Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1905 — PAT CROWE GIVES UP [ARTICLE]

PAT CROWE GIVES UP

KIDNAPER OF CUDAHY BOY SURRENDERS HIMSELF. Walks Into Omaha Newspaper Office and Tells Story of His Wanderings —Man Who- Says He Is Michigan Defaulter Goes Free. Pat Crowe, the alleged kidnaper of Eddie Cudahy, son of the millionaire packer of Omaha, and for whose arrest rewards aggregating $50,000 have nt different times been offered, walked Into the office of the World-Herald in Omaha at 1 o’clock Saturday morning, accompanied by Thomas O’Brien, proprietor of the llenshaw hotel of that city. Crowe, O'Brien and a representative of the World-Herald were closeted for nearly an hour, during which time Crowe told of his wanderings since he left the city four years ago. Crowe stated that he had served in the Boer war, fighting with the Boers. He returned to this country after the war and has lived continually, according to his statement, quietly in a South Side flat in Chicago. He says he has been in Chicago nearly three years and that he has visited Omaha on three different occasions during that time. He 6tated that he had been negotiating for several years for Immunity from punishment in case he should surrender himself to the authorities, although he declined to say with whom the negotiations were carried on. The alleged kidnaping took place in December, 1900, and in January Edward Cudahy, the father of the missing boy, who had been returned, offered a reward of $50,000 for the apprehension of the kidnapers.

FIGHTING FOR PENNANTS. Standing of the Clqba in ProminentBase Ball Leagues. Standing of the Xational League: W. L. W. L. New Y0rk...13 4 Philadelphia.. 8 8 Pittsburg ...11 7 Brooklyn .... 9 12 Chicago ... .12 880 ecu 9 Cincinnati ~ 9 9 St, Louis..... 5 13 Standing of the American League: W. L. W. D. Cleveland ...10 0 Chicago 8 9 Washington. 11 8 Xew York.... 8 9 Philadelphia.. 9 8 Detroit 8 10 St. Louis. ... 9 10 Boston 8 11 Standing of the American Association W. L. W.L. Columbus ...12 5 Kansas 'City.. 7 8 Milwaukee... 8 0 St. Paul 7 8 Minneapolis.. 8 7 Indianapolis.. 5 8 Louisville ... 8 8 Toledo 5 10 Standing of the Western League: W. L. W. L. Des Moines. .72 Omaha 4 5 St. Joseph... 4 4 Colo. Springs. 3 5 Denver 5 5 Sioux City.... 3 5

CONFESSES, BUT GOES FREE. Man Acknowledges Crime for Which Another Is in Prison. A man who said his name was George E. Leyden went to police headquarters in Kansas City, stated he formerly was cashier for the Wolverine Lumber Company of Grand Itapids, Mich., and confessed he conspired with another man and robbed the company of $2,100 March 18. He said William Bush, an innocent man, was convicted of the crime and is now in the Michigan State penitentiary. The police did not arrest Leyden, discrediting his confession. Teacher Held for Arson. Leon E. Shafer, principal of Deshler, Ohio, public schools, former principal of schools at Erie, Mich., and an applicant for superintendent of the Toledo schools, is under arrest at Monroe, Mich., charged with having set tire to the school building at Erie four weeks ago. The motive alleged is revenge for having been dismissed.

TrußUAgent Sent to Jail. E. J. Smiley, secretary of the Kansas Grain Dealers’ Association, was placed in jail in La Crosse, Ka'n., to serve a ninety days’ sentence of the United States Supreme Court for the violation of the anti-trust law. This is the first instance of a member of a trust being sent to jail in Kansas. Cashier Short! Bank Closes. The Peconic Bank in Sag Harbor. X. Y., failed to open its doors, she other morning. Cashier F. M. Palmer having confessed to u shortage of $40,000. Palmer signed over all his property, making restitution to the amount of $30,000. A surety company is on his bond for SIO,OOO.

Eight Cornell Students Near Death. Eight Cornell students had a narrow escape from drowning in Cayuga lake, near Ithaca, N, Y. They were sailing in a thirty-mile wind when their boat was capsized. For forty-five minutes they clung to the overturned craft until a rescuing party put out in rowboats. Fatal Storm in St. I,aui>. | The severe storms that swept over St. f,onia and vicinity late Thursday resulted in the death of two persons and injuries •to eight, and considerable damage to prioiperty. *- Japun Aroused Against France. Japan is aroused over what it considers repented violations of neutrality on the part of France, and a Tokio paper say* Japanese troops would be justified in bombarding French territory. Anto Goes Over Embankment. John 8. Bradstreet, a well-known resident of Minneapolis, is in St. Barnabas hospital suffering from a fractured skull and numerous cuts and bruises as a result of a fall over a 10-foot embankment in a big automobile. Founders in Atlantic Gale. The tug Gertrude put into Newport. H. 1., harbor the other day and reported the loss of the barge Moonbeam off Point Judith, with all on board, including the of the late Walter Q. Gresham of Chidrea of the captain.