TTIE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1005.
PAT CROWE'S CRIME IN OMAHA
WAR TEST FOR PREPARATIONS
OMAIIA MEN AND THEIR HOBBIES
Hiitsry ef the Kidnaping tod the ErenU
that Followed.
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him. The rhlf continues:
"I wan at the office early on the morning
of Peremher V and telephoned Mr. Cud
ahy's realdcnre, hut unable to get any
response. I a (tain telephoned and one of
the servants answered, stating that Mr.
Cudahy and family were not yet up. I
telephoned several times during the morn
ing, but waa unablp until about noon to
have a talk with Mr. Cudahy, at which
time ha aald he would be at my office about
1 o'clock and bring the boy with him. Mr.
Cudahy at that tlma told me that he had
arrived at the conclusion the day before
that he could not afford to take the risk
of having his boy disfigured In any way,
believing that men who were desperate
enough to kidnap the boy would not hesi
tate to do what they aald thoy would do
If the money was .not paid and he had there
fore the night before placed $, In gold
aa directed In the letter and gave me auch
proof that I waa and am satisfied that ha
paid the amount stated for the return of hla
boy. I told him that I was sorry that he
had done so, as I believed the boy would
have been found before many hours and
the kidnapers captured, but Inasmuch as lie
had felt that was the beat plan to pursue
and the boy had been returned, every ef
fort would now be made by the department
to cause their arrest. I then had a talk
with the boy and ho told mo his story.
"After going over the matter thoroughly
with the boy I detailed several officers In
buggies to go with Mr. Cudahy and the
boy In search of the house. The search
was continued during the afternoon without
success. The search was taken up again
the next morning and about noon, Decem
ber 21, Mr. Cudahy telephoned me from his
residence that the house had been found
and asked nin to come out to hla residence
about 2 o'clock. Captain Haze and myself
drove out at that time and. In company
with Mr. Cudahy, his son and Mr. Rurkeley,
drove out to the vacant house at Thirty
sixth and drover streets, which Is almost
on a line between Omaha and South
Omaha. On our arrival at the house we
. found Mr. E. H. Hemming and Mr. Kugene
MayBeld there, they having found the
house some time prior to our arrival. The
boy positively Identified the house and the
room. In which ha had been detained.
Efforts to Arrest Crowe,
"On the morning of December 20, De
tectives George D. Charlesworlh and B. F.
Kemble of the Plnkerton National De
tective agency arrived in the city and went
to work on the case. They were brought
here I am Informed at the Instance of Mr.
Cudahy.
"During the evening of December 20 I went
to Mr. Cudahy's residence and had a talk
with him. At that time he told me that
he had information that one of the men
who kidnaped his boy waa Pat Crowe,
but he did not know whether or not Crowo
waa In this part of the country at this
time. I told hlra I would have an Investi
gation made at once to ascertain that fact,
and the next morning I received infor
mation that Crowe had been hero and had
been hiding out around South Omaha and
Council Bluffs for several weeks. I also
learned that prior to the kidnaping of
Mr. Cudahy's son, Crowe had suggested a
plan for kidnaping some rich man's son
In Omaha and holding him for ransom.
Acting on this information on December
22, I wired Mr. W. F. Riley, special agent,
Chicago & Northwest' Raldway company,
Chicago, 111., aa follows:
Kindly send latest picture you have of
Pat Crowe, confidentially.
"And on December 23 I wired Mr. L. P.
Colleran, chief of detectives, Chicago, 111.,
aa follows:
Ascertain when Pat Crowa left Chicago,
where he wont and with whom. Badly
wanted here.
"Through our investigation we learned
that the house at Thirty-sixth and Orover
streets, the one In which the boy had
been detained was known as the Melrose
Hill house, and was owned by James
Bchueidarwlnd, 1948 South Twenty-eighth
street. When the photograph of Crowe was
received from Mr. Riley, it was shown to
Mr. and Mrs. Bchneiderwlnd, it was Identi
fied by Mrs. Schnelderwind aa the man who
rented the house from her. Being now
satisfied that Crowe was one of the kid
napers on December 24, I wired Mr. L. P.
Colleran, chief of detectives, Chicago, 111.,
as follows:
Pat Crowe positively Identified as leader
of the kidnapers. Uet all information you
ran for us.
And on the same date I sent the follow
ing telegram to 140 or more leading cities:
Arrest Pat Crowe: age 33; S feet 10'i;
hundred sixty to seventy; brown hair; light
sandy muntarhe, long at ends, may shave
or start sandy beard; blue eyes; nervous
expression; probably has new clothes;
search for gold; wanted for kidnaping. lie
cautious. Is dangerous man. Wire any in
formation. "On December 26 the same telegram was
sent to additional seaport towns.
Local fines Examined.
"A few days after the kidnaping, and
after a description of the pony used by
the kidnapers had been printed in the pa
pers, Daniel Burrls, an old gentleman liv
ing at 3319 Grand avenue, came to my of
fice and told me that from the description
he believed the pony was one he had sold
to a man who said he lived in Smith Omaha
and could be found at Brewer's barn. He
said the man still owed him 5 on the trans
action. He also said that he h:d been to
Brewer's barn, in South Omaha, and no
such man was known there. A picture of
Crowe was shown to Mr. Burrls and he
' Identified It as the man who had bought
ths pony from him a few days prior to
the kidnaping.
"On December !4 I received a telephone
message from Pacific Junction. Ia., to the
effect that a pony, saddled and bridled, had
besn taken up there and that It answered
the description of the pony used by the
kidnapers as published in the newspapers.
That afternoon I sent Detective lleitfeld
to Pacific Junction and he found that the
pony answered very clc.net the descrip
tion of the one used by the kidnapers, but
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Junction as to whom was entitled to the
possession of the pony, he was unable to
arrange to bring It back with him. On
December 27 I sent Detective Dunn, Mr.
Burrls and Mr. Warren, who had sold the
pony to Mr. Burrls, to raclfle Junction,
and both Mr. Burrls and Mrs. Warren pos
itively identified the pony as the one they
had owned and which Mr. Burrls had sold
to Crowe. The parties in raclfle Junction,
however, had not yet settled their contro
versy as to who was entitled to possession
of the pony there, and they were compelled
to return without it. On December SI De
tective Dunn and Mr. Warren again went
to Taclrtc Junction and by putting up a
cash bond of $100 with a Justice of fhe
peace there they obtained possession of the
pony and brought it to Omaha. Several
days were then spent by Detective Hcltfeld
In taking the pony around to different
places to have it positively identified as
the pony used by the kidnapers and it was
Identified by a number of persons living In
the vicinity of the MelroBe Hill house as
the pony used by the people occupying the
Melrose Hill house Just prior to the kid
naping. Tee pony had been shod since
Mr. Burrls had sold it and an endeavor was
also mado to .find the blacksmith who had
done the work, and on January 11 Charles
Lee, a blacksmith at Albright, Neb., identi
fied the pony as one he had shod a few
days prior to the kidnaping, But he was
unabla to identify the picture of Crowe as
one of the men who brought the pony to
him or give any description of the men.
"On the afternoon of December 20. when
Mr. Cudahy and his son were In my office,
he told me he would pay a reward of $25.-
000 for the arrest and conviction of the
kidnapers, and on December 31 the mayor
and city council by resolution offered an
additional reward of $25,000.
"Mr. Cudahy refused to withdraw his offer
of $25,000 and this therefore made the re
ward for the arrest and conviction of the
kidnapers $50,000.
'On or about January 4, 1901, I had 4,000
circulars printed, with half-tone cuts of
Crowe and giving his description and the
description of two other men whom our
information led us to believe were impli
cated with Crowe in the case, and also
calling attention to the $50,000 reward of
fered for their a r reft and conviction. These
were sent out as quickly as possible to all
the principal cities.
Our continued Investigation of the case
satisfied me beyond doubt that Pat Crowe
was one of the kidnapers, and on January
22, 1901, at my suggestion, the mayor and
city council, by resolution, offered an ad
ditional rewurd of $5,000 for the arrest of
Crowe.
"On or about that dute I had an addi
tional 7,000 circulars printed, calling atten
tion to this additional reward of $5,000 sim
ply Mr the arrest of Clowe. These were
mailed to different cities as fust us possi
ble. - .
Locating Crone's Associates.
"During this time the detectives were
Investigating the haunts of Crowe and his
associates in South Omaha and Council
Bluffs and about the middle of January in
formation was obtained froni Kd Hayes
that one morning, prior to the kidnaping,
while on his way to work he suw Pat
Crowe, whom lie knew well, and two
strangers, one of whom was introduced to
him as Pat Farrtll, In the St. Mary's cem
etery at South Omaha, and that they had
with them a horse and buggy. The reason
given for their being in the cemetery was
that Farrell's mother had died some twelve
years ago and was burled there. Efforts
were then made to locate Pat FanuU, and
In the Investigation it was learned that a
man by the name of James Callahan, an
ex-convict, had been frequently seen with
Crowe and that Callahan answered the de
scription of the man introduced to Hayes
as Parrell. It was also learned that Cal
lahan was still in the city, and he was at
once shadowed. It was then ascertained
that Callahan, since the kidnaping, had
been drinking heavily and spending money
freely and that old debts contracted by
him lung prior to the kidnaping had been
paid. The information obtained, taken to
gether, led us to believe that he was one
of the kidnapers, but I did not at that
time. brlinve the evidence sufficient to con
nect him with the case, and the detectives
were instructed to continue their investiga
tions in the hope that more direct evidence
might he obtained.
(alluhau I ader Arrrat.
"On February 15, Officer Frank Deuoerry,
who was at that lime a member of this
department, came to my oflice, and in
formed me that he had been with Callahan
a day or two prior and that he talked of
nothing but the kidnaping case, and that
he (Deuberry) felt satisfied Callahan knew
who the kidnapers were. He said further
that Callahan had also been talking to
Officer I. F. Dwyer, one of our officers.
Having little confidence In Deulwrry's dis
cretion and fearing that Callahan might
learn he was suspected and leave the city,
I asked Deuberry to locate him as soon
as possible and bring him In, as we al
ready suspected him of being connncu-d
with the case, and detailed Officers Deu
berry and Dwyer to search for him, and
t once Instructed Infectives Dunn. Rav
age, Usltfeld and lKnohoe to arrest him.
About noon the nest day Officers Dwyer
and Deuberry brought him to my office
In a very Intoxicatrd condition. I bad him
laktn to the police slatioi, and lucked up.
II bad beta drinking heavily for several
weeks, and he was In no condition to be
seen during the evening of the 16th, but
on February 17 I had a talk with him. H
denied being with Crowe other than meet
ing him occasionally. When Informed of
certain evidence In our possession he ad
mitted being with Crowe oftener than first
stated. The next day I had him brought
to the office to meet Mr. Oudahy and his
son. After seeing him and hearing him
talk the boy positively identified him as
the man who guarded him in the Melrose
hill house during the night of the 18th and
day of the 19th up until the time of his
release. I also had Ed Hayes come to the
office that afternoon, and he Identified him
as the man he had seen with Crowe at St.
Mary's cemetery. South Omaha, and who
was Introduced to him as Pat Farrell.
"On the day of Callahan's arrest and
up until the time of his trial, the home
of Mrs. Kelly, his sister. Fifty-third and
Poppleton avenue, ,was watched by our
officers with a view of learning who vis
ited the house. On March 6 Callahan was
arraigned in the county court and waived
examination. He was then confined In the
county Jail, and I had Detective Savage
detailed at the county Jail for several days
to ascertain who called on Callahan with
the hope that we would get additional In
formation as to the whereabouts of Crowe,
but no one of importance In the vase called
to see him. Up until the time of Calla
han's trial the dotectivea were busily en
gaged In gathering evidence against him,
and forty-two persons were subpoenaed by
the state as witnesses at the trial."
"April 26, 1901, after a trial lasting for a
period of ten days, Callahan was acquitted.
Pursuit of Pat Crowe.
"During the early investigation of this
case and for a long time thereafter the
home of J. J. Crowe, who Is a brother of
Pat Crowe, in Council Bluffs, la., was
watched by our officers, and also the homes
of his sisters, Mrs. Glllen, living near Al
bright, and Mrs. Conners, living at that
time about four miles south of 8outh
Omaha, but no information regarding the
whereabouts of Crowe was obtained
through this source,
"While the 'evidence led us to believe
there were three men and one woman con
nected with this case, only meager informa
tion was ever obtained In regard to the
third man, and while we learned that the
woman came with Crowe from Chicago,
we were never able to ascertain definitely
who she was or where she lived. Although
she was seen in Chicago with Crowe prior
to coming to Omaha, no Information could
be obtained regarding her there, and it was
not thought Chicago was her home.
"About a year after the kidnaping of
young Cudahy letters were received by me
at different times from Crowe, presum
ably forwarded to myself through his
friends, In which he asserted his Innocence
and expressed his willingness to give him
self up if assured of a fair and impartial
trial and that he be released on a bond
of $500 after h)s arrest until the date of
ills trial and every opportunity given him
to prepare his case, stating that he was
not afraid of the outcome if he was given
an opportunity to prepare his defense, but
on account of the large reward offered and
the feeling against him here he was
afraid of being Jobbed. While it was Im
possible to have the amount of his bond
fixed before his preliminary examination or
waiver, believing myself that some un
scrupulous persons might band themselves
together for the purpose of convicting some
one of this crime for the purpose of secur
ing the whole or part of the reward, and
also believing that Crowe would have less
fear of Jobbery If no reward was in ex
istence for his arrest and conviction and
therefore more likely to give himself up,
tf he ever had any Intention of doing so, I
recommended to Mr. Cudahy and the city
council that all rewards for Crowe's ar
rest and also for the arrest and convic
tion of the kidnapers be withdrawn, and
in pursuance of my recommendation all
rewards were withdrawn and publication of
such withdrawals made.
Thousands of People Interested.
"Inquiries by the thousands were received
from private individuals, private detectives
and police officers from all over the country
asking for Information and giving advice.
Crowe was often seen in widely separated
parts of ths country at the same time by
Imaginative persons, and while It was Im
possible to Investigate all alleged clues In
regard to his whereabouts, every clue that
appeared to. be reliable was investigated
without results. In one Instance a man
by the name of Henderson, convicted of
bigamy in Dallas, Tex., and sentenced to
a number of years In the penitentiary of
that state, confessed to being one of the
kidnapers and while this department
placed no credence in ths story, a great
many people believed it to be worth looking
Into and O. W. Shields, at that time
county attorney, went to Dallas for ths
purpose of Investigating the man's story.
He satisfied himself that ths confession
wo made for the purpose of escaping the
penitentiary sentence at Dallas with the
hope that he would obtain a lighter sen
tence here or be able to escape while being
brought to Omaha for trial."
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BERLIN, Oct. 1. (Correspondence of
The Bee.) The Milltar tVochenbiatt pub
lishes an account of the use of wireless
telegraphy In the rampatgn In German
Southwest Africa. In the beginning of lfH4
the opinion was that an advance In sep
arate columns would be objectless on ac
count of the difficulty of keeping up com
munication between the several rolumnst
the Impossibility of obtaining a general
view of the country and the absence of
maps. The fight near Owmbo on April 13.
1904. showed the uselessness of the troops
advancing in one body, and as the more
numerous natives esslly surrounded the
Germans when they advanced Into thick
bush and poured In a fire upon them with
out offering anywhere a front which the
Germans could attack. After firing away
nearly all of their ammunition Into the
surrounding bush the Germans were com
pelled to boat a retreat.
Before this experience application had
been made for the sending of a wireless
telegraphy detachment, and the arrival of
three mobile stations, each complete with
apparatus, balloons, kites and cable in two
wagons and a cart, made advance In sep
arate columns possible and profitable The
personnel of the whole detachment con
sisted of four officers, four noncommis
sioned officers and twenty-seven men. Only
the officers were experienced In the us of
the apparatus. Tape messages would be
taken at from fifty to sixty miles, but the
tape was almost entirely abandoned for the
ear, by which communication could be well
maintained up to a distance of 100 miles, as
happened In the advance In three columns
against Waterberg. In the fight at Water
berg one of the balloons served also as a
signal balloon and drew upon Itself the fire
of the Hereros and It was found afterward
to be perforated with a number of bullet
holes. The station itself was suddenly and
violently, but unsuccessfully, attacked by
the Hereros, who seemed thoroughly to un
derstand the Importance of Its mission, and
this happened on other occasions.
Repairs and Quarantine.
After the operations In Omahoke, In
which the three stations played an import
ant part, the whole had to be sent to the
railway works at Karlblb for repair. In
addition some of the personnel went Into
quarantine with typhoid fever. Reinforce
ments were sent out In December and also
some material which could not be supplied
at Karlblb. In January of this year a sec
ond detachment of three stations was sent
out, and the personnel of each detachment
was brought up to four officers, nine non
commissioned officers and seventy-nine
men, care being taken on this occasion that
the men, as well as the officers, understood
their work. There is now permanent com
munication between Amlnus and Keetman
shoop, a distance of about 112 miles, for
which only one extra station is required,
making five stations in all in use. A sixth
station is out of order at present.
The following are some of the difficulties
encountered in making use of the appara
tus: The land being high above the sea
level the balloons had less lifting power
than In Germany and the stretch of cable
often fell below the demanded 220 yards.
The dryness of the atmosphere set up fric
tlonal electricity, which at times threatened
to set the balloons on fire. Ths atmospheric
electrical disturbance was greater than In
Germany, especially In the rainy season and
In the evening. There was generally free
dom from this disturbance between 5 and 9
a. m. Strong whirlwinds were frequent,
particularly at mid-day, and the balloons
or kites were sometimes hurled perpendic
ularly into the bush and much torn. On one
occasion the bush .was occupied by the
enemy and the balloon had to be rescued
from them. Some balloons were carried
right away by the wind and were loBt or
burst by the air pressure.
The balloon wMle serving to reveal the
whereabouts of one column to other col
umns also revealed the presence of the col
umn to the enemy. The combined heat and
dryness caused the boxes contulning the
apparatus to crack, and they then admitted
the dust. The heat and dryness had a
ruinous effect upon the wheels of the ve
hicles, and the rough traveling also had a
ruinous effect , upon the whole outfit. The
supplies of iis, benzine and balloon and
kite material ran short. Altogether cam
paigning with wireless telegraphy appears
to have been quite a different thing from
the experiences with wireless telegraphy
on a field day at home.
tirrmsn)'i Financial Problem.
Imperial finance in Germany is in a highly
unsatisfactory condition uccordlng to all
accounts here. For the lust five years the
German budget has been faced with a de
ficit. In 1904 the deficit was over 60.000,000
narks, while for the present year the dif
ference between the totul net expenditure
and the total net revenue Is over 55.000,000
murks on the wrong side. The expenditure
amounts to about $345,000,000, or an increase
of $15,000 on 1904.
"The unfavorable development of the Im
perial revenues" the words are those of
the chancellor "has resulted in squeexlng
the federal states to their utmost capacity,
but this system cannot be carried any
further without risk of grave financial dif
ficulties." As an Indication of the gravity of the sit
uation It is stated that the government
has been compelled to cover the deficit
by what is little less than official embes
slement, namely by drawing on the In
valid's fund which was established for the
benefit of the veterans of the Franco-German
war.
In the meanwhile the national debt grows
apace, the interest alone for 19n4 showing
an Increase of half a million when com
pared with the previous year. The South
west African protectorate which has been
In a state of chronic rebellion for the past
two years Is proving an expensive luxury.
The suppression of the uprisings alone
has cost the government close on to $50,000,
OtiO. Proposals for increasing the Imperial rev
enue will soon be laid before the Reich
stag. Official secrecy Is maintained, but It
is surmised that the chief measures will
Include a tnx of 33 per cent on manufac
tured tobacco and W rr cent on pipe to
bacuo, an increase In the brewing tax and
the Introduction of Imperial estate duties
But to Judge from recent precedents It Is
doubtful whether even by such drastic ex
pedients as these the government will suc
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As Baron von Btengel, the Imperial sec
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than once said, any Increase In revenue is
likely to be more than counterbalanced by
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T&.0U) horse powtr, about 10 per rent of ths
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cations it is believed that extensive electric
railway developments may soon be an
nourced. TRACKS OF A NOTED WARRIOR
Kxnlolts . of a Fighting Ilalfbreed
Indian Unrlng the Border Days
of the Meat.
The October number of the Frontier Mag
aslne. published at Colorado Springs,
prints an account of the exploits of George
Bent, an Indlun hulfbreed who took an
active part in the killing and scalping raids
which reddened the plains In the pioneer
days. The author is George Hyde of
Omaha.
Bent is the son of old Colonel Bent, fur
trader and Indlun agent, owner of Bent's
fort on the upper Arkansas, where he at
one time did a fur business second only
to that done by Astor's big American Fur
company. Bent's mother was Owl Woman
of the southern Cheyennes. When the war
broke out Bent and his younger half
breed brother, Charley, were going to
school in Missouri. They enlisted In the
confederate army and after seeing some
fighting were captured and paroled; soon
after this they went home, up the Ar
kansas, and joined the Cheyennes. In
1864 war broke out with the Indians In
Nebraska, Colorado and Kansas, and Bent
and his brother Joined the warriors In their
fighting and raiding. In less than a year
George Bent was reported (by the soldiers)
as killed In three different fights. In No
vember he was In Black Kettle's camp
when the Colorado troops attacked it and
killed about 1M Indians. Bent was re
ported killed here, his brother was cap
tured. Next Bent Joined the hostlles on
the upper Smoky Hill river and moved with
them to a big hostile camp on the head
waters of the Republican, from whence he
went out with raiding parlies, sweeping
along the Denver road on the Platte, cap-
I turlng wagon trains, herds, stage coaches,
ttc. He was with both war1 parties that at
tacked Julesburg, Colo, this winter; the
first attack, made hy l.fofl warriors, re
sulted In luring out the soldiers and killing
a, considerable number of them; In the
second attack Julesburg stage ststlon wss
I burned and fifty miles of telegraph de
' stroyed; then the Indians broke camp and
moving north Joined Red Cloud on Powder
river In spring, 1W the fighting was re
newed. Bent wss In the fight with Colonel
Moonlights' troops on Powder river and
also took rrt In a four-day engagement
with a wagon train escorted by soldiers.
At the Platte bridge fight, he seems to
have led the 1,000 warriors when they
charged the troops and annihilated a party
of sixty. In this fight he witnessed ths
dath of lieutenant Casper Collins, for
whom the town of Cusper, Wyo, near the
old Platte bridge Is naiii'd. In the winter
of 1WS. Bent went south with the C'heyenes
Peace bad been made, and from this time
on he never fought against the whites
agaJo, but served as Interpreter aud In
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