Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-17
.ROBBERIES AND
HOLD-UPS STILL
PUZZLE POLICE
Three Men, Riding in Taxicab
Take S. From Driver at
Guns Point.
ARREST TRUCK DRIVER

among winch ATTACKS on TWO IdAAcdO
drivers figured, took place IN and near
the .ity during last night.
One Of the victims was Ohio Wilson,
2617 West Washington street, taxi
driver, who vas held up and robbed by
three men.
The hold-up men got into the taxi neat
the Insane Hospital on West Washing
ton street, and started to ride downtown
When Wilson reached Miley avenue he
found himself covered by a revolver and
the men took IS from him. He was or
dered to turn south and forced to drive
to Tibbs avenue and Morris street where
the men got out of the taxi and told him
to keep going" The police searched
/ for the robbers but failed to find them
The three men are believed to be the
same ones who have committed a series
Of hold ups in the city during the last
two weeks.
/ Nick Olton. "a. 51O1b West Washington
street, taxi driver. was the victim of
mysterious attack on a lonely road near
I Clermont late last night. Olton told
/ Motorpolicemen Dalton aud Mcclure a
man who had rented his ta1i a week ago.
again employed HIN last night and
asked him to drive him to Clermont Be
/ fore reaching that place, however, the
stranger said, drive north here" 0lton
obeyed and drove north on a lonely side
road.
| Suddenly the man struck Olton q blow
I in the eye. The taxi driver stopped his
car and a struggle in the automobile
/ followed. OltOn got out Of the automo-
bile and ran, but was pursued by the man,
/ Olton's calls for help" caused the strang
er to stop. Olton returned to his car
and drove to the city.
/ He told the police that the other time
the man rented the automobile be drove
Z him to IA North Holmes avenue. The
police went to that place and found Mar
/ tin Breazager, 81, who Olton identified
as the man who had attacked him.
Breazager was arrested on the charge Of
assault and battery with intent to kill.
Miss Nay WeatneTs Of New Albany
| who was en- route to EIwood in an auto
mobile yesterday afternoon, reported that
a travelling bag belonging to her and con
/ tanning clothing and jewelry valued at
/ $500 was stolen from the automobile
while it was parked near Illinois street
on New York street.
TRUCK DRIVER
/ Is ARRESTED.
Ray Mcclure, %. 1906 Harding street
a truck driver was arrested on the charge
- petit larceny yesterday afternoon
Mcclure, employed by the Bright Coffee
Company. III South Meridian street. was
seen to carry cartoon Of cigarettes from
the upper door OF the company's building,
Il Is said. and hide them down stairs. J.
II. Bright told tine police that the com
pany had been the victim Of series OF
similar thefts recently.
ALLEGED BURGLAR
Is ARRESTED.
Detectives Hines and Rugenstein ar
rested Earl King, 81, saying he Is guilty
Of eight burElarles. King, who says his
home IS IN Dayton. Ohio, IS held under
a s. 900 bond while the detectives con
tinue their Investigations.
While searching a rooming house on
North Capitol avenue the two detectives
found a special police badge In the room
occupied by King. They called the board
Of public safety office by TELEPHONE and
obtained the name Of the owner Of the
badge. and from police headquarters rec
ords learned that the owners house had
been entered and that the badge was
part OF the loot. Kings arrest followed.
King is said to have confessed to rob
bing eight homes, but only four Of the
places appear on the police records as
/ having been looted. These are the resi-
/ dences Of W. E. Peacock, 4911 North
| Pennsylvania street; Mrs. Lurena Hosea,
| 1856 Central avenue; z. L. Andrews, 1922
Keystone avenue, and DR. J. W. Webster.
Arlington avenue and Tenth street. All
/ Of the places entered were robbed when
! the families were away from home
The detectives say King was arrested
/ in Dayton but jumped his bond and
| drove TO Richmond In an automobile but
/ vas arrested IN that city. He is be
( lieved to be wanted by the Dayton police
/ on the charge Of burglary.
/ AUTOMOBILES
/ THIEVES CHASED.
| Two automhile thieves were almost
caught last night but not by the police
| Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gottman, 2S01
/ East Washington street, attended a show
/ in theater al Illinois and Washington
streets, and came out in time to see two
automobile thieves drive away with their
car. They notified the police. Then in
an automobile driven by n friend the
Gottmans started to search for their
! stolen automobile. They saw the car be,
/ irg driven south on Shelby street and
| chased lit. The thieves jumped out Of
/ the car and escaped.
/ Albert Klmmel. 1928 Graceland avenue.
stopped his automobile on Sixteenth
street near Brookside Park last night
/ and watched horse shoe game. When
/ he got ready to drive away he found
that thief had stolen his spare tire
valued OF $50
DR.. II. II. Weer, 1903 North Delaware
| street reported his garage was broken
Into last night. A tire worth $50 was
stolen.
! Ellsworth Heller. l423 Pleasant street,
notified the police that two tires and two
tubes were stolen from his automobile
/ last night while the car was parked at
New York and Meridian streets.
/ Lillian Billingsley, 281S sherman
avenue, reported $40 stolen from her
home.
James Peters, go North Holmes ave-
nue., az 4 O'Clock yesterday afternoon
called the police to New York and Blake
street to report having been robbed Of
$50. Peters said he visited Miss Bessie
Bunting, II, S43 West Vermont street,
Monday night. He said there were three
! strangers In the house and that the next
day he missed $50 from his pocket. He
| did not know when the money disap-
peared. The police who investigated
We're told that Peters had been at the
Vermont street house, but that he was
under the influence Of liquor when he ar
| rived there The people living at that
place denied that Peters had remained In
the house all night and also declared he
did not complain OF being robbed while
he was there.
Boscho Hnnif, :: South California
street, said n watch and 81 were stolen
from his room last nigbt
Burglar GOES
| THROUGH HOUSE.
Mrs. A. S. COffl, 396S Reawood avenue.
returned home yesterday afternoon after
a shopping trip and found every room in