The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-14

Telephone Sergeant Reeves had re-
cedved a call that a burglar was try
ing to break into the drug store.
officers Seifert and Louden were
sent from substation No. /. Ashland
Ave. and Twenty First St
Seifert drove the automobile. Lou
den was the first out Of the car when
It reached the corner.
Louden held a fashlight in one
hand as he opened the door of a hall
way between Deals drug store and
William A. Schof1eld's grocery, 1880
Central Ave.
Shot Fired in Dark
The prowler was hiding inside the
door and fired a shot at Louden Just
as Seifert started to look into the
drug store entrance.
Another shot passed close to Sci
fert's head and lodged In a sign on
the drug store.
'Louden 5erked his revolver out
and started shooting" said Seifert
The man lodged behind our automo-
bile. Louden fired four shots.
The man was across the street
before 1 could get a shot at him.
fred three shots The fugitive ran
east on Sixteenth St. Then I heard
1ouden call. Partner I'm shot"
Se!fert assisted Louden into the DO
hcs automobile and telephoned to po-
Hce headquarters for help.
Citizen Calls Police
G. W. Ryan, No. 16, The Sphinx
Apts.. who heard the shooting also
called police headquarters.
Policemen Hobson and Jones, riding
q sedan, rounded up d suspect at
E'wenty-Second and Almont Sts.,
half-hour after Louden was shot
Jones called for the coIored man to
stop. He ran. Jones fired four shots.
The man lodged between two houses
and escaped.
Later Sergeant Deans emergency
squad and detectives found another
colored man at Belmont Ave. and the
Big -Four railroad. He said he came
from Muncie at midnight and was try
ing 10 get to his home at Dyersburg.
Tenn.
Fireman Notifies Police
City Fireman T. E. Osbon, SOB S.
Warman Ave, said that while he was
on his way home this morning on
". Washington St. car the man asked
him where he could board a freight
for st. Louis. Ffremen had been
given a description OF the policeman's
assailant. Osbon telephoned police.
The man said after he arrived on a
passenger train from Muncie he was
directed to the place where he slept
by a stranger. He said he did not
know its location. Seifart could hot
identify the man.
cap found by Motor Policeman
Taylor at Park Ave. and Sixteenth
SITS, is regarded as an important
Elew. 1t was lying in the grass near
a sidewalk. It was so dirty that de
tectives could not tell whether its
original color was blue plaid or dark
gray.
Description of Fugitive
Policemen LCuden ana Seifert
said the fugitive pistol user was
- yellow in color and about five feet
D ten or eleven inches in height. He
wore dirty gray cap and dirty
gray suit.
Siefert and Louden have been part
ners at substation No. ! since Octo-
Der, 1922. Louden had been ap-
pointed sergeant but asked to be re-
duced to the rank of motor police.
Louden is veteran Of the Spanish
American War. He has q wife, Mrs.
Susan Louden; a daughter, Miss
Blanche Louden. 20, and a son. Jesse
IsoUden Jr 16 The VyOfI,,ded ofF1car
was appointed a policeman Oct. 16,
1913.
Police believe that several small
burglaries committed in the neigh
borhood OF Twentieth and Ruckle Sts..
were committed by the gun wieIder
before the shooting