Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-01-28
ROBBER BOUND
over APRIL Term
Fellow Arrested at TT. Atkinson
Last Week for PostOffice Rob-
berry Taken to Dubuque
Thursday and Bound
Over to April
Term
CONFESSED ROBBING
OSSIAN POSTOFFICE.
ToAd Officials Where TO Find Some
of The Stuff Taken From The
"a PostOffice, Which Was Hid
In Ossian.


Jimmy OBrien, alias Roberts, alias
Riley, postoffice burgler was taken
IA Dubuque last Thursday from Dec
CIah by Deputy Marshal A. p. Hous-
ton. This is the young postoffice
robber who Sheriff Ellingson brot.
over from Ft. Atkinson early Tues
day morning of last week.
The Dubuque Telegraph Herald
has the following to say about him
after reaching Dubuque:
Upon being taken before U. S.
Commissioner Kroerner, O'Brien
waived preliminary hearing, and
signed confession which included
the robbery of the Ossian postoffice.
The confession was secured by ms
Pector CASHIER.
A search of O'Brien's pockets re-
vealed small sum of money, a
large kit of skeleton keys and pair
of oversize" dice. While waiting
for hearing. O'Brien asked for the
dice, and wanted to shoot" for a
few nickels."
O'Brien has a checkered record.
He was born and raised in Chicago.
He is twenty-three years of age; has
travelled the entire country, and in
September, 1918, was drafted into
the army at Cheyenne, Wyo. He was
"a Ca I WaS N ~
ton, until December. 1918, when he
received his discharge. He has made
his living by gambling since leaving
the army. Among his incidental at
tributes is considerable ability in the
art of self-defence, he has been at
one time a professional pug" While
talking to him this morning, U. S.
Attorney Frank O'Connor asked him
if he'd cared to go few rounds.
'Lissen," said O'Brien, "if lick
you, will y let me go?" and he rub
bed his hands in pleasant anticipation
O'Brien took considerable pleas
ure in listening TO political discus
Sion. He showed keen interest when
the discussion swung to the Irish
question. He is ''red hot advocate
OF Irish independence. An objection
that the Irish would start civil wal
as soon as granted their independ'
ence was raised, but he shrugged his
shoulders and said that it wasn't
hot Il a.
they did or not-and besides-the
Irish makes the greatest policemen
in the world"
O'Brien boasts Just little" Celtic
blood himself
When a reporter questioned him
Re shut up tight" until asked about
his arrest.
Say, you, listen-put in about thai
guy that run up at Fort Atki'son."
He turned to the marshal.
You know that guy-up there
that run away when there were onl,
five guys holding me down, cause HI
was afraid, Make a story out o
that"
When O'Brien arose to follow th'
officer who was detailed to delive
him 10 the county Jail, he was asked
i. he'd shoot some crap"
"Will I? Say, where's my bones
Come down an see me some day
and I'll roll you"
We'll, stay sober, Jimmy" wa
one of the parting remarks.
"Ah--hell," came back along TIN
hall, as he waved his manicled hands
and followed the officer around
corner.
O'Brien will be held here until th
April term of court. He pleade'
tuiity, was put under $4,000 bond
hut was sent to the jail when it be
came apparent that he would be un
able 20 secure a bondsman.
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