South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-20
DOPE ADDICT
TRIES TO END
LIFE IN JAIL
Victims Identify Four of Gang
-Kreczmer Attempts
Suicide Twice.
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the gang would do it, as there were
10 members Of the crowd Only
three or the five men were under
arrest early in the evening when
the robbery victims were called TO
police headquarters to identify
them. The call which resulted In
the arrest Of Wozniak and Jagla did
not come TO the police until near
midnight
Kreczmer. who lives at 1880
Fisher St, was arrested early We'd
nesday evening and was positively
Identified as a hold-up man. later
admitted 70 the police that ne was
dope fend and then attempted TO
commit suicide twice in the city Jail.
on his first attempt he swallowed a
mOuthful Of vernol tablets and then
made a rope by tearing his scarf into
strips and attempted TO hang HIM
self In his cell. He was stopped by
the police officers and then removed
TO the county jail.
KaylOr Identifies Two.
Andrew Foley and Ernest Gates.
! arrested early Wednesday morning
| by Officers Roberts and Hansen.
were identified as the men who held
up Frank Kaylor Monday night and
robbed him of 1920 and a gold
watch.
All three men were identified in a
! session held by Asst Chief OF Police
| Cassidy. when more than 10 victims
were called to police headquarters
TO try TO identify them.
The men we're brought before the
| gathering separately and questioned.
| Krezmer was the first brought in
4,,,rr,oIfo+alxr identified Y
| Bernice Newland as being one OF
! the two men who came to the door
| of her residence early Monday morn
| ing and at the point Of a gun de-
manded her money. When she could
| only produce one dollar he gave il
| back and left.
When KreCzmer came into the
| room filed with robbery victims he
! feigned cramps and collapsed. He
was taken down stairs TO the cell
| room and locked up. Within a few
minutes he was seen TO take a bottle
/ from his rocket and swallow some
! tablets. When he was discovered he
| threw the bottle to the floor anu
stamped on it. The police then
stripped him Of his clothes, search
/ ing for more vernol tablets, as he
/ called them. He seemed to be under
| the influence Of dope Of some kind
and raVed brokenly about rObberies
| and hold-ups. He said in his raVing
| that he could make n confession
/ that would be a real one and that
/ If he was offered enough money he
I would tell some startling facts about
! the Jobs" that have been pulled in
/ the city He admitted that he was
| a dope fiend and that he got the
| dope from across the border. mean
| - 10 hn
| tell the police some things about
| dope fiends I'm the city that they did
not know. if he wanted to. He told
| them that he took vernol tablets 10
! make him sleep at night and that
/ within the last few hours he had
| taken 10 Of the pills. A physician
was called and the man was found
| to be in a serious condition.
Makes Second Attempt.
After ne was searched by the po-
/ lice he was placed in a cell and an
! hour later Officer Laskowski, hear
/ Ing some strange noises in the cell
room. investigated and found Krecz-
mer in the act Of placing a moose
about his neck which he had made
! by tearing his silk neck scarf into
strips. Fearing he might either
harm himself further or injure some
/ Of the other prisoners in the room,
I he was taken TO the county jail for
/ the night.
With the arrests and Identification
of the men the police believe they
have landed part of the gang which
has been throwing the city into
panic with their hOld-ups and rob
berries durirS the past two months.
The two men who were arrested at
an early hour Wednesday mornin-
at the Union restaurant at Division
and Michigan SITS. by officer Hansen
we're positively identified by Frank
Kaylor as the tail man and the
short man who held him mp Mon day
night.
When arrested the men gave their
names as Andrew Foley and Ernest
| Gates and their homes as some place
| in the south Kaylor. whose home
/ is at North Judson, Ind, was called
! to the city by the police to look at.
| the men and identify them II posi-
/ BILE He said that he was certain
/ that they were the two men and
I they answered his description in ev-
cry detail When the men were Ia
/ ken they had no money on their
! persons. but one Of them carried five
! 3S-caliber pistol cartridges In his
pocket.
Officers Commended.
officer Hansen and Sergt. Roberts
we're commended by Asst. Chief Cas-
sidy for their work in apLrehending
the men and said that he believed
that there is a possibility Of a num-
| Der Of the recent crimes that could
| be laid al the feet Of the men now
in custody.