Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-07-26

EarIy LnlS morning SuuAAah
with a revolver and made his escs
hands.
The arrest Of two men, who the police
say confessed that they were members
OF the gang Of automobile bandits has
not served to prevent the gang carrying
on its operations
The men under arrest gave their names
as James Forrest, alias Spencer, 10. living
at the Oneida hotel. and Ralph Richwine'
%, 102415 South Meridian street, charged
with vagrancy, robbery and vehicle tax
ing.
LATER ADMIT
REAL NAMES.
The men later admitted they were
Ralph Goodwin of Cambridge City and
Clifford Spencer, 1912 Emmett street.
They are said to have confessed to rob
bing a candy store on Sixteenth street,
a filing station on North Capitol ave-
nue., and the Case Bros drug store
Both have served prsion sentences and
both say they were paroled.
AS there is no record Of their parole
at the statehOuse the police assume they
were paroled by the board OF the state
reformatory, in which they were con-
fined
Goodwin was sentenced IN the state re
fOrmatory from Richmond for burglary,
and Spencer was sentenced at Vincennes
on a similar charge
They said they had been rOOming at
1925 South Meridian street
The robbery at the Habich store was
discovered when William Reinert, q
clerk, opened the store at 7:15 o'clock
this morning.
An early estimate Of the amount OF
loot obtained by the thieves reached
$1,000, but a hurried invoice by Alex
G. Byerly, manager Of the store, indi-
Gated that the total would be about
5000.
The burglary was the work OF pro-
fessionals according to detectives who
made an investigation.
WAS WORK
OF EXPERTS.
The method Of removing part Of the
lock and opening the door indicated that
experts robbed the store. they said.
The loot included four high powered
rifles, thirteen automatic pistols, Eve
cameras, a pair of French binoculars,
numerous thermOs bottles. safety razors,
q camp stove. six pairs Of athletic shoes,
nine watches and a supply OF ammuni-
ton.
The burglars did not visit the upper
floors Of the building, but confined their
attention to the window exhibits and
the showcases and shelves on the first
noor.
Detectives say the loot taken by the
thieves was so bulky that they must have
used an automobile to haul it away.
Reinert closed the store at :45 Satur-
day night and opened it today, and the
detectives have been unable to determine
the exact time the burglars visited the
store.
The lock was set in i mOrtlse in such
a way that only the part where the key
enters extended from the door.
Using n pipe wrench the burglars
turned that part until a piece Of the
lock broke and the round cylinder into
which the key is inserted came out.
Then they reached in with their IN.
gers and pulled back the tumblers that
leld the lock.
The rest was easy.
They entered and helped thmeslves 70
the merchandise they wanted.
st the time the Standard oil filing
station was being robbed q hOldup man
relieved Thomas Payne, SO, OF lions
Vile. Ind. Of S12O at the Ohio street
bridge over the canal.
As PatrOlman Kennedy, who was wear
ing civilian clothes, reached Walnut and
West streets. a man who said bis name
was George Mcfarland. but whose ad-
dress was not learned, yelled that he
had been held up and robbed
Kennedy told the man he was a police
officer and was told that the robber had
relieved Mcfarland Of s15. watch and
a railroad ticket to Louisville.
Mcfarland said the robber had a re-
volTer and wore a white handkerchief
over his face, and ran south on West
street.
kennedy saw the holdup man and
ordered him to stop. but the robbeT
covered the policeman with a revolver
backed to a waiting automobile, and.
Jumping into the car. drove south on
West street.
Kennedy stopped an automobile that
was passing and pursued the robbers
car but the thief escaped, and when Ken
nedy returned TO Walnut street McFar-
land had disappeared without giving his
address.
THINK MAN ROBBED
GEORGE STANLEY.
The man who covered Patrolman Ken
nedy with a revolver is believed to be
ene of the pair who held up and robbed
George Stanley, 3109 North New Jersey
street
As Stanley was walking at Meridian
and Tenth street last midnight, two men
with white handkerchiefs covering their
faces pointed revolveFs at him and forced
him to walk west on Superior street.
In the darkness Of the alley they re-
1ieved Stanley of $50 and watch. but
after examining the watch gave It back
to him.
The police are confronted with a real
mystery in automobile license No 96O1O.
That was the number on the automo-
bile used by the three bandits that
robbed the Florence Ice Cream parlor.
129 East Sixteenth street, and the Stand
ard Oil filling station. North street and
Capitol avenue. Friday night, and Case
Brothers Drug store, Central avenue and
Twenty y-second street, Saturday morning
II was the license number on the auto
mobile found at Maryland and Illinois
streets at o'clock Saturday night, when
Patrolman Martin O'ConnOr arrested
James Forest, alias Clifford Spencer. 10,
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