Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-24
TWO OFFICES,
STORE ROBBED;
THREE HELD.UP
Bandits Use Wild West Meth
DDS in Visit to Washington
Street Pharmacy.
DFLEE WITH $40 IN CASH

Four burglaries, three holdups and
one pocket picked.
This was the crime record in Indi'
annapolis for the last twelve hours
ending at 10 o'clock this morning
Here's the record in tabloid form:
BURGLARIES.
Athel c. Smith, 61s Parkway ave-
nue. Home ransacked and small
amount of money taken.
William Nackenhorst Company,
Dawson and Naomi streets. Draw
ers and desks ransacked. Stamps
valued at s. taken.
Ed Huckleberry, 543 Berwick ave
nue.. Two Liberty bonds and Jew
elry missing.
A. B. Meyer Company, 1910 Madt-
son avenue. Looted cash drawers.
Got revolver, but no money Checks
undisturbed.
HOLDUPS.
L. 4. Althardts drug store, Wash
ington street and Garfield avenue.
Twenty-four dollars taken.
Harvey Parker, jewelry salesman,
1854 West Michigan street. Held up
in rear Of 1417 Alvord street and
badly beaten.
Unidentified woman. Knocked
down in front of 527 East Twelfth
street and relieved of $25.
POCKET PICKED.
Ernest Lepper, railroad man from
Pittsburg. Met stranger at Wash
ipgton street and Kentucky avenue.
He's shy so.
hurrla rs
visited the offices Of William Nackenhorst
Company, Dawson and Naomi street, and
the Office OF the A. B. Meyer Coal Com
rany, 1240 Madison avenue. The method
Of entering the offices was the same.
BREAK GLASS,
THEN OPEN WINDOW.
A hole was knocked in the glass OF I
rear window, and the thieves reached
through and unlocked the window. A
each place the burglars apparently
wanted only money for cash drawers anC
desks were ransacked.
At the Meyer office the burglars go
only a revolver. The cash drawer wa:
thrown into a corner but checks were no
molested James Kimble, 2125 Madison
avenue, manager Of the south yards o.
the Meyer company, discovered the rob
berry. He told Sergt. Murphy that NJ
At the Nackenhorst Coal Company
office the burglars found the safe un
locked and ransacked it, scattering th'
papers over the floor. They obtained
about 50 worth Of 2-cent postage stamps
They ransacked the desks and then sal
down to enjoy smoke. John Schreyer
1920 Prospect street, manager OF the
yards discovered the robbery.
Han GOoD
CIGAR ANYWAY.
"Those crooks got a good cigar ht
told Sergt. Murphy as he looked at the
ashes on the floor. Il was saving it tC
smoke after dinner today"
The police believe the robbers are thu
same who entered two offices in th'
northast part of the city the night be
fore.
OF the three holdups the boldest wa
committed at II o'clock in the evening
at the T. A. Althardt's drug store, Wash
ington street and Garfield avenue
Charles c. Hahn, SIS North Jefferson
avenue, a clerk, was in charge Of th'
store. He was behind the prescription
ease when the hoIdup men entered, bu
he did not know 1t until he walked to th'
front part of the store and saw Leor
Hazel, So North Colorado street. a clerl
N the store, and Joe Graham, 80 Soutf
Denny street, a customer. standing witt
their hands raised high above theil
heads.
MASKED MAN
TOTES TWO REVOLVERs.
One of the two robbers wore a black
mask. The other was not masked. The
man with the mask carried two revol-
vers and ordered Hahn to open the cash
drawer. The robber then helped himself
to S24 and the holdup men ran from
the store. Lieuts. Shubert and Ball were
Continued on Page Four.)