The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-26
MURDERERS OF DOC LUNG
Captain Gerber Believes He Has All the Men Con-
cerned in the Affair Behind the Bars.

committed Sanders says he planned with
to rob the Chinaman. The work which,
each was to do was definitely laid out.
Davidson, Andrews and Baker were to gain
entrance to the wretched little shop where
Doc Lung earned a livelihood. while Sand
ers himself was to remain outside as
sentinel.
The plot was carried out in all it's grue-
some details. The four men walked slowly
up Indiana avenue about IL o'clock Sun
day night, May f. Doc Lung, Sanders
says. was standing In front of his laundry
alone. The three negroes, all of whom
knew the Chinaman well. stopped and
entered into a running conversation with
him. A few minutes afterward the negroes
went across the street to a saloon and
drank beer. At the same time Doc Lung
went next door to talk for a few minutes
with a shoemaker who was his immediate
neighbor.
KILLED AFTER MIDNIGHT.
The Chinaman was killed at about 1890.
Sanders says. He left Davidson, An
drews and Baker at the corner of Illinois
and Ohio streets at the meeting point Of
Indiana avenue. He was scared and nerv-
Gus and it required the mental mastery of
the other three to hold him to his job. They
stationed him at the corner. giving him
strict orders to stay there and to look out
for noises and the police. If he should hear
any alarming sounds, or If he should see
patrolmen approaching. he was to warn the
three inside and get away himself.
Sanders stood on the corner for about
6fteep r,fputeS hafora apvfhipO occrrrad
There was no one on the streets. he said.
and his mind was keyed up to a peculiar
state. Finally his nerves were shattered
by scream which seemed to come from
the laundry. When the three left Sanders
they went up Illinois street so as to get
around to the rear of Doc Lungs Laundry.
From where the three had gone the scream
seemed to come. Almost at the same min
ute Sanders saw two patrolmen coming
east on Ohio street toward him. He did
not give an alarm, being too scared to
whistle. Ten minutes later he met the
three at Ohio street and Capitol avenue.
1t was after 1890 when the four finally
separated.
Sanders says ne did not see any of them
again until Monday night at o'clock. At
Pennsylvania and Ohio streets he met Da-
wilson. Davidson took him to one side,
and from roll of bills counted out 800.
Sanders claims he asked no questions about
the details of the crime, or how the China
man was killed or how much money was
taken. He simply took the 500 and let 1t
go at that. He never saw any of them aft
erward until they met at the police station.
After getting his money Sanders went to
Louisville on an excursion. When he came
back he took another trip to Pittsburg, and
after he returned from Pittsburg he went
to work for Schikendanz at his Alabama
street stable.
EXAMINATION OF ANDREWS.
The examination of Andrews, while
achieving less definite results, was partial
| ly satisfactory. Andrews claims that on
the Saturday night before the murder MIN
Davidson. Ollie Sanders and another negro,
whom he did not know, but whom the po-
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