Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-07
TRIAL HAS THE TRACK
Celebrated Kidnapping Case Comes Up In
Court After Five Years.
CHARGE ON TWO COUNTS or ROBBERY
Nan Accused Of HOLDING Young
Cudsby for Ransom win he
Defended by Former
County Attorney.

All business In the criminal division Of the
district court has been subordinated this
week to the case against Pat Grove grow
ing out Of the KIDNAPPING Of Edward Cud-
ahy, jr, December 10, 1900. which will be-
gin before Judge Sutton Wednesday at $3.50
A. m. No cases were begun in this division
Tuesday on account OF the desire of the
county attorney to have nothing in the
way to interfere with prompt beginning
OF the Grove case tfi@
One reason for the solicitude of the
county attorney is the fact he has a list
Of ninety-seven possible witnesses. of which
fifty-seven have been served with subpoe-
mas and will be required to report Wednes-
day morning. This does not include those
who will testify for the defendant. but it
Is assured that even after the Jury is Sc
cured the case will occupy four or five
days, at least.
County Attorney slabaugh has expressed
himself confident the evidence he will
produce will result in a conviction. Ex-
County Attorney English. who will repre-
sent the defendant, is Just as confident of
an acquittal. He declines to state at pres
cnt just what line of defense he would fol-
low. lie said he was ready to begin the
case, and as far as could be learned there
is nothing to stand in the way of a prompt
beginning.
Two Counts In Complaint.
The complaint against Grove consists of
two counts, both charging the robbery OF
Mr.. Cudahy by putting him in fear through
the use of threats. the difference between
the crimes alleged In each count being
purely technical. The states case will
follow largely the same lines as that
against James Callahan. an alleged accom-
plice of Groves. In that case the state
rallied to prove that Callahan received any
OF the $4,000 ransom, and he was acquitted.
The general features of the crime leading
to the search of five years which finally re-
suited In the arrest of Grove, are still fresh
in the minds of the public owing to the
renewed interest taken in the case after
Groves arrest in Butte, Mont, last Octo-
her. The alleged KIDNAPPING took place on
the evening OF December 10. 1900 and a
search by the police failed to disclose the
whereabouts of young Cudahy The next
day the letter demanding that A ransom of
'25.c0o in gold be placed along the Fremont
road west Of the city at a point to be
designated by a lighted lantern, was picked
up in the Cudahy front yard by a servant
against the advice of the police Mr.. Cudahy
carried out the directions in the letter and
early the following morning his son re-
turned home unframed
Young Cudahy's story.
His story was to the effect that he had
been accosted by two men a short distance
from his fathers home, blindfolded and
taken presumably to a vacant house al
Thirty-sixth and Grover streets, where he
was held until after the receipt of the
money, when he was returned still blind.
folded, TO a point near his home.
He afterward identified a photograph OF
Grove as one of the two men who took
part In the KIDNAPPING, the other man being
Callahan. The search for Grove was taker
up at once and a reward of over $4,000 OF.
fered for his apprehension, but it is he.
lieved he took boat for South Africa be.
fore the authorities had learned definitely
that they wanted him. About a year age
he returned to this country and the search
was resumed During this time he is said
TO have visited both Omaha and Lincoln
though he was not apprehended until h,
reached Butte.
AS there was no law on the statute book,
in Nebraska at that time making the kid
mapping Of a child over 10 years of age 8
crime. that charge could not be preferred
against him. Accordingly when it wal
learned he had been caught complain
charging robbery was filed, and at the pre-
liminary hearing Grove was bound over t,
the district court. He was arralgned Jan
uary and pleaded mot guilty and tn,
case was set for February I.
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