Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-20
POLICE ARREST
SIX PERSONS IN
RAID ON HOTEL
Find Diamonds and Large
Amount Of Currency in
Alleged Tiger.

Following the arrest of four men at the
Hotel ROYAL today on charges Of violating
the liquor laws and unlawful possession
of firearms, two other arrests were made.
When the police raided the rooms OF the
four men they found box of unset
diamonds, a large amount OF paper money
and some firearms.
The men gave Il cir names as Ora f.
IasweII. sc, 507 North Meridian street,
Champaign, Ill: Willie Reilly, IS, Hill
street. Champaign; Allen Wheeler, %, 1Ot
East White street Champaign, and Her
man Klemck, %, 30G Forth First street,
Champaign. Reilly and LasweH were
charged with operating a blind tiger, Las-
we'll was charged with Unlawful posses
sion of firearms and all were charged with
vagrancy.
BELLBOY AND
WOMAN HELD.
The others arrested are William Bar
nett II, negro, GA Ogden street, bell
boy, charged with pandering and vag-
rancy, and May Parsel. alias Marcus,
who says she lived in Monticello but is
staying at the Royal, charged with vag-
rancy and operating a blind tiger.
The parseI woman is the one whom
the four men arrested earlier blame for
calling the police. Reilly, it is said, de
clared he purchased a pint bottle of
whisky from the woman at the hotel last
night According to the statements of
the four men. the bellbOy, who the police
say was Barnett knocked on their door
last night and asked them if they wanted
to see Miss Parsel. The woman came
10 the room and, it is alleged, delivered
the liquor. It was at this time that she
is said to have seen the diamonds, rolls
CHI
gun.
BELIEVE SHE
AIDED IN HOLDUP.
Detectives also beIieve she was the
woman who, with a male companion, held
up John Z. Hasty, 1914 West Michigan
street, on the night of Dec. 10, on the
Charlottesville road, and took his Hudson
automobile and 81. The car has been
located in Monticello, the police said.
The men reached Indianapolis yegter-
day with three automobiles which they
stored in garage near the hotel. One
was a seven passenger National touring
car with Illinois license No. 273470, but
under the seat sof this car were found
Illinois dealers license plates No. 1926.
The other two cars were a Ford and
Buick.
SAID THEY WERE GOING
TO KENTUCKY AFTER BOOZE.
Lassweu and Kelley explained that
they were en- route to Louisville to OBJ
tain a supply of whisky, and that the
loaded revolver and the shot gun found
IN their room was to protect their
cargo.
I'VE had been told Indiana was full
land nobody ever took any thing from me
IN 81 M RI LOT fhnUI
begin now"
Wheeler and K1emick denied that they
were en- route to Louisville after liquor.
No guns were found in their room. A
bottle of white mule" whisky and part
of 4 bottle of bottled in bond whisky
was found in one Of the rooms. They
also had a small box containing a num-
her of amounted diamonds. All the
men seemed well supplied with money.
The four men placed the blame of their
arrest on n woman whom they met after
reaching indianapolis. Who the woman
is has not been learned. but the police
are investigating that angle of the case
1t was not from the woman, however,
that the police obtained the information
that resulted in the raid on the two
rooms
THE RAID CAUSES
MUCH EXCITEMENT.
Considerable excitement was caused by
the arrival of Sergeant Burk and q
squad of uniformed men in the emer,
gency automobile at the hotel at 7:15
a IN. Traffic officers. on duty near the
hotel guarded the alley exits as the emer-
gency squad entered. Within a few min
utes Captain Ball and reserve emer-
gency squad including Lieutenant Hous
ton and Sergeant Sheridan. reached the
hotel 1t had been reported that the
suspects were gun men and police took
every rrecaution to guard against gun
play and escape.