Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-12

The taller Of the two bandits pointed
two revolvers at the men and ordered
them to hold up their hands. They
promptly o.. yed. He then ordered
Boemler 70 hand him the sack Of money.
Boemler at first refused but with se2-
ond order he obeyed,
FORCE MEN TO
GO To BASEMENT.
He then ordered Boemler TO open q
door leading into the basement and COM
PEELED them to back down the stairs.
They then gathered the mcney from the
counter jar&ed the telephone connection
from tho wall and escaped III the car.
No one obtained an accurate descrip-
tlon Of the car, despite the fact thai there
were many persous In the neighborhood
at the time. The police learned 1t was q
black tourlns car from Mrs Bertha Cam
eron, 9lS Massachusetts avenue. who saw
It turn into the station, but did not see
II leave. The police were unable TO as
certain the direction taken by the baa-
dts after the robbery.
The bandit who had tie rev0jveTs Is
described as being about 80 and as being
about feet IL inches tall. He wore
4 dark suit and a dark cap. The second
Landit is described as being about 20,
feet ! inches tall ana weighing about
80 pounds He is described as wearing
d brown suit and brown hat and yellow
glasses.
Shortly after ths robbery the police
found a red touring ear abandoned neSr
the State Playground. They expressed the
belief that the car may be the one used
by the bandits, despite The fact that wit
nssses said the ore used was blnck.
shortly after the robbery Pen Bergdoll
390G Roosevelt avenue. reported that his
touring car, maroon in color, was stolen
in Massachusetts avenue near Delaware
street sometime between noon and 30
o'clock The police believe This is the
car that might have been used It is
not the one recovered near the fair
ground
YEGGs CRACK SAFE
OF FILLING STATION.
Ysggmen and hold up men were busy
last right and eariy today
A safe in the Standard Oh Compauy's
Glling station at Meridian and Thir-
tecnth street, was battered open by
yegcmen Ind looted Of aboat $500. The
burglars used heavy Jimmy" and
forced a rear window of the Office. but
after getting the window open found
that It opened on & stairway and that
heavy looked door barred th6r way
to the Office. They then jimmied au-
other window and entered the Office
through washroom. Tail Shrubbery
shielded the burglars from the view OF
persons passing IN automobiles.
When Ivan Denwood, 404 Trowbridge
street, employed by the company. ap.
peared Mt 6 80 n. IN. today to open the
Office he found the window shades pulled
down. He unlocked the office door and
found 1t almost blocked by the pieces
Of concrete and metal Of the broken safe.
The yeggs had battered the door Of the
safe until there was nothing but small
pieces left.
f. c. Thompson, proprietor Of n gro
Gerry at 919 West Twenty Sixth street.
was held up and robbed by a negro. The
thief escaped before the police arrived.
Thompson had just opened his store at
) :45 O'Clock when a man entered through
a rear door. Drawing a revolver, the
man forced Thompson to hold up his
hands and relieved him Of $37
Burglars broke into the picture show
Of Max Kinds, 1913 West Morris street.
Kinds told the police a revolver and
number of advertisement slides were sto-
len.
Elmer J. King, go South Sherman
drive, telephoned the police that burglars
had broken into his home. rear win
dow was forced. The thieves carried
away chIdren's clothing valued at more
than $50, and a bicycle worth $40
Abraham .BOwman, 1907 North Illinois
street, told ~det tectives some time since
Friday a valuable diamond ring with
two and a half karat stone had disap-
peared from his home.
James II. Lambert, 2316 Brookside ave-
nue., reported that his overcoat was stolen
from a courtroom at Shortridge High
SSdCol. The coat was valued at $50.
A CLOTHES line thief" also was busy
Lewis King, 1925 North Alabama street.
said clothing worth $12 was stolen from
the clothes line in the rear yard of his
home.
Oda Veach SIS West New York street,
reported two shirts worth 81 stolen from
.he clothes line in the rear OF her home