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Pat Crowe (1864–1938), also known as Frank Roberts,〔("Pat Crowe: 1921" ). Shorpy.com. Retrieved October 20, 2010.〕 was an American criminal who was implicated in the 1900 kidnapping of Edward Cudahy, Jr. in Omaha, Nebraska. He later became a lecturer and writer. Crowe's criminal notoriety as a bank and train robber and as a kidnapper gained him fame across the United States when he began writing and speaking about his exploits in the early 20th century. According to ''Time'' magazine, Crowe's "misdemeanors began with robbing Omaha streetcars in 1890 and included a diamond theft, homicidal attempts, a visit to and escape from Joliet prison, hold-ups and pilfering on railroads".〔("Miscellany" ). ''Time''. February 1, 1926. Retrieved October 20, 2010.〕 After his last acquittal in the Cudahy trial, the Omaha ''Daily News'' described him as "one of the few really spectacular and truly named desperadoes" of the day,〔("1906 Kidnapping" ). NebraskaStudies.org. State of Nebraska. Retrieved October 20, 2010.〕〔("Cudahy Kidnapping" ), Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved 10/20/10.〕 while an obituary called him, "one of the most colorful figures in American criminal history".〔''Daily Mail''. Hagerstown, Maryland. October 31, 1938.〕 Today, his written personal narratives of the Cudahy story are studied for their authenticity.〔("All Things Made New" ). University of Virginia. Retrieved September 25, 2007.〕 ==Early life and criminal career== Crowe was born on a farm outside Davenport, Iowa, and had 11 siblings. Soon after he turned 17 his mother died, and Crowe moved to South Omaha, Nebraska, a new town centered on a growing meat packing industry. Along with a partner named Pat Cavanaugh, Crowe opened a butcher shop in the area. Soon after, his shop was closed by the large operation owned by Edward Cudahy. He was hired by the Cudahy Meatpacking Plant shortly thereafter. Cudahy fired Crowe after he was caught stealing money from the operation.〔Galluzzo, J. (2005) ''When Hull Freezes Over: Historic Winter Tales from the Massachusetts Shore''. The History Press. p. 92.〕 Crowe held a variety of jobs and committed small crimes until the early 1890s. Using the alias Frank Roberts, Crowe perpetrated a variety of crimes. After an attempted robbery in Joliet, Illinois, Crowe got in a gunfight with police in Chicago. He was arrested and sentenced to six years in prison. In 1897, Crowe, again as Roberts, was sent to trial in Denver, Colorado, for burglary and larceny of a jewelry store. However, he jumped bond and was never tried.〔(''The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review'' ). Volume 34. May 19, 1897. p 16.〕 Crowe resurfaced in South Omaha around 1900 with his old comrade Pat Cavanaugh. That winter they kidnapped Edward Cudahy, Jr. After scoring the first successful ransom for a kidnapping in the United States, Crowe disappeared, resurfacing a number of times〔(December 12, 1904) "Elusive Suspect Escapes from Federal Detectives". ''St. Paul Globe''.〕 until 1905.〔Galluzzo, J. (2005) ''When Hull Freezes Over: Historic Winter Tales from the Massachusetts Shore''. The History Press. p. 97.〕 That year, he walked down the streets of Butte, Montana, asking to be arrested for the kidnapping. In February 1906, despite the prosecution's 40 witnesses, a firsthand account of a confession to a priest, and no testimony by his defense, Crowe was acquitted by a jury. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pat Crowe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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