Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-13
LEAVES SHOES
IN HIS HURRY
Frightened PrOwler Leaps
From Room When Girl
Is Awakened.

A prowler was frightened from the
room Of Miss Gertrude Simpson, II, 23l5
Hovey street, at 1 10 o'clock this morn
ing, when he awakened the girl Sergt.
Sheehan found a pair Of old shoes on the
rear porch of the Simpson home which
had been left there by the prowler be-
fore he cut the screen from a window.
The police arrested Andrew Osteen,
negro, 1922 North Capitol avenue, found
providing in the neighborhOod. Osteen,
who is held on a vagrancy charge, said
he had been visiting Miss Lula Bell
Long. 2115 North Arsenal avenue, but
Miss Long declared she had not seen Os-
teen last night. Miss Simpson said it
was so dark she could not describe the
man who was in her room.
Two burglars operated with great bold
ness yesterday afternoon and robbed
number Of homes and rode away In thelr
automobile. In most robberies the burg
lars used keys.
Nathan II. Harmon, $3.50 East New
York street, returned home last night
and found his house ransacked. Jewelry
valued at 1924 was missing. Mrs. Adolph
Turner. 900 East New York street, told
the notice she saw two men sitting on the
porch OF the Harmon home and that later
they entered the house and she supposed
they were guests Of the family.
The two burglars entered and robbed
the home of r. E. Smith, 2913 Parkway
avenue. and were seen by Mrs. J. Golfer,
2917 Parkway avenue; At the smith
home they obtained some jewelry
and SO.
At the home Of DR.. J. c. Ragsdale,
535 East Twenty-First street, the men
unlocked the front door, ransacked the
house and obtained some jewelry and
* Thex cut 4 screen from the side
window of SamuaI Jacobs grocery store
53T East Twenty First. street, and en-
tered. Nj. Jacobs said he did not kno"
what haG been stolen.
Edward Ping. 81, Gil Russell avenue,
gave Frank Manning place to stay
few DAYS ago when Manning was with
ont money. Ping told the police that
Manning came to his house last night.
hit him with a club knocking him down.
and then kicked him in the face ami
took s.. Ping said there was another
man with Manning. The police are
searching for the two men.
David Morton. negro. 2S0S Martindale
avenue. told the police he attended
partv at 513 West Fourteenth street. last
night and while dosing in a chair was
relieved of 50.
c. II. Palmer. 10 North Oriental street,
apartment No 10 reported MS hume III
tered and SOB, a check for 5000, and III
surance papers stolen.
c. L. Reeves, proprietor Of shining
parlor at 1911 North Senate avenue, told
the police he was robbed Of $50.
Mrs. c. W. Davis of Terre Haute was
shopping in a downtown department
store Saturday afternoon and was robbed
of her purse, containing S11.
William Mitchell Of Streeter, Ill, now
knows that thieves in indianapolis will
take anything from money to bulldogs.
Mitchell told the police that he accom-
panied a woman to a house on Toledo
street yesterday. He could not remem-
Der the house number, but he said he
gave the woman SO to be changed and
that she never came back. Then he found
that he had been robbed of his diamond
stick-pin. worth S35, and his brindle bull
dog, valued at $3.50.
Bartlette Fleshor, 2124 Boulevard Place.
reported thirteen chickens had been stO-
len from his coop Sunday night.
While Ernest Ambuhl 2537 North iii
nois street, watched the baseball game
ut Washington Park yesterday afternoon
a thief stripped two wheels and four
tires of Of his automobile.