The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-22
Bring THEM IN is PLAN
TO RID CITY OF CROOKS
Nearly Thirty Arrests Made Yes
terday by Police and De-
tectiveS.
HOLD-UP MEN ARE BUSY
Superintendent Kruger Making
Effort to Break Up Gang OF
Criminals.
HOLD-UP MEN ARE BUSY

In order 10 put stop tC the WhOleSdi0
robberies, hold-ups and burglaries which
have been occurring with aggravating reg
ularity during the past month the entire
police department of the city is actively
engaged in rounding up all suspicious and
known criminal characters. Orders have
been issued TO bring them in and as
result the capacity of the city Jail is taxed
TO accommodate the motley crowd of "sus-
poets which has gathered there 1t is the
policy of the police to gather them in in
discriminatory. hoping to terminate the
daily crime and at the same time pick up.
few very much wanted men.
The entire detective force is actively en-
gagged in ferretng out hangers-on in the
city, and some of their captures are looked
upon as important. The railroad detec-
tives are taking a hand. and two Of the
prisoners lodged at the Jail yesterday are
credited TO them William Holt, who has
no address, and Chester Bateman, Toronto,
Canada, were picked up by Detectives ST.
mon and Manning yesterday afternoon, and
for an hour were put through sweating
/ process by the officers. Holt said that his
home was any old place where he could
hang his hat. Bateman claimed that he
left his home in Toronto because he feared
arrest for cruelty to animals
BRING THEM IN"
The two men were seen in an East Wash
/ ington-street pawn shop by the detectives,
who were at that time taking a prisoner to
| headquarters. They hurried back and found
| Holt trying to dispose of bar breastpin,
which was set with diamonds. The men
| could give no account of themselves and
were consequently taken to the police sta
/ ton. In addition to the pin Holt had In his
| possession three rings and several pairs
| of cuff buttons. 1t Is known that Holt
! has served time and he confesses to having
been arrested before. The officers are con-
| fident that the men are wanted at other
places. Detectives Manning and Simon also
assisted the railroad officers in the capture
| of gang of seven men who were congre-
gated near Harris avenue and the Big Four
tracks. The men were brought to jail and
| are charged with lettering. Their names
! are Frank Davis, Kansas City; George
| Rodney, Buffalo; Paul Burton, Buffalo; Ed
Shafer, jamestown. n. Y; John Shultz.
Buffalo; Stanley Ferguson. Hastings. NJ
Y, and Henry Robinson, Georgetown, Ky.
| Ed Stock. 213l Perkins street; Hayes Burns
1907 North Pennsylvania street; William
| O'Hearn, from out of town; Ed Stafford
| SIS Blake street; Richard Cornett, 946 West
| North street; William Jones, a negro, Chi
cago; John Karbine. Philadelphia; George
lie Dous and Jerry O'Connor, Cincinnati
| were a few more of the loiterers brought
in by policemen and detectives. Ben How
ard, 1913 West Market street, was arrested
petty larceny.
Morris Anderson. Ed Johnston and James
! Stack. of Cincinnati, loitered near Illinois
| and George streets and will explain in Po-
| lice Court to-day. Mime Coleman, Ais West
| Ohio street, arrested yesterday morning. is
| said TO have relieved man of 500. and
| will answer charge of grand larceny
POLICE COURT BUSY.
The wholesale arrests are producing
lively times in Police Court The session
| Of he
breakers, while to-day's will be even more
strenuous. Deputy Prosecutor Ira Holmes
is kept very busy and Judge Whallon dis
| penses justice with an even hand. The
| crowd of loiterers met varied fates Some
were sent TO the workhOuse, some to Jail
! and a few, who seemed to be telling the
| truth and gave a good explanation, were
| allowed to leave town on suspended judg-
| ment.
Entrance was effected to the grocery of
| William Yates. 2126 Brookside avenue
| Wednesday night and many articles, in
| Guiding tobacco, flour and chewing gum,
! were reported stolen Detectives Simon and
Manning were detailed to investigate the
robbery, and yesterday evening obtained
the confession OF one of two boys whom
! they arrested. Howard Craig, 2124 Brook
| side avenue. and John Grigsby. 2110 Brook
side avenue, boys sixteen and seventeen
! years OF age, respectively, were subjected
| TO the "sweatbox, and, while the younger
| boy still denied all knowledge of the af-
fair, the older one owned up. He said that
| his companion in some way gained entrance
| to the store and, opening the door said.
| Come on in; the doors open" The youth
then remarked to the detectives well, you
| see the door was open, and I'd have been
! fool not to have gone in" The boys say
that they did not take all of the articles
! which were reported missing but left the
store with five pounds of tobacco and some
| chewing gum.
TWO HOLD-UPS REPORTED.
Detectives Simon and Manning have re-
covered four bicycles which have been
stolen by Lewis Rickerts, whom they ar
| rested yesterday, and they hope to secure
several others. AT first Rickerts's mind
was entirely blank on the subject of stolen
bicycles, but from time to time he remem-
bers theftS for which he is responsible, and
is assisting the officers in tracing them
At least two bold hold-uDs werezsperpe-
trated in this city Wednesday nigfE and
in both instances the thugs made goodtheir
escape, and have not yet been unprecedented.
Silas Warthan, an aged man. whose home
is at 437 West Maryland street, was boldly
held up at West street and the Big Four
tracks about Q o'clock and a fine gold
watch taken. The victim was brutality
treated. AT about the same hour Frank
Murray, sic West Maryland street
was knocked down by two men less than
a square away from the first robbery. He
bad nothing of value. and the thieves were
content with the treatment they accorded
him.