Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-01-27
ROBBER AT OSSIAN.
RObber Shoots Station Agent i'm
Shoulder and LOOts the Money
Drawer.

Ossian was visited by burglars
again Thursday morning and the
Milwaukee station was robbed. The
sheriff and railroad detectives visit
ed the scene that morning, but the
daring robber made his escape, and
we understand 10 trace of him has
been found yet. Railroad detectives
were on the scene several days but
the fellow seemed to have covered
his tracks in a clever manner. The
following is from the Ossian Bee:
Another burglary and attempted
murder this morning at about 4:1j
o'clock.
Five burglaries have been commit
ted in Ossian in this year of our
Lord, 1915, and the year is only
twenty-one days old today. The first
two took place the night of the 4th,
the second two the night of the 18th,
and the fifth this morning.
Passenger train No. |, west-bound,
had departed. Night operator Clyde
Eddington had finished all necessary
work, and being i'll he lay down on
the cot to rest. soon falling into
peaceful slumber. He was sudden
ly awakened by the crash of glass,
and arising hurriedly, he looked in
to a big revolver, with a burglar be-
hind it, and the command: Hands
Up" The burglar was in the wait
ing room of the Milwaukee depot,
and the crash of glass was that of the
ticket window.
Did Clyde Hands Up?" He did
not and the burglar let drive a lead
EN- pill which buried itself in Clyde's
left shoulder Yelling with pain and
fright, Clyde ran to the Banning no
tel where Jess Emry, Lloyd Fan and
R. B. Jones were keeping night vigil.
None of the boys ventured out, hav-
ing no weapons on their persons, but
they began an immediate eXamina-
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shot Dr. Juen was Immediately sum-
moned and the wound dressed.
While the boys at the hotel were
busy with the patient, the burglar
pried open the cash drawer, relieved
it of some thirty dollars in cash and
a check of good size, and made his
getaway. That the burglar shot to
kill is quite evident. Clyde was told
to hold up his hands, but instead of
complying with the command he
moved slowly towards the door, with
his left side towards the burglar,
when the latter shot. Had he faced
the burglar squarely, no doubt Clyde
would now be a corpse.
AS soon as the boys at the hotel
recovered their equilibrium, the tele-
phones were put into service. DR..
Schneberger was called-his phone
being nearest to the marshals home
and he got the marshal out. The
latter with several citizens guarded
the railroad crossing, just east of
town, to see that no one boarded the
train at that point. Only one train
on the Milwaukee pulled through Os-
sian after the departure of No. |, and
that was given orders to stop for
nothing at Ossian. not even the rail
road crossing, and it didn't. 1t went
through town on passenger schedule
and no one could possibly board k.
The Rock Island freight, due here at
SIX did not stop at the crossing eitn-
err. If the burglar left town he left
by way of his feet.
In an interview with Clyde, ne
stated that he did not know whether
the burglar wore a mask or not. He
saw the revolver, and he wanted %
see nothing else just then but the
outside of the depot.
The depot waiting room has been
barred, pending word from the diyi-
sion superintendent, which indicates