Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-16
HOLD-UP MEN
SCOFF AT $40 AS
SMALL CHANGE
Tell Victim to Keep 1t and
Beat IT if That's All .
He Has.

indianapolis hOIQ-up men are not plkcrS.
Pride in the profession prevents them
from imposing on widows and orphans
sometimes, or bOthering with small
change.
When William Essidgke, q grocer, 1909
North Missouri street, produced about $40
in small change. part of the proceeds
of his days business which he was TAX
ing home last night one of two stick-up
artists who held him up looked disdain-
fully at the money and told him to put
it back in his pocket and beat it,"
The 6oId.up occurred at about 1880
o'clock near the Missouri street address.
The garage of D. B. Webster, 3S29
Graceland avenue, was broken into by
automobile thieves and an effort made
to remove the machine. lock on a
rear wheel prevented it. The police be-
lieve ia attempt was made by the same
persons who have been committing SINH
lar depredatiOns in the neighborhoOd.
Four automobiles were stolen. one Of
which was found and returned to the
owner by the police after its battery and
accessories had been removed. The car
recovered was the property Of Clyde c.
Bowers, 2019 Central avenue. 1t was
stolen from in front of 2007 Talbot ave
nue.. and found in FOrty-Sixth street, two
squares east Of the Monon Railroad.
Ford coupe belonging to Re6ecca
Towel, 2912 North New Jersey street,
was stolen near the corner of North and
Pennsylvania street. A Buick automo-
bile, the property of Wiley Archibald,
142 North Meridian street, and a Ford
belonging to the Brownlee Manufacturing
Company also were stolen.
Mrs. Agnes Goedeker was the victim
Of purse snatchers about 1880 o'clock
near Ray and Division streets. One man
sezed her and another took her purse,
which contained 500.
Noah Fritz, 91S Scioto street, reported
the disappearance of S430S belonging to
the Colored United Brothers Lodge, Of
which he is treasurer. Fritz told police
he carried the money In a sack in his
hip pocket to a dance at Tomlinson Hall
After a dance and taxi ride the proceeds
were gone. Fritz admitted having in
Ntbed white mule" Fritz is worried over
" I some Of the inquisitive brethren
may think.
Mrs. Lena James, 6O2 Euclid avenue.
asked the police to look for her sister
Mary Kegerice, 10, who disappeared from
her home in BrOwnsburg yesterday. The
girl Is said to have run away from bone
and is thought TO have come to Iadlan-
apoIis.
The evidence in the case Of Rubata
Morse, negress, disappeared from police
headquarters yesterday and police are at
loss 10 account for II. Officers were
counting on a pan Of white mule which
had been carefully guarded, TO seal the
Morse woman's fate, following a raid
on her home at 62S1z East Washington
street.
More than 100 quarts Of beer and
quantity Of white mule" were found in
a raid on the home Of William Harris,
sol South Senate avenue Harris escaped.
Other arrests made for liquor law vio-
IatiOns were: John Clark, 220 Allegheny
street: Lew Hudson, 500 West Maryland
street: Joseph Becker, $40 Eddy street;
Katherine Rhule, s3l North Illinois
street; walter Thomas, 2731 North Capt.
toll avenue, and John Debrillo, 1924 West
Morris street.
Mrs. May Whipple, who was arrested
on a charge Of shoplifting, entered plea
Of guilty and was fined 81 in police court
yesterday. Mrs. Whipple gave her ad-
dress as 1913 Ashland avenue. Moses
Whipple, Of that address, denied that
his wifes name is May.
Raymond Strong. 10. Hammond; Wan
dell Hatch, 16, Kansas City, No. and
George Burns, 16 Chicago, are held by
the police on charges Of vagrancy. Their
bonds were fixed at 5000 each. Police
believe they are implicated in local rob
berries.