Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-02
POLICE BREAK
UPRING OF CAR
THIEVES HERE
Arrest Five of Gang Said to
Have Stolen Several Auto
mobiles in City.

Police Of three cities have united in
efforts to break up an organized gang OF
automobile thieves who have been oper-
ating in indianapolis. Five of the al
legged automobile gang are under arrest
and detectives today declare that other
arrests will follow.
Three alleged members of the gang
were In city court yesterday afternoon.
Romena Mills, Al, Terre Haute, waived
examination on the charge OF vehicle
taking and was bound over to the grand
jury by Ralph Spaan. judge pro tenn
His bond was fixed at $1,000. He was
one of three men arrested by the Evans
vile police last Friday, and was brought
TO indianapolis by Detectives Rugenstein
and Hynes.
Calvin Allen, IS. Ga william street,
Evansville, and Cecil Taylor, 20, 1903
College avenue, Indianapolis. were the
other two men arrested at Evansville
and brought here. Their cases were con-
tinued in court yesterday. They are
charged with vehicle taking.
CAR RECOVERED
AT EVANSVILLE.
The three men are alleged TO have had
in their possession an automobile belong
ing to Curtis o. Thomas, 2709 Speed
way road. The car was recovered in
Evansville Friday and it tore a Kentucky
license when found by the police. The
motor numbers also had been changed.
On July 2S, at Bowling Green, Ky. the
police OF that city arrested Ed DennisOn,
81, a NbrOther-in law of Allen. The Bowl
ing Green police also arrested Paul Tay-
l0r, 10, 1903 College avenue, at the same
time they arrested Dennison Taylor is
a brother of Cecil Taylor.
DennisOn and Paul Taylor had in their
possession at the time of their arrest
an automobile owned by Louis Kuhl-
wiIm, 3511 East Sixteenth street which
had been stolen from his garage. Paul
Taylor and Dennison are charged with
burglary and vehicle taking and their
cases were continued in City Court.
FEDERAL OFFICERS
BECOME INTERESTED.
The first Information the police OBJ
tained about who might be taking auto
mobiles in Indianapolis was more than
ten days ago, when three stolen automO-
biles were recovered at Carmi. III. These
cars had been stolen in indianapolis.
When it became known that the gang
was operating in three states the Federal
officers also became interested
Jerry EpIey, living near Carmi iden-
titled Mills at Evansville a : the man who
sold him an automobile which later was
identified as a car stolen in indianapolis.
He declared that several farmers living
in his locality purchased automobiles
from the gang and that he was positive
they were stolen machines.
The gang is said to maintain a garage
In indianapolis where stolen cars are
taken and motor numbers changed and
license plates switched" from one car
to another. The men, according to Lieut.
McMurtry of the automobile detective
squad, limited their operations TO steal
ing cars Of one make which could be dis
posed of at low prices However, he de
clares, one car Of another make was
taken from a garage in the northeast
part of the city, but was deserted when
it ran out Of gasoline.
The automobile owned by Thomas had
not been missing twenty-four hours when
the police Of Evansville arrested Taylor.
Mills and Allen.
USED KENTUCKY
LICENSE PLATE.
Allen asserted he purchased the car
from Fred Cox Of Henderson. Ky. but
Cox denied il The police said that two
motor numbers had been chissIed off to
make Identification difficult. The Ken
tncky license plate was used to help
cover up"
According to Information obtained in
Evansville the police Of that city be-
lieve there are ten members Of the auto
mobile thief gang.
The Indianapolis police have not de
termined the number Of members IN the
alleged automobile thief gang. The police
believe the gang operated In indianapolis,
Louisville and Evansville, and disposed
Of the cars in other cities. They are said
to have furnished fake bills of sale with
all cars sold.