The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-09

ne was 0lSllCliISl 10 lue IUDs Out cAICE
a while he remembered his wrongs.
how, when he was a butcher in South
Omaha Cudahy came along and drove
him out of business-by competition
and how things had been pretty rocky
ever since. even though his rival for
a time was his employer. His memo
ries. he said, caused him to give In,
put through the kidnapping job, out
OF which. Grove declared. young Cud-
ahy got SIS. 900 for his share.
Omaha was again shocked and start
led. Who ever heard OF such a thing?
Eddie denied the imputation once.
twice. any number of ines. The re-
spectacle newspapers and all other re-
spectability secuted the idea. called
Grove a liar. demanded an i~ncarcera-
ton so long and secure that he would
never have another chance for such
devilish pranks or such
f~abrications. He was taken TO Omaha.
put in prison and tried last week.
The trial lasted several DAYS. The
state was unable TO connect Grove
with the Cudahy kidnapping case
Much evidence was heard about q man
like the prisoner hiring a certain pony
about certain thises and that and the
other things, but no direct proof OF
Pats guilt was forthcoming. The jury
went out finally and stayed out sew
enteen hours. It tool twenty-nine bal
lots and ultimately brought in a YER
dict of acquittal. The court room was
crowded and a great cheer went up
as the foreman told the story. The
Judge was astonished, raped for or
der. cleared the room. wouldn't let
Grove thank the jury, was glad when
the freed prisoner was mmedlatel re
arrested on the charge of holding up
those two street cars last summer.
Omaha business men were indignant,
it was said. They declared the verdict
against the beef trust. They said the
jurymen had a grudge against Cuda-
by. That may ave been so.
Although of late Grove has repeat
eddy expressed his desire to give up his
criminalities, his past record is so
black as to o~vershawod his present
good intentions and make his reform
a matter of protest on society part.
His reputation for clever robber1es ana
dare-deviltry in escaping the authori-
ties cannot be obliterated by confess
sions or repentances, no matter how
sincere, and it is doubtful whether
he will ever be permitted to start life
anew.
One Of his first big robberies was he
haul he made in a Denver paWnbrok-
er's shop wherein he got off with VS.
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which he sold in small lots to Omaha
and South Omaha pawnbrokers. Next
h was heard of in connection with a
daring train robbery near st. Joseph,
No. on the Burlington railroad. he
pulled off three successful robberles
in the same year on that road.
A certain actress, while riding once
in a Northwestern railroad train, car
ried her Jewels with her. Grove was
on the same train and when he got on
at a Minnesota way station the jewels
went with him. He made his way to
Chicago and patronized the pawnshops
considerably. Finally, detectives cor
nered him in one of these places. hey
were not at all gentle with him, tax
ing hold of him firmly by the wrists
and neck. He acted gentlemanly and
made no resistance. The detectives
almost felt sorry for him. After a
while he looked up at them smilingly
tough to have a couple of big men
like them squeezing the life out Of a
little fellow like him.. So they let up
on him a bit and before they knew it,
one of them was on his back and the
other holding thin air. Grove, once
free, drew his revolver and held the
men at bay, shooting n Of them,
until he had made good his escpae.
Again in Council Bluffs, when ar
rested for some crime or other, he
feigned drunkenness, and feigned il
so we'll that when he suddenly leaped
through a trolley car window his cap
tors were thundrestruck and didn't
come to themselves until he was q
good way off.-New York Evening
Sun.