Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1908 — THINKS HE IS PERSECUTED [ARTICLE]

THINKS HE IS PERSECUTED

Pickpocket Who Says the Police of Every City Have Been Hounding Him. Cleveland, Oct. 15. —Joseph King, convicted of pocketpicking and held in the county jail to await removal to the penitentiary, admits lie is “Jocko” Briggs or “Jocko the Flipper,” known to the police of Chicago and other cities. He was tried in Chicago five years ago for the murder of Hans Peterson, but was acquitted on second trial. “And ever since,” says Briggs, “the police of every city I go to have been hounding me.” Judge Lawrence sentenced him to two years in the penitentiary. He will take up reform •work among criminals when he gets out, he says.