Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-31
CHILD ROBBED
BY NEGRO THIEF
IN CRIME WAVE
E.. NJ. Lang Declines to Put
His Hands Up When
Ordered.
GETS BULLET WOUND

Robbery of a 13-year-old child was
added to the crime record OF negro purse
snatchers Thursday evening when a black
bandit ran up to Margaret Reed, 1916
Boulevard place, as she was walking in
Senate avenue near Thirteenth street.
and grabbed her pocketbook. He escaped
with his lOOt-J0 cents.
One residence was visited, through the
same window the second time in two
nights, f. NJ. Lang. %. 1886 North Della
ware street, was shot, when he failed to
put his hands up on a robbers orders
and a negro suspected Of being a burglar,
was arrested during the night
About midnight Wednesday, Mrs. Myr-
tie Roberts, 5S4 East Ohio street. heard
a man in her room. She screamed and
the burglar jumped out a window with
81, taken from her pocketbook. She did
not report the affair to the police. About
$50 o'clock Thursday evening she heard
a noise at the same window. This time
her scream frightened the intruder away.
WELL-DRESSED MAN
ORDERS HANDS UP.
Mr.. Lang was shot about s o'clock
Thursday evening. He was walking IN
st. Joseph street near the first alley west
of Pennsylvania when a well dressed
man stepped up behind him. tapped
him on the shoulder and confronted him
with a revolver and the command put
up your hands, and do it quietly"
Instead of raising his hands Lang
stepped back. The robber fred a shot
into his shoulder and ran. Lang stag
gfered after him and the bandit turned
and fred another shot, which struck a
residence.
Several persons rushed to Lang's as
- ~, - 49, T-HTTFau
f. Creagh drug store, Pennsylvania and
st. Joseph streets, where first aid was
s. given. He was taken to st. Vincent's
Hospital and later to his home. The
bullet was removed. 1t was OF small
caIlbre and had struck a bone above
the lung and ranged downward.
Three squads Of police and detectives
secured the north central part Of the
city for the bandit without success. He
was described as about 5 feet s Inches
ia height and well dressed in a cap and
overcoat.
Detectives Trabue and Sneed arrested
BENJAMIN BIackman, 2S, negro. SOC Blake
street, on suspicion that he is the man
who broke a glass in a rear door and en-
tered the home Of Lincoln Collins, 752
Center street, several nights ago. A re-
voIver was stolen.
SCREAM FRIGHTENS
BURGLARS AWAY.
Mrs. r. S. Decker. apartment No. IL,
nBeverly Court, 2449 North Illinois street.
heard a noise downstairs at 2:S0 o'clock
his morning and asked who's there?'
she screamed when no answer anne, then
,alIed the police. The officers found
q hat some one had broken open a base
enent window, but evidently had been
frightened away before getting upstairs
A negro threw a brick through the
front door Of the W. c. Lancaster gro
Gerry. 1901 East Nineteenth street. before
he noticed that Ed johnson, sol North
Dearborn street, was near. The negro
fed when Thomson turned around.
Sandy Taylor, negro ~janitor. saw a
man peering into a window at 507 North
Delaware street. Taylor hauled out his
rusty Army rife and blazed away. The
pepper broke distance and dash rec
ords. while the bullet went through q
window in the office Of the Yellow Cab
Company. 500 North Delaware street.
Taxicab men sent a riot call to police
headquarters and motor policemen spent
some time hunting for the prowler.
A coupe owned by f. II. Conner, 2931
North Talbot avenue, was stolen from
Pennsylvania street near Maryland street
and a touring car owned by Kennedy
Haas, 1917 HOefgen street, was taken from
in front of % Kentucky avenue. Thurs
day evening. Haas machine was found
by patrolmer at Capitol avenue and
Fifty Sixth street early this morning.
Cigarettes and tools worth s45 were
stolen from the Joe Heater barber shop,
2S3 West Market street.