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Show PAT CROWE A HERO. Tho Honornblo Pat Crowe has returned re-turned to his homo city, as he delights to call Omaha, tho scene of some of his most brilliant exploits. Ho has secured quarters at tho Hotel de Power, on Court "House Square, and from his windows ho takes great pleasure in gazing upon the statuo of blindfolded Justice, surmounting the county building, holding aloft tho proverbial pro-verbial scajes. Tho Honorable Pat no doubt frequently wonders what the old girl is going to glvo him. If ho gets what ho is entitled to he'll have a sufficiency. All the way from Butte to Omaha the Honorable Pat Crowe recolvod on ovation from admiring throngs at the various stations, and many a high-minded high-minded person wanted to shako tho hand of this celebrity. Upon leaving Butto ho was presented with numer-out numer-out bouquets nnd bottles of Old Crow, but having recently jumped onto tho water wagon, ho generously presented tho aforesaid bottles to his thirsty comrades, who will retain them minus mi-nus tho contents as precious souvenirs. souve-nirs. Upon arriving at tho Union station In Omaha tho Honorable Pat Crowe received the glad hand of some three thousand representative citizens, and the band played "Tho Conquered Hero Comes." That- ho- is-n-hero-in-the- minds- or many people is duo to tho fact that some of tho newspapers have held him up moro as a hero than as ono of the most notorious and cruel criminals of tho day. Thnt theso people believe him to bo a much persecuted man Is owing to tho fact that tho Honorable Pat Crowe himself says that ho has been hunted llko a wild beast, and ho Is known to bo the embodiment of truth. Yes, indeed, ho has boon a much persecuted person, and now ho is likely to bo a much prosecuted man. The Honorable Pat Crowo proudly asserts that In all his adventurous, varied and brilliant career ho has never taken human life, but It Is charged against him that ho extracted extract-ed considerable humnn blood from ono of Omaha's policemen", and ho Is to be tried for shooting with Intent to kill. And, later, tho "alleged" kidnaper (mark tho word "alleged," It betng used advisedly nnd cautiously to avoid a libel suit in caso of his acquittal) wlll .be tried on tho charge of robbing Edward A. Cudahy of $25,000 in gold the ransom paid for tho kidnaped son. You all remember"" tho kidnaping story in a general way, but do you remember tho letter that tho "alleged" kidnaper wrote to Mr. Cudahy? That letter Is something that no parent should over forget. Hero is pirt of it: "Omaha, Dec. 19, 1900. Mr. Cudahy: Cuda-hy: Wo have kidnaped your child and demand $25,000 (twenty-live thousand thou-sand dollars) for his snfe return, if you glvo us the money the child will bo returned as safe as when you last saw him, but if you refuse wo will put acid in his eyes and blind him; then wo will immediately kidnap another an-other millionaire's child that wo have spotted and demnnd $100,000, nnd wo, will get It, for ho will sco tho condition condi-tion of your child and roallzo tho fact that wo mean business and will not bo monkeyed with or captured. Mr. Cudahy, you arc up against it, and thero is only one way out. PUT UP THE MONEY! Money wo want nnd money wo will get. If you don't glvo up, the next man will, for ho will see that wo moan business, and you can lead your boy nround blind tho rest of your days nnd all you will have is the dam copper sympathy. Do tho right thing by us nnd wo will do the samo by you. If you refuse you ' H will sco the saddest sight you ever ' H saw. THIS NIGHT OR NEVER." And thero nro some people who bo- H llevo that the "alleged" kidnaper Is H a much persecuted man. And there H nro even somo pcoplo who ndmlro H such a man and sympathize with him, H and want to grasp his hand, present H htm with flowers and assist him in H this his hour of deep trouble. H Meantime this hero will write "Pat H Crowe's Career," and when it Is pub- I H llshed It will bo dramatized and ' H staged, with tho prospect of having as H largo and successful a run as "Tracy, I tho Bandit." With tho proceeds Mr. Crowo, when he regains his liberty, 1 V will bo enabled to satisfy his most 1 huulablo ambition tho purchaso of an M Omaha boozing joint, wherein ho will H poso as tho star attraction Senator H Sorcnscn's Scintillations. H |
