Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 307, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1920 — O'BRIEN HAD FORTUNE; NOW WHERE IS IT? [ARTICLE]

O'BRIEN HAD FORTUNE; NOW WHERE IS IT?

Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 23. while completing arrangements to start for Momence, 111., with the body of Lieut. Pat O’Brien, noted aviator, who committed suicide Friday night, Merwin O’Brien, a brother, today began an investigation into the affairs of the late war hero. According tp the brother, Lieut. O’Brien possessed more than $15,000 in cash, stocks and Liberty bonds a year ago before he went to Cuba on a trip. When he shot himself O’Brien was said to have been practically penniless. Mrs. Sarah Ottis, companion of Mrs. O’Brien, was quoted today as saying that before his death O’Brien had pawned his wife’s \ rings and furs. The brother appeared to be astounded when he learned that no estate was left by the aviator. “Before I leave I expect to know all the details and circumstances that prompted my brother to take his life,” he was quoted as declaring. “The truth will come out about how his money got away from him. I cannot believe that he spent it in wild living for up until the time he went to Cuba he was living a model life.” ’ —The Invisible Guest—'