Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-06
MINOR THEFTS
NUMEROUS OVER
THE WEEK END
HOld-up in Residential Dis
trict Occurs Early Sunday
Night.
POLICE ARE KEPT BUSY

Minor thefts occupied the attention of
the police over the week end.
Two negroes held up Jones Hoffmeyer,
apartment 1, 303 East Nineteenth street
at Nineteenth and Alabama streets about
7.o'clock Sunday evening and took 81 and
q $25 watch.
Iona Rice. $3.50 North Gray street, re-
ported her pocketbook containing a bank
book and 50 snatched in the traction
terminal station.
A travelling nag containing S65 worth
Of clothing and other articles was stolen
Sunday evening from the automobile of
George A. Payne, 1862 North Pershing
avenue. The car was parked near I'LL
nois and Washington streets.
Dusilla Lathrop. Linden Hotel. told
the police she lost q $500 diamond bar
pin between the hotel and the Roberts
Park Methodist Church Sunday morning.
A Buick automobile was stolen from
Albert J. Stevens, 2166 Broadway, from
Vermont and Pennsylvania streets.
Police sent William Kennedy, SO, Craig
Hotel, 32Sl2 East Washington street, to
the city hospital, after he was found
In the hotel suffering from the effects
Of drinking denatured alcohol His home
Is in Louisville. He has been in Indian
apolis since Jan. p.
IN JAIL AFTER
RESTAURANT FIGHN
Walker Wharter, negro, 612 East Court
street, is in Jail charged with malicious
trespass and assault and battery. The
police say he broke a $500 mirror and
raped Ralph Russell, negro, 431 North
Senate avenue, over the head with a
pop tottle in fight in the Blackstone
Cafe, in Indiana avenue. Russell is in
the city hospital.
Mrs. Jennie Williams, Colonial Hotel,
and Mrs. Mildred Dickman, $50 Prospect
street, suffered slight bruises and cuts
when they were knocked down by the
skidding automobile of Tom Moore, 2024
North Capitol avenue, Sunday. Moore's
car skidded after it had struck the ma
chine of Mrs, William F. Greenwood, 143O
Orange street, at Maryland and Meridian
streets. Moore was arrested on a
charge Of improper driving.
Ten one gallon jugs of white mule
were found In the kitchen when a raid
was made Sunday on the home of John
Moore, 1908 Oliver street, the police re-
ported. He was arrected on a blind tiger
charge. He said the liquor belong to
his son Charles. Charles has not been
FOUND. Eight empty fve-gaIlon jugs
also were found
HELD FOR FRAUD
AT DANVILE, ILL.
Detectives are holding Clarence Rupe
and his wife Emma for authorities Of
Danville, III, who say they are wanted
for, defrauding merchants out Of large
sums on credit accounts. They drove
from DanviIle to Indianapolis Sunday in
an automobile for which it is alleged
they gave practically worthless stocks
They presented a good appearance and
Mrs. Rupe was greatly concerned for her
husbands health in jail
Charles Thompson, alias DuvaI, &C. Is
under arrest, charged with grand larceny
for the alleged theft Of S25 and a S1J
ring from Dora Harris at the home Of
Mrs. Meta MescalI, 324 North East street
The restaurant of Thomas Christ,
South Senate avenue. was wrecked Sun
day in a fight resulting from failure Of
two customers to~pay their bill
Perry Simms. SO, 1181a West Ohio
street, Is under arrest on charges of ma
lieious destruction Of property and viola
ton Of the hotel and restaurant law. The
other man escaped.
Police say they have the negro who
Saturday afternoon took an automobile
away from four white persons in broad
day light in the person Of Theodore
Griffin, 1903 Columbia avenue. The po-
lice say Griffin confessed to taking the
car from Samuel Bradford and three pas
sengers at Nineteenth street and Cor
nell avenue. The police landed Griffin
from description given by his mother,
Mrs. Carrie Cowen, who called the Big
Four freighthOuse late Saturday after
noon to report the threat on the life Of
her husband.
Coroner Paul F. Robinson is investi-
eating the death of Michael Mcdonald,
40, workman living at the Craig Hotel.
Mcdonald died Sunday night in the room
of Hugh Shanahan. The coroner believed
upon first examination that he had
taken poison.
Marshall Powell, 10, 614 East Eleventh
street, newsboy, is IN the city hospital
suffering from a bullet wound in his LEFT
leg He was struck by a shot fred by
either Patrolman Ross or Groves while
they were chasing a negro burglar at
Massachusetts avenue and Alabama
street at midnight Saturday. The bullet
struck the sidewalk and glanced, hitting
the boy. His condition is not serious,
It was said The burglar got away.
Burglary reports were received Satur-
day night from Mrs. R. Cole, 310S East
Nineteenth street; E. S. Blessing, PIG
Highland Place and a stolen purse was
reported by Mrs. NJ. E. Bassett, 2443
North pannsvIy5an}9 street