South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-23
ROLDUP MEN PLY
TRADE IN CITY
Volley of Shots Greet Vic
tins OF Criminals Dur
ing the Night.

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BsnG police were taxed 20 the limit
Thursday night because of the
shortage Of men due TO sickness.
and every available man is being
PRESSED into service i'm an effort to-
cover every part Of the city. While
the police officials have obtained
a fairly accurate description OF the
men they sd far have been unable
% ap9rehend them.
shoots Victim.
Seeing mis- partner knocked down.
a wouId-be noldup man shoe Ed
ward Zimmerman. iii s. Seventh
ST. River Park. through the back,
Thursday evening az $ o'clock, when
Zimmerman refused 90 be victim
for the holdup men and put up q
right The shooting occurred in
front OF 1917 s. Seventh ST. Tim
norman. who is a young man was
returning to his grocery store at
iii =. Seventh ST., from South
Bend.
ON the front OF the lot at 1917 5.
Seventh 50. is a small building erect
ed near the sidewalk AS thinner
man approached this building the
two holdup men stepped from the
side OF the building and ordered
their victim 20 throw up his hands.
Instead OF doing SO. Zimmerman
hit one man in the jaw and knocked
him TO the sidewalk. The other
robber evidently lost his nerve and
shot Zimmerman through the back.
The bullet entered ms back, just
missing his left kidney lodging near
his spinal column.
The holdup man Zimmerman
knocked down lad gathered himself
together by this time and with his
partner started running north on
Seventh So. The fact that he had a
bullet i'm his back aid not cause Zim-
norman 90 lose his nerve, and he
chased his wouId-be assassins north
on Seventh ST. o. Vine 81. and then
west for half q block. Here Tim
norman felt his back become numb
and was forced To- give mp the chase.
He made his way 90 his home,
where his wound was dressed by
Dr A. Knapp While Zimmerman S
wound is said not Co be serious, ne
is not past the critical stage and
every possible effort is being made
by tho police 10 locate the holdup
men. AS soon as word of the shoot
ing was received at police headquar-
ters "a dragnet was thrown over the
west part of River Park Sergt. w
Barnhart with a detail composed OF
Detectives Hamilton. Dcliuski, koc-
zorowski. Jennings, Keller and
Luther. were sent TO the scene OF
the shooting. a complete search of
the neighborhood from Sunuyside TO
Seventh St was made by the police
officers. as Il was said that the hold
up men were making their way to-
wards Jefferson blvd. However, the
search failed 70 reveal the men who
were described as being between Is
and 20 years old According TO
statements made 10y Zimmerman
the hoIdup men made their way
down Vino ST. and cut across the
Vucant Tot at Si~th st. and made
their wav through 20 jefferson blvd.
As soon as word of the shooting was
received the detail of police officers
went over the route supposed To-
have been taken 10y the mon, but
the officers did not see single per-
son during their search.
Bloodhounds Ou Trail.
Two hloodhouuds owned los w
Sticus. .122 NH~havaI>a aN-. were
brought To the scene OF the shooting
but had considerable trouble locat-
ing the trail Of The robbers due 10
the fact that a number of persons
had trauped over the tracks of tn"
robbers However. the dogs We're
started ON the scent several times
and at late hour were still follow
ing the tracks of the men. Zim-
norman however. was the second
victim Of the evening. as the holdup
men apparently coming from Mish-
awake. met Glenn CopenhaVeu. =
Seventeenth ST.. ON NIiSuawaka av.
between Seventeenth and Eighteenth
stz. and took $50 from him. Tt is
thought that the men left Copen-
haven and made their way 90 Sew
cnth ST. where they attempted 20
rob Zimmerman. as both holdups
occurred within q few minutes
II is thought that tine men that
committed tho two hoIdups Thurs
daV evening are the same that have
been operating Don South Bend az
various times. This is the second
Job of shooting that the men have
committed as several nights ago.
when "a man refused to become their
victim az Catulpa and Indiana avs
they shot at him but missed. The
bullet that entered Zimmerman S
body was a % caHbcr. and had She
bullet been Of larger caliher IL would
undoubtedly have resulted i'm Zim-
merman's death Although the men
shot Zimmerman once. 5hey fired
four more shots during the chase,
but missed him each time.
Follow Criminals
After considerable effort on the
part OF Mr. Stieus. the bIoodhounds
succeeded ia finding the scent, al
though the tracks were considerably
tramped over. The dogs followed
down Vine ST 20 a residence whore