Pat Crowe
Pat Crowe | |
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Crowe's arrest photo in Butte, Montana, US | |
| Born | Patrick Thomas Crowe 1869 |
| Died | 29 October 1938 (aged 68–69) |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Frank Roberts |
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| Criminal status | Served |
| Spouse | Hattie Kruse Murphy (separated) |
| Conviction | Larceny |
| Criminal charge | Bank robbery, train robbery, kidnapping |
| Penalty | Six years in Joilet prison |
Patrick Thomas Crowe (1869 – October 29, 1938), also known as Frank Roberts, 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 late 19th 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".
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, while an obituary called him, "one of the most colorful figures in American criminal history".
Today, his written personal narratives of the Cudahy story are studied for their authenticity.