Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-12
ROBBERS WAIT
FOR MAN IN HIS
GARAGE; GET S12O
Bind Peddler to Truck and
Threaten Him if He Calls
for Help.
GROCER FIRES ON 2 MEN

Two masked robbers attacked Joseph
H. whltehouse, $40 North Temple ave
nue.. early this morning, when he went to
his garage in the rear Of his home and
robbed him OF S12OS4. The two ROBBERS,
each armed viii reyOlvers, tied White
house. both hands and feet, 10 the auto
truck In the garage hut did not gag him.
Whitehouses calls for help awakened
Timothy DAILY, S16 North Temple avenue
at 40 a. m. Daily went to the garage
and found WhitehOuse. He united the
wire with which the thugs had fastened
Whitehouse to the truck.
CUSTOM TO co
TO GARAGE EARLY.
Sergeant Burk and Detectives Colder
and Sullivan investigated. They found
Whitehouse's purse. empty, in the alley
near New York street. Whitehouse is 4
peddler and II is his custom TO so TO his
garage each morning early 10 get his
auto truck and start for commission row.
He had just opened the door Of his ga
rage when he found himself covered by
two revolvers in the hands Of two men
whose faces were covered with pieces OF
cloth After ~ king Warehouses; purse
the robbers tied him to the auto truck
using pieces CT wire. One robber had q
club and threatened Whitehouse with
knocking his head eff" il he yelled.
After the holdup men left the garage
Whitehouse started to call for help.
Daily. who heard him, went to the garage
and released him.
GROCER FIRES
on BURGLARS.
L c. Conrad, grocer, at 3210 Northwest
ern avenue, met two wOuld-be burglars
IN the rear Of his store and opened fire
with a revolver. lie had found that the
glass had been removed from the rear
door OF his store. He hid in the back
room and opened FIRE when two men an
peared at the rear door. Two shots were
fred from the store and then Conrad
jumped through q side window and fired
two more shots at the two burglars, who
ran through an alley. The store has
been entered aud robbed twice recently
The police discovered that burglars
had entered the home OF r. V. Law, 1920
North Delaware street. 4 cellar door was
broken open. but the family being away
from home there was no person who
could tell what had been stolen. Earlier
in the night the police had received a
call that two men were attempting to
steal an automobile parked in front Of
2314 North Delaware street. The auto
mobile was locked and the thieves, fall
ing 10 start H. EsLd AG4 bEAIAG NAAE ES-A-N
arrived.
Frank Cooper. 14O1 st. Peter street.
teIerhoned the police that two watches
were stolen from his home. Cooper
residence was entered two days ago by a
burglar. but at that time when Cooper
reported the robbery, he did not know
the two watches were missing.
THEFT OF LOAD OF
COAL REPORTED.
4 one-hOrse wagon load Of coal was
stolen by a negro who drove to the Sell
ers Coal Company, 422 West Seventeenth
street. and loaded the coal on the wagon
Roscoe Schultz weighed the coal and
started 10 make cut the ticket When
be looked the driver. horse, wagon and
coal had disappeared.
Ed McCarty, 4O7 Madison avenue. on
Thursday night reported his automobile
stolen from near Ohio and Meridian
streets Later the police were notified
that an automobile had been stripped
and deserted In a lonely side road near
Ravenswood Two wheels aud tire had
been taken from the machine. The car.
according TO the police, is believed to be
McCarty's automobile.