The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-12

L. ~ Omaha, five years ago, has
TX ri set the tongues OF the de-
tectives everywhere to wagging about
| that remarkable criminal. 1t has also
given them some cause for alarm. since
he will probably be at large again be-
fore long. having before him no greater
charge than that Of holding up and
getting the days receipts on two troll
ley cars in Omaha last summer. In
spite of all his alleged confessions and
protestations OF q desire to reform,
his future course of life will probably
be In the direction he set for himself
when he began his career Of crime.
And the worst thing about Grove Is
that he shoots. A revolver ia his hands
is no plaything.
Fame came to Pat Grove with
vengeance when young Cudahy dis
appeared from his paternal h!ne In
Omaha on December is, 1900.
| Pat was charged with being his abb
ductor. Since that time, although the
charge was never proved against him,
he has been known as a kidnapper-
the Cudahy kidnapper-no very pleas
ant distinction. since it makes his cap
ture for anything Whatsoever one OF
the ambitions Of every Western detec-
tive who Is able to smell rat.
Startling disclosures were made in con-
nection with the case First, the fine
hand of Grove was Immediately dis
covered. Next the sum Of $4,000 was
paid, per directions. for the ransom Of
the beef mans scion. Then. when
finally run down, after many desper-
ate adventures and after the sum of
$4,000 had been placed ON his head
and withdrawn, Grove is alleged to
have confessed that he kept Eddie Gu
daily away from home, but at the boys
own instigation. In fact, he charged
the packers son with inducing him
Patio go into a plot to do the "old
man" out Of first $4,000, then $4,000.
All of which goes to show that either
Grove was a fellow conspirator in a
more or less harmless game or else
fine romancer, as well as highly de-
serving of his sobriquet, the Kidnap-
per.
| Cudahy,. Jr., disappeared from his
fathers mansion on the morning Of
December is, 1900. He was taken to
an old vacant house within a mile and
half of his home, after which Grove
returned to the Cudahy residence and
threw a letter demanding $4,000 in
gold for the boys release over the
fence. Mr.. Cudahy made no bones
J over the matter, but went to an Omaha
bank. drew out the amount, drove five
miles to a point on the Centre street
road where red lantern hung. de-
posted the cash according to direc-
tions and returned with his coachman.
Next morning Eddie was conducted
to within block and a half Of his
home and there released. After which
hue and cry was raised that spread
as far east as New York and as far
west as San Francisco.
No one knew for certain but every
one thought the kidnapping must have
been Pat Groves doing. Mr. Cudaby
Insisted upon his capture as public
necessity and added $4,000 to an equal
amount already offered for his arrest.
1t was during this time that the des-
perado would appear on the streets
every once in a while with display
Of the utmost nerve, give the police
every opportunity in the world to nab
him and then escape. either quietly or
after a fight in which his pursuers
thought themselves lucky II they got
off with only a few bullet wounds.
One day last spring Grove suddenly
turned up in the Office of the Omaha
World -Herald-nearly four and half
years after a price was set on his
head. He was well dressed, looked
like a gentleman, acted like one and
spoke straight from the shoulder. He
wanted the newspaper to do him a
favor, nothing less than to tell the
public that Pat Grove was tired of be
ing bad and wanted to start life anew
His one proviso was that he would
not be sent to prison. Willing to give
himself up and plead guilty to the
charge of kidnapping, he said he would
, do both If after being sentenced he
would be paroled and set free. After
he had made this statement to fam
! busticated editor he calmly walked out
of the office and disappeared.
: The "story" Of the strange interview
next morning made a sensation
I throughout the country. especially il
, Omaha. where every man with a bank
, account began to get frightened agair
upon learning that the terrible Grove
/ was back in town. The police laughed
at the fugitive's plea for chance
> Show Pat any quarter? Not much
The game was to capture him. deaC
or alive. So they sleuthed about witt
, their hearts bobbing up against theil
Adams apples, scared to death les
I perchance they might run across thu
2 now more desperate criminal.
Some months after this, however. thu
> rewards for his capture were with
drawn, in the hope that Pat woult
surrender. But he didn't surrender
He saw no reason to. He knew tina
: Cudahy wasn't the only rich man wh'
l would brno xho oa uior with him hahinf