Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-07
COPS STATION
NEXT DOOR TO
S'TICK-UP JOB
Police Quarters AdjOin Scene
of Third Daring Robbery
Quartet Escapes.
BIKE OFFICER ON DUTY

Four bandits held up and robbed the
White Rose gasoline filing station at
Maple Road boulevard and Ruckle street
last night, and escaped in an automobile
afer taking $4,000 from the cash drawer.
Practice makes perfect and the four
Young automobile stick-ups who have
held up three gasoline and filling stations
in less than g week are becoming ex-
pert. Efforts Of the police to capture
them have been futile, although last
night the officers were close when the
quartette committed the hOld-up.
MKT DOOR TO
OLICE STATION.
1.-THE filing station is located next door
to a fire engine house. which is also used
as a police substatiOn. Bicycle Officer
Hansford was on duty at the fire station.
The only clew the police have is that
the thieves used a red automobile, which
the police believe was a stolen car.
Leon Monroe, % North Gray street, was
working in place of Paul Rouch, % North
GRAY street the regular night man at
the White Rose filing station. A big
red automobile lrOve up to the station
at 10 o'clock and three men got out and
covered Monroe with revOlvers and backed
him into the Office of the filing station.
They then seized $1,000 from the cash
drawer but overlooked 81 in small change.
They also stole a revolver. Getting back
into the automobile they drove south on
RuckIe street and escaped.
FIREMAN SEES
HOLD-UPS LEAVE.
Fred Meyers, a fireman at No. % fire
house, next door, saw the men drive
away, but did not know that they had
committed q hold-up.
The police believe the four men are
the same who Friday night entered the
Standard Oil Company's filling station at
Thirtieth and Meridian streets. forced
the man in charge to open a safe and
cash drawer and took about s11O. Oh
Saturday night two men attempted to
hold up the Standard Oil Company's
filing station at 1901 East Washington
street, but were frightened away by an
other automobile approaching the station.
The two bandits, who were masked. told
the filing station man there they were
the same men who the night before had
robbed the station on North Meridian
street. The bandits car outdistanced the
police car on that occasion, disappearing
when it turned north at Highland ave
hue and Washington street
STORE THIEF
ALRLS BRICK.
- A burglar hurled a brick through the
OF H. H. Updegrafrs drug store.
162I West Morris street at l a. m. today
Val Sturm, 1926 West Morris street, saw
the man climb through the store window
and telephone the police. The police
were told that the man got onto the back
Of an empty hog truck on Kentucky ave
nue. and left.
Joe Belt Of Lebanon, driver Of the
truck, said the man asked to ride and
remained on the truck until 1t reached
Merrill street but dropped of and ran
east The police failed tol find the
burglar.
John Wright, 1902 English avenue, re-
turned home last night and found that
a burglar had ransacked his house.
Clothing and jewelry valued at $3.50
were missing. Mrs. William Bader, 374S
English avenue. told the police she saw
a man in WHght's yard early in the
evening. s- .atlr