The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-01-15

other boy, and they we're taking HIM
to the police station. Eddie went
along with some protest but without
fear. He was put into the buggy and
driven off. He was Immediately
gagged and his face covered with a
mask. He was then driven in con-
trary directions to confuse him and
was finally taken to the old house
and placed in the n furnished
room with Callahan to guard him.
The boy was told that no harm
would come to him if he made no
effort to escape, and that he would
be held only while ga little matter Of
business was being discussed with
his father"
Demands $4,000 in Gold.
Grove then went directly back to
the Cudahy house, and threw into
the yard, tied to a stout stick and
fixed with a bit of red cloth, his
demand. The sense of this demand
was that SIS, 900 in gold, in five
sacks be taken about five miles west
of Omaha, where there would be a
lighted lantern adorned with red
strings, by the side of the road. The
letter which was carefully printed to
avoid handwriting detection, also
stated that Cudahy was to deposit
the sacks of gold and then keep
mum, go home and wait for deyel-
Opments. If Cudahy notified the
police, the letter said, he would new
er see his boy again. Grove then
went to a nearby telephone and called
Cudahy, informing him where he
would find the note.
Grove now spent a restless night
and day. Then he set out on horse
back and proceeded to a point ad-
jacent to one of the roads along
which Cudahy was to drive. An hour
later he saw the lighted vehicle com
ing toward him at a slow pace. He
watched carefully to see that the
conveyance was not followed, investi-
gated all the ground about him for
concealed officers, and then set his
red lantern by the side of the road.
He ran quickly out and scaled a
small bluff, and by lying flat on top
and concealed in the brush, he could
look down.
Slowly and cautiously the carriage
drew toward him. Finally the two
horses were refined up and two heavy
bags of gold were lifted out and
placed by the lantern. The carriage
was Immediately turned around and
headed for home.
Cudahy had followed the instruc-
lions to the letter. He turned back
with hardly as much as a glance at
the deep brush at the side of the road
where Grove lay concealed ready to
lsieze the coin and run for his life.
A few hours later the Cudahy boy
was taken by a roundabout route
back into the city and turned loose
a half a mile from the house where
: his father and mother |anxiOusly
. waited, wondering if he would ever
be returned. Twenty-Five hours after
his abuctiOn, the boy was safe al
II home.
$4,000 Reward Offered
n This, the most notorious Of
% Groves crimes took place on the
lie evening of December IS, 1900. Gu
Is daily at once offered a reward o.
n S25, 900 for the arrest and cOnvic
II ton of the kidnappers, this beinl
later raised to $4,000. This served
Jr to stir to action all the police de
ID partments and detective agencies o
~ the land and started a manhunt tina
lie lasted for six years, and extended
rs over thousands of miles. But Grow
OF III TO be caugnC.
le The police were active and tn
I'd mere whisper that Pat Grove wa
ut in town made them eager to gain tn
he fortune promised for his capture
r. Night after night houses of Grove
Id friends were raided, several time
r. he narrowly escaped being taken.
a was sick of the hardships of tn
Id hunted and yet he hardly knee
Id where to turn. He would try to Blu
II, Cudahy off. So he dug up this none
and a friend took it to the million
lis aire, asking him to take it and 'ca,
he it quits" Cudahy laughed and threl
the packet of bills in the messenger
face.
- 81 don't want money" he snapped
II want Grove, and some day L
- get him"
Grove didn't understand this kin
of a man. Such "reminiscences mad
p, % him afraid, so he skunk away froI
Omaha and sought shelter among tn
: crooks Of St. Louis.
Planned to Kidnap Rockefeller
y It is stated that during the time h
y was a fugitive in St. Louis an
other cities Grove planned eve
greater crimes of a similar nature
He is said to have evolved a schem
to make off with John D. ROckefelle
ne and either kill him or gain a prince
or ~ sum for his release. A threaten
&c ing letter to young Rockefeller, a,
cOrding TO the plan, was to force th
le- latter to fork over $1,000 900, th
n penalty Of refusal to be the sight {
- his fathers body washed up on Ell
cid bay beach, Cleveland. But tai
failed to carry out. Another hail
Drained scheme that Grove is CT,
dited with having proposed was th
stealing Of the original copy OF th
Declaration of independence. II
knew that this was kept in a case
the Department of State in Wasl
ington. His plan was to wOr
through an accomplice who was 1
secure employment there. The cor
was to be stolen and then a lette
would be written to Uncle Sam d
handing e huge sum for it's return
This plan was also abandoned.
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