Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-22
William Osborn, Arrested at
Cedar Rapids, Admits a Long
String Of Burglslries
WANTS TO QUIT BAD CAREER
Osborn Gives His Partner, William
Maher, Away and tho Latter is Also
Arrested - Fourteen E,urgIaries in
Various Towns Admitted - Robbed
Store at Collins.
Special to Times-Republican.

Cedar Rapids, June 2a.--"Yes, I've
been in it pretty deep, but I'm glad
now that have been caught for / was
sick OF the whole business" said Will
liam Osborn, the self-ccnfessed bur-
glar. Maybe it's a poor time to say
1t now, but for some time have been
wanting to break away from a life OF
stealing and when get thru with this
one I am going to turn over a new
leaf and make man OF myself If
possibly can"
Osborn is but 10 years old. He has
a good face and to look at him one
could hardly believe that for the past
few months he has done nothing but
commit one crime after another. He
seems sincerely repentant for what
he has done.
Osborn gave the police a great
amount OF additional trouble, however,
by trying to shield his partner, Will
liam Maher who was arrested Friday
morning at Mt. Vernon. Thursday
night Osborn said that NIaher had gone
to Chicago and kilograms were sent to
the police of that city asking them to
be on the lookout and To arrest Mahev
when he arrived there. Some one who
knew both the fellows, however, read
the story of the captur', of Osborn in
The Republican Friday morning. He
in, M aIi q ta1v cnn no
Cunningham and informed him that he
believed Maher was in Mt. Vernon and
not in Chicago In the meantime Mr..
Cunningham had been working on the
case and had obtained The same infor-
nation in another way. He telephoned
to Mt. Vernon and to Clinton and from
Clinton there came confederation that
Maher was at Mt. Vernon.
The conductor remembered that he
had boarded the train at Cedar Rap
ids and that his ticket read Mt. YER
non. He also remembered that he had
seen Maher get off the train at Mt
Vernon.
Soon after that the marshal at Mt
Vernon arrested Maher in the hotel
there and locked him up in Jail. Cap
tain Kroulik went down after him and
returned with him in the afternoon.
Osborn's only excuse for saying that
Maher had gone to Chicago was that
he wanted to shield his pal.
Osborn went over his confession
again Friday morning and admitted
that he and Maher had committed
fourteen different burglaries within the
past few months. Three Of these were
at Iowa City, two at Marion, one at
keystone, one at Collins, one at Peru,
Ind, and four at towns whose names
are unknown to Osborn.
At Shellsburg they stole some valu-
able valises which are now in possess
sion Of the police, together with some
shirts and other clothing. In the
valises were found number of cards
which once contained jewelry. the jew
elry evidently having been sold by the
thieves
At Collins, Osborn says. they got
about $3.50 worth of stuff. He says
that the police of Cedar Rapids are
known and feared by every crook In
the country and few of them attempt
to come here for fear they will be
caught. The easiest places to rob, in
Osborn's opinion, are lumber offices
in small towns, where the only peace
officer is the marshal.