The Washington times., 1913-08-18
PAT GROVE TELLS
OF FAMOUS CRIME
KIDNAPPING of Eddie uda Was His Most Successful Piece of
Criminal Work Against Societ-eDnes He Paid Boy
Share in Ransom Money.
By PAT GROVE.

or insane I have read story OF Ihe
kidnaping of Eddie Cudahy in Omaha
December IS, 1907 in which l was the
principai figure as kidnaper and plan
ner of that act in which ! have been
uLoted as saying that Eddie Cudahy,
then seventeen years old, was con-
spirator with me in the kidnapping. l
having agreed with young cudahy to
divide the ransom with him.
Some Of the stories said that l paid
Cudahy 5000 of the $500 ransom
money paid me by his father for his
return. The story that Cudahy was a
party TO the kidnapping is false in every
particular. There was no need for Gu
dshy to enter into any such a scheme
TO raise money for his needs, as the
stories tell il. He had all the lux
uries and comforts of a home main
tained by a millionaire father who was
generous to the boy in every way.
His intimated or expressed wish for
anything vas supplied either by his
father or mother and the yarn that l
entered into a conspiracy with the
young fellow to become my prisoner TO
be held for a big ransom which was
TO be split with HIM is all dream.
was hard pushed for money, and
it occurred to me that II 1 could cap
ture Eddie Cudahy l could hold his
father up for a big ransom. My first
plan was to fix the ransom at mil
lion OF dollars, and l believe now that
! could have got away with il, despite
the largeness OF the sum. Eddie Cudahy
had nothing to do with the kidnapping
scheme Tne first he knew of my in
tention TO kidnap him and hold him for
q big ransom was when l picked him
up near his home, and carried him TO
the uhRre held him until the
ransom was paid.
Kidnapping Planned Ahead.
You will recall that in the kidnapping
Twas assisted by O man nsmedCallaghan.
a Union Pacific engineer. had the
whole thing planned more than a month
before got the boy. had picked out
& vacant house at Melrose Hill, about
a mile and a half from the Cudahy resi-
dence. In a secluded part OF the city,
and not far from the packing house of
the boys father. When l was ready
10 pick up Eddie Cudahy, got a horse
ana buggy, and, with my partner, Cal
laghan, drove to the neignborhood OF
the Cudahy home. knew from long
watching the Cudahy home, about what
time Eudie would be around.
The morning picked up the boy he
had been to a neighbors and was re-
turning TO his home with an armful
OF books and magazines. When less
than two blocks from his home. l step
ped up TO him and told him l was a
deputy sheriff. and wanted him. He
in the buggy. telling the boy that ]
was going TO take him 10 police head
quarters, Instead, / drove him to the
Melrose Hill house. where left him
AS soon as ! had safely landed
young Cudahy. l wrote q note to his
father-not writing il, but printing
the letters-n which l told the elder
Cudahy that ! had kidnapped his son
Eddie and had him SAFE that he would
be well cared for, ! demanded S25, 900
ransom to be paid in gold. wrap
ped the note around a stick, pinned IL
on the stick with q safety pin and
walking past the Cudahy home,
watched my opportunity as l passed.
tossed the note into the yard.
passed the house two hours later
and the note had not been picked up.
] then went TO a telephone booth half
mile away and called UP the Cudahy
Packing Company, asking for Mr..
Cudahy. The man that answered the
phone proved 70 be the chief of po-
lice Of Omaha, whose voice 1 recog-
nized.
Wanted "old Man" cudahy.
] told him to get off the wire and let
old man Cudahy talk. Mr.. Cudahy
came to the telephone and ] told him
that there was a note In his front
yard, He informed me that he had the
note. The cat was out Of the bag and
they knew that Eddie had been kid
nsped. The police and detectives were
hot on the trail.
Old man cudahy wanted to talk
with me. ] hung up the telephone the
instant / heard him say that he had
the note. l jumped a good horse
had standing out in front and beat II.
IN less than two minutes thereafter
there were half dozen detectives arm
ed with Winchesters at that telephone
hooth-but l had gotten away.
How did ! arrange for the payment
Of the ransom eWll. that was easy.
J told Mr.. CUdahy 10 drive along the
road from Omoha 70 Fremont, carry
ing red light on the buggy. To drive
along that road, the lantern 10 be
marked with certain letters; that.
wherever that light was found. 70 leave
the ransom Of SIS, ooo which must be
IN gold.
To miles from Omaha ! saw the
buggy with the red light on II coming
my way. ! was near a bridge When
the Cudahy buggy. IN which N. cud-
ahy and q servant rode, came t. my
got and examined the light, and. salts
Tying himself that the light was the
hdnapers signal as the place where
the money was 10 be LEFT, reached in
the buggy and took out a handbag, and
6epositins II alongside Of the light left
IT. turned his team around and re-
turned TO Omaha.
Obtained Real Money.
AZ soon as the buggy had disappeared
and ] was satisfied that there was no
trap laid for me I emerged from my
hiding, picked up the satchel and made
my getaway 20 the Melrose Hill house,
where young Cudahy was in charge of
Callaghan.
There were five canvas sacks IN tn.
EAtchel, each sack containing 5000 IT
EOid-real money. There was also q note
from Mr.. Cudahy in which he Implorec
me 20 return his boy to his mother, as
had promised ! would do on the pay,
ment OF the $4,000. as she was nearly
crazy. In compliance with my orders
Mr.. Cudahy had returned the note de
manding the ransom-I did not want III,
police to get that and use Il as evil
denCe against me. He did So and have
the note 10 this day. The satchel o.
money weighed a fraction less than 10
pounds,
The next night. after the payment o.
the ransom money, ! put Eddie Cudah,
IN the buggy. after bllndfolding him
and with Csllaghan we drove IN round
about way TO the vicinity OF the cNldah,
home. 1t was dark-that was the nigh
OF December i9-when near the boy
home we took the blIndfold from hi
eyes and asked him II he knew wher,
he was He readily pointed out hi
home. less than block and hal
away. 1 forgot 10 say that both Cal
laghan and myself wore black hood