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navigating officers, , Captain Hartley In the center. " " -
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Cancerous Lip Leads to i Cap
ture of "Hostile John" O'Brien,;
Safe Blower. -
'. Philadelphia. Hostile John O'Brien,
of whom It Is said that be could blow a
safe with such expertness that were
the safe ' abutting a paper cluttered
desk not one of aald papers would be
so much as fluttered by the concussion,
Is a prisoner in Philadelphia.
Hostile John la something of a. throw
back to the ancient and therefore ro-manee-cloaked
days of Wal Crosby,
Easy Roberts, BUI Dow, Mark Shin
bXirn, George White and like celebrl
, ties of the ponderous '80s. And let us
not forget to mention, says the New
lork Herald, as long as the capture
of Hostile John is Philadelphia's, that
city's favorite safe-cracking hero, the
late Jlmm'le Logue.
A tired old man Is O'Brien now,, sixty-eight
years old and apparently re
signed to spending the remainder of
his days In a 'federal prison. But he
has seen almost everything that seemed
good to him. He will probably die of
cancer, and It was because of this ma
lignant growth upon his lower Up that
be was caught Driven by pain to np
ply at a Philadelphia hospital for
treatment of his disease, he virtually
surrendered, because It was this can
cerous Infection that was his chief
mark of Identification. '
At least half a dozen men with such
growths were arrested before the au
thorities found Hostile' John. And what
a change in the' man I ' He got his
title because, unlike the average safe
cracker, he was a belligerent soul ready
to fight It out with his gun, with a
length of pipe, with his short, heavy
jimmy, with his fists. Many a battle
has John given the police here and
there in the "world, although the rec-1
ords do not show that murder may be
charged to his account. John has
calmed down. He did not resist arrest
- Old-Fashioned Yeggman.
His arrest causes a. stir because he
is one of the last of a dying race
1 that race of old-fashioned yeggmen
and because of the chase around the
world which Is ended.
The particular job this time was the
blowing of the safe In the post office
In Oxford, N. C, almost three years
ago. It musr .have been a simple job
for Hostile John. He pried open a win
dow, drilled the Iron box, dripped a
' quantity of nitroglycerin Into the lock
mechanism and touched It off. There
was $40,000 in the safe and It seems
reasonable to assume that John fled
with the major portion of that In his
money belt, for John never was one
to divide equally with his confederates.
i There was nothing messy abput the
Job. O'Brien knew by experience Just
how much nitroglycerin to use. In
tome respects he was not unlike the
Humble Dutchman; . ' In others, very
unlike. The Humble Dutchman, a con
temporary of John's, was a clumsy
yegg, as his violent demise would Indi
cate, but he was a dasher or strong
arm when cornered. The Humble One
was often arrested In his earlier; days
and was wont to weep so copiously
and to so exploit his' starving legen
dary wife and sick children (or was it
- Just the other way?) that the detec
v tlves who had collared him were moved
to sympathy. - ' "'"..'
The Humble One, feeling the soften
ing of the offlclaj, clutch, jwojuld Jerk
' himself free' and with one tremendous
' wallop of his huge fist 'stun his Japtor
I and run for It But he wasiif crude
peterman; - He carried his llr Id nitro
glycerin In a bottle in that pVeket that
has become . most ' populnf ' since the
TJnlted States adopted pr ...6'itlon laws.
He llmmled a rost office window out
In Olilo somewhere. .', The sash- cordf
" broke as the Humble Dutchman was
half-way In , and half-way out. The
falling sash struck the nltro bottle.
The numMe Dutchman vanished,
never attain to trouble us, ':,,'
Enjoyed Immunity. s;
Hostile John was no such bungler.
And before It la forjotten, it Is ex
run
GaogM ; 7:
hang Clfoase
plained that a peterman Is yegg for
that class of safe robbers that used
nitroglycerin. After despoiling the Ox
ford post office, John fled to Europe as
Mr. Thomas Dougherty, banker and
planter. For a time he gave London
the benefit of his presence, frequenting
the race track and the better-class
gambling establishments, winning and
losing with the usual regularity. Once
he was questioned by Scotland Yard,
but euch was his bearing and his ex
cellent nllbl he was not arrested.
But the United States government
was after hlro, and O'Brien knew It.
He went to Paris and to the Riviera.
Nice and Monte Carlo knew him as a
rich American wboi gambled like a
gentleman. They didn't know that at
least twenty-five of his years had been
spent within American prisons, nnd
.probably didn't care. He lost nhd
smiled; won and smiled. Monte uano
asks n j more of.Ttne. '
Eventually, however, fortune turned
against him and he lost much of his
Oxford haul. He landed- In Florence,
but American agents were hot on his
trail, atid late In 1021 be fled westward
to Rio de Janeiro.
He took his remaining $4,000 to the
gambling houses of South America,
working as far south as Buenos Aires,
and so successful was he that at one
time or another his fortune grew to be
$30,000 and more. But we must not
forget that Mr. O'Brien was "the vic
tim of a cancer. Age and the fleshpots
had not helped him. ' He went to' a
cancer specialist in Rio and this doc
tor, being a truthful man, told John
that he was doomed unless an expen
sive operation should be successful.
Kept After Him.
, And all this time the United States
government kept after him, advertis
ing him well and stressing that can
cerous Hp. When he sailed somewhat
secretly from Rio, O'Brien must have
had a matter of $15,000 or $20,000 In
his money belt. But not one cent of
this was expended upon luxurious
travel, No he shipped for.' New Or
leans on a leisurely freighter, a com
mon yet uncommon deckhand the
richest deckhand on record, in fact,
A trifle bowed with- years and none
the better for the disease that fate
seemed to insist he retain.
It was In January. 1922, when John
urrived In "New Orleans. Almost at
once he made preparations' to .have
that Up ' treated. He made arrangements-
with a specialist and went so
far as. to engage a room In a semi
private hospital when a policeman took
notice of him and, after consulting the
flies and thereby refreshing, his mem
ory, properly decided that the, man
that Blew the Oxford safe was present
In some , manner John learned of
his danger. When the policeman called
at the hospital to make Iris capture
he was told that Mr. Dougherty (John
himself) had failed to enfer the Insti
tution. The hospital people suggested
that the policeman make a report of
hthe fact to his chiefs in order that a
search forthe unfortunate Mr. Dough
erty be instituted. 'H- ;
"It Would do little good," replied the
policeman, "Inasmuch as the police of
the world have been on the lookout
for him" for two years. He'll, not, be
back." h - v.,- -v;:; .'-.
Quite right too. John did not come
back, instead he moved on, West to
El r a so and thence across the Rip
Grande to Tla Juana, where n gentle
man of means and snorting" procllvl
tfes can disport himself without a
great deal "of censorship: - ; J ..
; Financial Upa and Downs.
The races' In Tla Juana took John,
as tbey say, as they huve taken other
adventurers. He played favorites; he
played hunches. : He lost consistently.
Once he recouped at faro, only to hand
his winnings to - the J, omnivorous
bookies.' Once he went completely'
broke, only to regain a little. And
with, his misfortunes Came the old
pain and the renewed decision to enter
a hospital. John, you must remem
ber, was sixty-seven or thereabouts,
then, bat a man's desire to live s
strong. ' .
I
A last plunge 1 ' Only to get enough
money to pay the specialist 1 Luck
was with htm again. He cashed large
ly on a long shot and well one doesn't
account for such things. He plunged
once more and lost all but a little. And
on that day In Tla Juana he came face
to face with a Department of Justice
man who balled him cordially and cor
rectly. , . Just what would have hap
penea naa jonn oravea n uirougn
cannot be told, for he elected to de
part '
We text find Hostile John O'Brien
In New- York broke and arrested. He
was arraigned as the robber of Ox
ford's post office and the United States
commissioner fixed bail at $7,600. And
then a miracle happened. From some
where John produced $7,500, In cash.
This he post) as a guaranty that he
would appear for trial. The, day for
trying - him arrived, but hot Mr.
O'Brien.
v It was quite natural that the chase
should be resumed with greater keen
ness. . Here was an old chap, sixty-eight
to be exact, making the government's
very best sleuths look foolish. And
roan so marked, too I At least fifty
government men joined In the pursuit
Six or eight vrctlms of John's dis
ease were arrested, examined and let
go before hey actually- got him. And1
then they locked him up without ball.
They are taking no more chances with
John. .He takes his predicament most
philosophically.
Refuses ti Admit Guilt
"Understand," says John, "I'm not
admitting that I ever did anything
that wasn't legal and on the square.
TJhat'a my contention. Now It's up to
the government .to prove otherwise,
I'm an old man and not foolish enough
to believe that I'm going to live for
ever, but I'd like to die peaceful like,
"What would I do If I had my life
to live over again? Don't ask foolish
questions. I'm a fatalist I did what
wa mapped out for me to do. A. man
don't get up In the morning saying
that he's going to do this or not do
that' That la, he won't if he's wise.
He'll just go along meeting things as
he comes to them and acting accord
ingly. You can only -order your life
up to a certain point After that yon
take what's coming to you and like
It, If you're wise 1 :
French Demand Motors
That Economize on Gas
Paris. France Is ten or, twelve
years behind the United States in au
tomobile production, is the conclusion
of Andre Citroen, sometimes described
as the Henry Ford of France, upon bis
return from America after making; a
comparative study of manufacturing
in the two countries. 1
"In France,'" said M. Citroen, . "w
haven't mass production of automo
biles yet because of a more limited
market. There are 12,000,000 cars .It
the United States, a very big market
whereas In France we have 300.00C
cars, with, say, 75,000 customers, eocl'
one of -which buys r. new car every
three or four years.
"The chief difference In French am'
American cars." said M. Citroen, "I
fhnt of style. The French like A groc
ful, light machine, burning relative!?
little gas. The automobile Is still some
thing of a luxury - with the average
Frenchman. Consider, there nre onl
80,000 In a big place like ! Paris, of
which 12,000 nre private, 12,000 or
hire and the rest trucks.
"I was amused,' said M. Citroen, "n:
the reception given, the two sets of
cars T took with me. I thought roj
caterpillar car "which made the trlr
over .the" Sahara would be regarded
with curiosity. iot at an. it was my
regular -type car. The novelty -nt pos
sesslngx a French car will appeal t
Americans. I think; There everything
is for novelty. Yesterday Is, a closed
period for Americans, something to In
forgotten." ' ' ;
. Girl Champion Gum Chewer.
, Salem, Ore. Helen , Paulding - bi
Sllverton, Ore., claims the Northwest
record a a gum chewer,' but she won
by onlv half n length of. 0 .stick of
gum from 'Bernlce Stand. At the
Initiation of Sllverton , hlcb school
graduates Into the alumni association
the Initiates were compelled to put on
a gum-chewing contest Miss Paulding
chewed 44 sticks at ona time and Mior
Stand 43.
'0
suld Daddy Dragon-Fly, "when 1 ain
uot appreciated. We eat up naughty
little insects and people shouldn't be
ufrald of us."
"Well," suld another Dragon-Fly,
whose real nume was Mr. Uplaescbna
Her os, "I wasn't very welcome, the
other day. I flew In a window of a
house and there was a little girl tak
ing a bath. She was having a beautiful
time, splashing and all, so I buxxed
about and thought I'd make a noise,
too. But she screamed at seeing me.
" That great, big, horrid thing,' waa
the rude, cruel way in which shevspoke
of me.
"It grieved me sadly. And when I
say that it grieved me sadly I mean
that It made mo feci quite unhappy.. I
was expecting to ask her many ques
tionswhy she used soap and a wash
rag and a sponge. I thought thpse
would be most ' interesting questions
and thou,gh, x perhaps, she wouldn't
know how to answer me, I 'felt that
by watching her I might find out.
"I thought It was a most interesting
thing to see soap being used, and, the
soap did such strange things. 1 knew
it was soap, because I had heard the
Uttle girl ask her mother for a fresh
cake of soap and I saw what her
mother gave her. The soap made bub
bles and the soap was frothy and some
thing like a bathtub variety of ocean
foam. But, dear me, the way she did
treat me) Screamed at met And I
wouldn't bave hurt her.
"We often get Into buildings and
houses and we're not so very welcome.
No, I must say, we're not- so very wel
come. If the little girl had known my
name she might have been frightened
by It It Is a very long name. But
she Just knew me as a Dragon-Fly and
had no Idea 'of the enormous and mag
nificent name which I .always carry
with me wherever I go.. So there was
no reason for her to be frightened. It
was very ad, 88 I've aald. I cannot
see why people should be afraid of
me. I cannot see, but then the wayi
of people are beyond a poor Dragon
Fly's understanding."
"You are the largest , of all the
Dragon-Flies," said Daddy Dragon-Fly.
"At least I should say that your family
belong to the species or kind of Dragon
Fly which Is bigger than any other.
"Quite often you're taken for me and
I'm sure taken for you. But you're
much bigger than I am and you haven't
the round spot in front of your eyes
that I have. You have a T-shaped
mark. Yes, your wings are big and
outspread and your body Is very long.
My body Isn't nearly so long. It Is a
shame not to be appreciated,. Now, ws
"Shs Screamed at Seeing Me."
do a very good wrk and we're Interesting-looking
creatures. , I lived in
the water until I got my fine wings.
That is the way we do as a family.
"You know that well enough. And
when I was young I used to shoot
forth my smart Uttle jaws and grab
up anything that passed my way that
looked good to eat. ,.
"Nbw I fly about and gather up my
prey with my legs, holding It as though
In a market basket. But, oh dear, I do
wish . people would stop gossiping
about us biting them. We won't, bite
anything buf our Insect food I We're
doing good and not harm and we're
graceful and nice to, look at, surely.
So let's beg people to leave us alone
and not to be frightened at us 1 1. We
dont like to frighten them. We-cer
tainly don't like to do anything like
that I
"That'a the Dragon-Fly truth t"
. Least Damaging.
"To be sure, I want my daughter to
rajoy some kind of artistic education,"
said the father who bad recently made
his fortune. "I think I'll let her study
.singing."; s j. ;V
"Why not art -or literature?" ques
tioned a friend. . (
"No. Art spoils canvas and litera
ture wastes reams of paper. Singing
merely produces a temporary disturb
ance of the ' atmosphere." Chicago
Dally News. -
. Varying Heights. -' : ;
Hoffy, having moved to the counfry,
had to Htnnd for a lot of near-humor
from hlg down town friends and1 got
very tired of it. Hence Jhe. following
dialogue:
"Hello, Hoffy." ' '
"Lo." -
"So you now live In the suburbs?"
"Yes."
"How high are onions?" .
"Four Inches In the garden ; higher
at the grocery store." . . . '
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Got Away With the Pictures. .
An American motion picture opera
tor, who had been taking films of the
French occupied area of the Ruhr, was
pursued by the French, but escaped
in his auto to Berlin. There the film
was developed and two copies were
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"I was distracted with fear when
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Jt Is not always safe to follow the
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Pocket Orchestra.
A Hungarian engineer has invented
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