The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-20
NO TORI US BAlNDI
AS. TIRED OF CRIME
"PatD Grove, Western 4 Outlaw t,tl \,
Goes 5toS New y or OIL stol Start 1'tt
"a Life Anew y8y35
REc CORD AS GUN I i ] !. FIGHTER L y r.
Says He Began - Butcher Boy
ard Robbed Cuda1lysof $40 u NJ
sf as His First Ofetlse. ~


S N T5yy y DIRK August d. Pa t''l Grove,
d western bandit and daring gun fight
fer,,nBwltt1 a. record throughout the West
ern states, "a In this city, where, accord \.
Ing to his friends, he Will begi II NE
anew and sstriyest To outliYe his past. One
Of tie first persons he met nfter9Si hls
arrival about ten days ago was = 1'at !"
EMhsterson.S d United States Marshal, with With
whom he had q long conversation To
d friend whom he met after his talk With
SMnsterson, Grove made known his in
Stertion OF reforming a 81. u "a.
According to thls friend, Grove has
awakened to the error Of his ways &h inEl
iias realized that the path OF the ~ iitco vs.
ID tho ofll ~ one to follow. n has form d
.,o definite plans for the future ns yet,
thlit ma is satisfied that he Will succeed.
TO d friend Grove talked Of tho kidnnp-
Ing OF Eddie Cudniiy, son Of q v ealtily
Ona lin pack er. b for which crime ne wa 8
arrested. but acauit tied s5l3sS5 !.
4t Grove disc told OF many do ring e r1mes
which no was d party to and Of Ms ear ~ Y
lie. IN appearance Grove does no q loo q
like d man who has been ~ te rror i. 70
sherlfrs United States lnnrsfalls and 9 ne
poico of many tern sect tons tor
Sfentnres and mild blue eyes. Els lips
are flrrn and express determine y lon on
Cudahy# His First ctim..3
Grove says he IL thlrty-fve years .aLrs o ~
and was born In Darenpor Ia. +, I. fi y
- ,her ,,yas \ d # catt dealer. and Pat
sported for him until lie had completed
gi,ia xchooling, and then went TO Orlah
where he obtained employ n,ent IN q pack ls
iinr- house. 8 Several 4 years later he open !,
~ 81 = butcher shop in South Omaha,
taltinp as q partner Pat trick Cavinagh.E
S,rhey1had been In business only a short
cine when II they were bought out by a a
trust. tier this Grove wen tss 70 WORK. 'i;tI
Tor Edward IA. Cudaily
s53 Grove says his first dishonest act was
committed while in Cudahy's employ.
when he took so which had been paid
10 him BY customer. Some time alter
this Grove lost his place. n. N 5s
g He Il had saved some money and con- on
Guided to open a butcher shop d IN the
Stow,i wfer. s he Bwna born, I'd ~ is5
While In a Chicago, 81 hero he wen TO
buy supplies Grove "a rs Slin fell 81 " th
I band OF thieves. and his 4 career OF.
crime began. Ills first despNee' RAJ .i.4 g act
after this was hold-up5 q In 4 n resort
where several thousand II dollars worth
OF diamonds were stolen. AS " a sr result
OF this robbery, Grove Il had n his q first
S,'g,Inn fight. Ii ~ hen discovered by the
police he wounded three. bit was finally
captured. He was convict 81 and sem
fenced to serve Blk years In II ol'et prls or.3
hut was pardoned Ia fter 4 he had served!
seventeen months. 5
p After he left prison Grove says he COM
cluded that he would not make living
honestly and decided to become q profess
SsionaiS criminal. There were few Fjnils in
the West strong enoug b TO hold Grove.
i Hc broke Jail once In Denver after he
had been arrested on n charge OF rob-
bery, and again In st. Louis. NJ aking
I'VE prisoners with him. After this. Grove
says no held up several trains and the
Governors OF at least four States offered
reward for his capture. sS
His Kidnapin Exploit.
Grove says he conceived the cudahy
kidnapping some time after his release
from the penitentlary. He says he took In
an accomplish with whom every detail OF
the crime 1yas planned for I, several J.
Omaha was rented and the Cudahyi
house was watched for an opportunity3
to make or with tho boy. The chance
came on the evening OF December 18th,
house and so to the house Of q neighbor.
When tho boy appeared $he was made a
prisoner and taken to the old house.
Then Grove returned 4 90 the cudnhy:
house and threw into the yard a letter
demanding the rnnsom, The letter de-.
.manded that s225, 900 be paid or acid would
he put into the boys eyes. Following
the directions OF Grove, Mr.. Cudahy pa Id
the money, and the boy was relea sed "A q
ter that rewards amounting to $4,000
were offered for the arrest Of Grove .
Butte, Mont mt after desperate fight witt,
the police. He says that q fter he had ,.,c
settled With his accomplice he buried his
share OF the procee ds. He was taken toi
quilted. Grove says tina U his IL acqulttIai
was due to a faulty prOstcu lon on t, 10;
part OF the prosecuting attorne i Il.
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