegram to 14O or more leading cities:
Arrest Pat Grove; age 80; 5 feet 1OH;
hundred sixty to seventy; brown hair; light
sandy mustache, long at ends, may shave
expression; probably has new clothes;
search for gold; wanted for kidnapping Be
cautious, is dangerous man. Wire any in
ION December % the same telegram was
sent to additional seaport towns.
Local Clues Examined.
"A few days after the kidnapping. and
after a description of the pony used by
the kidnapers had been printed in the pa
pers, Daniel Burris, an old gentleman liv-
ing at 1913 Grand avenue, came 70 my OF
Ace and told me that from the description
he believed the pony was one he had sold
10 man who said he lived in South Omaha
and could be found at Brewers barn. He
said the man still owed him s. on the trans
action. He also said that he had been to
Brewers barn, In South Omaha. and no
such man was known there. A picture OF
Grove was shown 20 Mr. Burris and he
Identified II as the man who had bought
the pony from him few days prior TO
the kidnapping.
ION December "a I received a telephone
message from Pacific Junction. Ia, to the
effect that pony, saddled and bridled had
been taken up there and that It answered
the description of the pony used by the
kidnapers as published in the newspapers.
That afternoon l sent Detective Hetfeld
10 Pacific Junction and he found that the
pony answered very closefy the descrip-
ton Of the one used by the kidnapers. but