Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 190, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1918 — LIEUT. PAT O’BRIEN DID It [ARTICLE]

LIEUT. PAT O’BRIEN DID It

Famous Acs Clears Up Mystery Thft Puzzled College Authorities For Years. » Berkeley, Cal.—A college prank which proved a mystery to the Unlvysity of California for several years was cleared up here recently whin Lieut. Pat O’Brien, the American “ace 1 ’ who fell ROOO feet into Germany and then escaped from a Hun prison camp, confessed to an audience of 10,000 in ..the Hearst Greek theater that he was “guilty* On St. day several ye**, ago the university woke up to find its beautiful gold letter ”C” on Charter Hill, overlooking the campus, shining forth in brilliant green, fa* vestlgations and proves failed to disclose whose hand had redecorated t|ie big fad the school officials nefar. knefcv\h*nffi! Lieutenant O’Brien made his “confession.” |’.i