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PAT CROWE CRITICALLY ILL NEW YORK N Y Oct 27 Pat Crowe kidnaper train robber and thief who would have been classed as Public Enemy No 1 in 1900 if police of that day had such a classi ¬ fication was found unconscious from a heart attack in a cheaplyfurnished room yester ¬ day and taken to Harlem Hospital Crowe now seventy startled America on Decem ¬ ber 18 1900 by kidnaping Eddie Cudahy young son of E A Cudahy Omaha meat packer The boy was released after payment of 25000 ransom Crowe later surrendered to police and was acquitted after a sensa ¬ tional trial Doctors at Harlem Hospital said Crowes condition was grave
