Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-12-21
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EAs&ga @A8& MEN0eTs IN WHICH NAa&~
cad L G@ef and Cayae Downey, two
ycmng mAen, abducted and killed
Ge@rge C. KiEmex, service s&ataon
attendant, brought back 20 the
mtnas OF many Aong-1irne citizens
Of the Mining City the time when
one af the most famous ksdnapperS
IN an hin&owy startled the world BY
waking nate q Butte police station
and giving himself up.
Pat Grove, kidnapper OF young EDDIE
Cudahy OF Omaha, heir 70 tie EDWARD
CudAhy packing fortune, was the man
who surrendered and sent the wires
ming a. TOP speed. His surrender was
voluntary after he had been sought By
police for six years without trace J.
his whereabouts. All this time there
was a reward of more than $4,000
for his apprehension. BIS crime was,
and SIN is, regarded as outstanding
10 United states criminal history.
OF course, other than that Groves
surrender and the Kilmer case boIn
happened In Butte, there Is very Little
uarallel in the two cases. The Grove
caae became . national saga. The XII
mer Kidnapping was done on the spur
of the moment during an ORDINARY
holdup and the young service station
Attendant was killed when the A1o-
nsDpers apparently became panicky.
Grove was Master Criminal
On ffa other hand young Cuuany
,.,ss ,of hurt but returned to his faith
er Grove received SIS, 900 in gold ana
his complete disappearance after the
crime was committed was, and Is one
of the things which still battle ponce.
Grove was a master. long trained Z
crime not an amateur.
40 Fanod trial nI1T emu UNI
punished Even though he had given
himself I'D q jury refused to convict
him This was thought to be the re-
sllIt at that time (190D Of strong
SaaIsng in Nebraska against Edward
rS1defv who then was allegedly I'M
,1or.ttY1eS .Japanese and negro labor IN
the gtockyards. General pubic IeeIhs
against Cudahy was 50 high that any
one who had done him financial Marin,
as Grove had done IN securing t 1
S25, 600, repeatedly was In FAVOR ID 'lle
Golf and Downey, of course, now are
in Montana state prison serving me
sentences at hard labor for their crlIns t
And Pat Grove is gone. He was SDoue
90 wears old when he gave himSen up
IN B,,tbe. but his life had made MN
many years older physically.
T,rowe never committed another
crime after he was freed by the jury
which tried him In the Cudany case.
ne turned reformer ana 1ougns L.
reform In prisons. IL was one % A 10
tt,soy-ses that first offenders should De
S stss and that they should pe
oi1er, military training as well as PAIN
5IoodcaI and medical attention he ives
an advocate Of the industrial scnooi
e-,d Formative training as opposed 70
confinement In reform schools OF tne
time He even suggested that wnen
Youngsters completed their tStns II
fhe Industrial schools, that tne gox-
eminent cooperate IN seeing mat Sne y
were employed and given CilaAi00
become good citizens ro+ theory
alone. He had served his Time Az Az
come come. yp through the reform scnooS
and prisons. He knew what tney WEI
80 ex time has shown, he was gooo
iTdoe of the reforms needeo-
Tserarding his reforms Grove s sac:
erie virtues of my system are tnas
these Young men would DC ISlOl l1s"5
instead of being subjected 70 the t naeS.
IN f1uences which now surround tnem
a. az eli prisons. They would be IN con-
ta..t NTH hone and future instead OF
LII decradation and despair. Inc
,,,iIitarv draining would make men OF
t iir.ar and thew would furnish q trained
s;..st ltne Of defense In case OF future
, 20 TThere is no idea Of having them
in the army except In Time OF WEI
MANY thousands Of useful nveS Woui5
10 preserved for society; crime Woulo
decrease and q great economic sS'AAe
would be the result
Grove was born on a farm IN Scoee
county. Iowa, in 1859, ana II Is nlas MAJ
~ County that Grove was born In also
oSod,,ced s1rch other famous CHAR
] cars ss Buffalo Bill, Lillian Russen'
1jiIw Sunday and Farmer Burns, tine
,,rregtler AZ is he went TO work III
~ ,1ackinq houses in South Omaha.
A. "a he had become manager OF
small retail department OF the C7H1ans
concern. and here he became 3 snieL'
Stealfng IS much as $50 Gay iLOa1
as employers. He was caugnt At ~ anu
dismissed.
THAT business was what started me
IN the direction / went salo S Sa3m
LING AE0 a day, I couldn't get uown
u 1vorarinc for small wages. trleo ~
sor ahosIt a wear, but 1t was no go.
,ad ac11Iired the habit OF easy money
ma n was easy money wanted. AZ
r rr long before found an easy way
@ get &C."
Red Light Rebberies -. ,eo,.
IN tfe ready times Of the late Gus
he houses of evil repute we're among
he erninences Of American cities. a ans
ice traffic yielded fat returns 40
he female operators Of these places
,ss,aflv invested their spoil IN diamond
eweiry. Arrayed IN this accumuiation
NV ware X, be seen In their retreats
,acsavin@ their frequent callers and
the impressionable.
Pat Grove had observed these woznen
md their sewels He saw In them the
.asv gyrev he was looking for and II
vas against them his first robber1es
vare Committed. he simply walked
y,tn khe resort OF some bediamoneu
lem, held her up at the point
4 4 revolver and made off with he-
81.
m igS0, after 8 number Of earlier
obs Of this sort, he worked this plan
m the noted resort Of Carrie watson
q Chicago. he was caught IN a pawn
hon. convicted and sentenced to serve
III wears at Joliet. After II months