The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-31

HighWaymen Hold Up Spoon
ing Lovers Who are Dis
guised Officers

Lloyd Parisey. Bold Jack Boyd"
they called him. is dead. He was
a highwayman. He was shot to
death late Monday night in a trap
set by Hmmond police in a dark
spot in Lovers Lane, east OF Hess
Vile.
Howard Fowler. 46S Eaton street.
pal of Parsley, lies mortally wound
ed in a ward bed at ST. Margarets
hospital A bullet from a police
mans revolver plowed through his
neck, through his right lung. and
emerged in a CHASTITY hole under his
arm. He is dying. He was a high
wayman.
sed the fatal spot They were cruis-
ing about in their bandit hivver.
They were bent on pilIaging. They
had done dt before. 1t was always
the same. Lovers, spooning in a
car by the roadside. The bandits
made sudden sally on the auto
mobile containing the lovers. stick
EN- up.' and put the car out of
commission to obviate pursuit
VICTIMS NUMBERED SCORE
Their victims had Numbered a
score within the past month. Their
loot totaled hundreds Of dollars.
1T must stop" that from Chief
Bunde. He called in his best men.
They offered plans. one by one they
were discarded. Finally one alone
was chosen. Saturday night they
put ii into operation. 1t was a sue
cess. 1t netted one bandit. dead;
one perhaps fatally wounded. 1t
cleared up a number of robberies.
It was a success.
Early in the evening two autos
loaded with police left the Ham
mond Central station.
In one were Detective Sergeants
Carlson and Warner. officers Beas-
ley and Harry Rimbach Beasley
was dressed as a woman. He oc-
cupied the rear seat with Carlson.
They took the -Forsythe road. About
100 feet south of the Nickel Plate
tracks they passed a car. It was
standing. One man was inside.
One stood on either side. The po-
lice turned around. They question
ed the occupants. The replies were
not satisfactory. The police look
ed inside the car They found a
shot gun. What's this for?" they
were asked. I'VE are box-car BAN
dts" was the answer. The three
| men were taken TO the station
Then the police returned to their or
ginal hunt. They drove to Stand
ard avenue. Then west They
parked in their car. They waited
Carlson and Beasley in the rear seat.
Warner and Rimbach hidden in the
| underbrush beside the road. 1t was
in vain wait The bandits were op-
Grating elsewhere. About 1880,
their curiosity was piqued by the
sounds, very faint, of shots. They
did not leave their post-but won
| dered.
The shots signalized the gun fight
of their brother officers.
TWO AUTO LOADS OF POLICE
The second auto load OF police.
which left the station ten minutes
after that containing Carlson. War
ner. Beasley and Rimbach. went
south to the Black Oak road.
! geants Singer, Fandrei, Kunz and
officer Mroz. In the front seat were
Fandrei and Singer. In the rear.
Kunz and Mroz The last was dres-
sed as a woman. A very comfort
able sort of woman, too, according
to Sergeant Kunz. Mroz is tall and
| husky.
The car proceeded south to Hess
VILE. Then east to Black Oak road.
Then 1t passed the bandit car. This
was pointed out by Singer TO his
brother officers. He recognized the
regalia and demeanor of the out
laws. They were standing beside
their machine. East of Kline ave.
the bandit car took up the pursuit.
Down Black Oak road went the
heavily y-curtained police car. The
| bandit fiivver followed. At a cross
road the police car turned north
SO did the bandit car. The police
car came to 25th avenue. It turn
ed west into the thoroughfare. The
bandit car went on north slowly
Much after the fashion of the usual
assignation motor the police car
loped slowly along. The lights of
the bandit car disappeared, going
north in the cross road.
They'll circle and come back
said the occupants of the police car
Further along in 25th avenue. the
police car came to halt. kunz
and "the lady Mroz lay cuddled in
the rear seat. Singer and Fandrei
eft their front seats. turned OFT the
lights and sequestered themselves in
the woods that border the road. The
trap was set.
THE LOVERS WAITED
Five minutes passed. Then ten.
From the bogs behind the woods
came the thunk -thunk of the swamp
| frogs. From the forest came the
woody rattle of hundreds of crickets.
| A tree toad whistled hri ly.
From the thickets which concealed
them, Singer. to the north Of the
road Fandrei to the south. could
car. The pseudo-lovers. ensconced
| in the rear seat of the auto. waited.
Their hands were not clasped. In
stead they held revolvers.
When almost fifteen minutes had
elapsed the bandit car drew near
1t swung into 25th avenue from the
4 rear. 1t passed the police car and
went slowly east. The bandits
! peered from their seats as they pas
! sed. Into tho dark rear seat of the
police car they flashed their spot
light. In the glare they made out
the figures of man and q woman.
4 olarter of q r,ila nv tha ~1-S
the bandit car stopped. The high
waymen turned off the lights. They
left their car. They walked back