Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-22
DUTCH REFUSE TO SURRENDER
EX-KALSER, BRI1TSHERS HEAR
WOMAN AND 3
MEN HELD AS
AUTOBANDITS
Police Find Alleged Loot of
Banta Store After Clear
ing Taxi Mystery.
TWO PRISONERS BUT II


legged to be members of a hand of auto
mobile bandits and burglars are under
arrest today. The police, as a result,
have recovered loot said to have been
stolen from a store at Banta, Ind, In
Johnson county.
Roy Dolen, "a, former soldier, and his
wife, Carrie Dolen, "a were arrested
at their home, 1902 North Capitol ave
nue., early today. Doleu was charged
with grand larceny. His wife is held
on the charge of receiving stolen goods.
June Thomas. II, Of 1865 West Thirty
fifth street, and Raymond Carpenter, IT,
of 1145 West Thirty second street, who
were arrested Tuesday night on the
charge of vagrauey confessed Wednes-
day afternoon that they were with Dolen
when they held up and robbed Ed Hall,
a taxi driver. Of his automobile south
of the city Jan. Il. and also that they
took part In number of hurglaries
and attempted burglaries. Thomas and
Hall were charged with robbery last
night
An operative of a private detective
agency observed three men attempting
to start a number of automobiles parked
near the Colonial theater ut Illinois and
New York streets Tuesday night. Two
Of the men escap ped, but he caught the
third, who proved to be June Thomas,
1t is said.
''sIAN WHO FLED"
is LATER SPOTTED.
Thomas was sent to police headquar-
ters and later in the night the detective
saw one of the men who had escaped
standing In the doorway Of an Illinois
street moving picture theater He ar
rested him. That man was Raymond
Carpenter the pOliCe saw
Lieut. Chauncy Manning of the de-
tective's department examined the ar
ticles found in the young mems pocket
on the following morning and noted that
a purchase and selling price on a knife
blade was similar 10 that on knives
stolen from Mlkol Jackets general store
at Banta. He ordered Detectives Rugen-
stein and Hynes to investigate, and Car
penter and Thomas are alleged to have
made confession connecting Dolen with
a series of burglaries, automobile thefts
and the holdup Of the taxi driver Dolen
and his wife were arrested by Detectives
DeRossette, Bridwell, Reynolds and
/ O'Donnel. who went to the North Capitol
avenue address at 2:S0 O'Clock this
hglS0NniIfz.sas
At o'clock in the morning Of Jan. IL
/ the three men are alleged to have got into
the taxi driven by Hall at Maryland and
Meridian streets. Hall drove them to
the Belt railroad and Meridian street,
where the men told him TO drive them to
/ Hitzleberger's roadhouse. Hall drove
| south to Troy avenue and turned west.
/ He had gone but a short distance when
/ 1t is alleged that Dolen struck Hall over
the head with a hashlight. Thomas, the
| detectives say, covered Hall with a re-
/ volver and forced him from the taxi.
1 Then Thomas got back into the auto
I after Hall had declared he had only d
/ small sum of money and Carpenter drove
/ the auto away. The robbers are alleged
! to have driven to Banta and robbed the
/ general store, then back to Indianapolis,
/ deserting the automobile at Fountain
! square.
1 ARTICLES IN TAXI
| CLEW TO BURGLARY.
Halls father was passing Fountain
square the next day and recognized his
sons automobile that had been stolen the
/ night before. An alarm clock and some
| trinkets found in the auto connected the
| holdup men with the Banta burglary job.
/ At Banta the men stole watches, knives,
! cigarets, an alarm clock and other arti-
| cles, getting into the store by way Of q
| side window, 1t Is charged. Many packs
! of cigarets and twenty-five knives, al
! legged to be part of the Banta loot, were
! IOunQ III DOZEN nome IOudyi the POlASo
/ say.
According to the confessions of two of
/ the alleged robber gang they robbed
| John Wards drug store, 3342 Clifton
| street. on the night Of Jan. 90 getting
into the store through a cellar window.
! The police say that S12 was taken from
| the cash register. The men admit at
! tempting to burglarize a grocery at I'LL
/ nois and Pratt streets, and store at
! Tenth and Illinois streets, the police say.
They are alleged to have told Of plans
| to rob general store near Waverly, Ind,
which plans were interrupted when the
detective caught Thomas as the three
men were trying to start an automobile
! Tuesday night.
The men are also said to have con-
! fessed to having stolen an automobile
/ from in front of St Vincent's hospital
| on the night of Jan. 13, which detectives
say was used to drive to another city
to '1ocate" a store that they are alleged
! to have planned to rob.