The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-15
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Sergeant Singer Faces Gun
man; FIapping Curtain
Saves Life

In an interchange OF shots ~ft1
reputed gunman and ex-convicf
| wanted for hold-up. Sergeant SAM
| dor Singer narrowly escaped death
Saturday night when he bacame tn 4
| target for the bandits bullets ad
the latter lay partially concealed
| behind a closet door in his rooms
at the AfilliSan fats in Plumme1 4
ave. Singers life was saved by thd
| happ.ng Of the window curtain as
IL whirled before the face of the
gunman just before he shot, divert 4
ing his fire.
Accompanied by his partner, Del
tective Nick Einslie. Singer sped 10
| the Millikan fats after reports had
| come to the police station that two
men had been held up on the Nortn
| Side He peeped through a window
| of the apartment suspected Of har-
| boring the bandits. Two men were
in the room. Singer. Einslie and
| officer Borchert entered the build
ing and approached the room. Sing
er knocked at the door. 1t was
| thrown open.
Youthful Jack Moore. aged IS
years, home Lansing. Ill, erstwhile
Hammond bad man and laborer.
stood on the threshold.
Where's your partner" this from
Singer.
Hes gone. He just went out"
said Moore.
"I'll see,' said Singer. The prob
ability that the lad was telling the
truth struck Singer who had seen
| a man leaving the fat a few min
utes before.
But he entered the room. With
his back TO the closet door. he
stopped to look under the bed.
| which. say police. is curiously the
common hiding place of the anna
teur criminal who finds himself
suddenly the object of pursuit.
At that moment the closet door
opened. A head appeared. Then q
revolver. 1t was aimed at Singers
crouchinE form. AT that moment
| the wind picked up, Through the
open window a breeze stirred the
yellowed curtains. They futtered
into the room and across the vision
of the would-be killer. Then there
| was a fash. A moment later came
| a second. Singer. unharmed. had
whirled about. Shooting from the
hip, he poured a stream of bullets
into the closet. There came a
moan.
Il give up-I surrender" This
| from the closet.
Singer shot again.
Il give up-don't shoot You
nearly killed be. give up--don't
! shoot"
Then throw out your gum Sing
er was calling the bandits blum
The gun came out. 1t fell ct
Singers feet. Then, arms u-raised.
the gunman backed out.
He was taken to the police sta
tion. Jack Moore. the hero wor-
shipper found his idol shattered.
He followed. because he had to. Be-
tween sobs. he denied his guilt The
other confessed. He named an
other man in the North Side rob-
berries. He save his own name as
Jess Garrett. 331 Michigan ave.
The flying squad. comprising De-
tective Sergeants Carlson, Singer.
Einslie. kunz and Fred Fandrei.
and Officer Borchert rushed to IS
Douglas st. There they found the
third man in bed. He. too, was
booked on charge Of holdup. He
says his name is Fred Byam.
Both men. say police. have served
time in states prisons in Indiana
and Arkansas.
Moore. whose rooms in the Milli-
kan flats. is said to have been used
by the bandits as terminal. is held
on an open charge.
David T. Norton, 65s Sherman St.
arrested by Sergeants Carlson am
Warner. is held also on an open
charge. He is said to have provided
one of the bandits with a revolver.
Police say he did this unknowing
the purpose tor which the gun was
to he used
Chief Bunde in commending his
men for their excellent work. said
the arrests frustrated several Jobs"
the pair had planned for the coming
week. One of these was daring
holdup of u popular Burnham re-
sort
The two victims OF the bandits
Saturday night were Fred Guerlich.
329 Johnson ST.. from whom they
got $3.50: and A. J. Drakard. 33s
Terrence ave. whose pockets yield
ed nothing.
Guerlich asked the gunmen to re-
turn x11 saving he had RI enter-
tain his gal" on the following day.
we need this dough worse than
you do one OF them replied
The prisoners viii be bound over
to the criminal court.