The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-20
Detective Harry C, Webster
Says Couple Have Made
Statements.
BOUND TO GRAND JURY
SIeuth Asserts Leroy C
Young Confesses Getting
Share of Loot.
eroy c. Young, %, has con-

:roy c. Young, %, has con-
fessed that he participated In
the $8,774 hold-up of the Tuxedo
State Bank, 1904 E. New York
St., Nov. %, Harry C. Webster
of the Webster Detective Agency
announced today.
Miss Marjorie Callahan, 81. with
whom Young was arrested in Detroit
Monday night made a confession AT
that time involving Young, according
to Webster.
Webster said Young made detailed
statement in Detroit Wednesday
light. Webster operatives brough;
Young and Miss Callahan to In
dianapolis this morning. In Webster's
office the statements Of both wers
verified. the detective stated The
couple were taken to city prison then
Roy McCallie. 951 Sherman Dr., a
customer; William Geogh, real estate
man, and Miss Grace Neary, assist
ant cashier in the Tuxedo State Bank
at the time Of the hold-up, identified
Young as one Of the bandits who
scooped up money behind the counter
Webster said.
On Trail of Others
According to Webster, Young and
Miss Callahan said that two other
men whom operatives are trailing and
expect to arrest soon. also were in
the hold-up.
After a preliminary hearing before
Justice Of Peace Conrad Keller. Young
and Miss Callahan we're bound TO the
grand jury under bonds of $4,000 and
5000. respectively. Young is charged
with grand larceny and Miss Callahan
with being an accessory before the
fact Both were lodged in county jail.
Toung's confession told how ne and
italian Joe." entered the bank fol-
| lowed by the third man. driver Of tie
car and who stayed near the door.
Both Of these men are under
surveilence and their arrests are ex-
pected momentarily by Webster, in
either Detroit or Toledo. Ohio.
Young said he helped scoop up the
money while italian Joe" directed
the bank employees. The third man
according TO Young. bluffed a
customer who came in the bank by
merely placing his hand near his
pocket He did not have a gun,
Young said.
The trio drove IN a Ford coupe to
the street where Young and Miss Cal
lahan roomed. Young and Italian Joe
got out in the rear ot the house and
the third man, who owned the car,
drove three blocks away. left the car
and walked back to the house. Young
said.
Miss Callahan is said to have con-
fessed that Young showed her a bun.
die OF money wrapped in a paper. She
said Young told her to take the
money in a suit case and register at
a downtown hotel and get her ring
out Of pawn and pay some bills they
owed. She did all of this and stopped
for the night at the SEVERN under
the name of Mrs. L. c. Callahan, she
said. Young left that might for De
troit and she followed the next morn
ing, the confession states.
Traced Through Landlady
Webster got on the track Of Young
and Miss Gala han several days ago
when the woman with whom they
lived here stated that Miss Callahan
was nervous the afternoon Of the rob-
berry: that Callahan showed a large
roll Of bills that evening just before
the ecouple left for Detroit; that
Young and a man known as "Ital-
ian Joe" asked to be directed to a
bank the afternoon before. and that
there were evidences around the fur
mace In the basement that papers had
been burned. Several thousand dol
lars worth Of non-negotiable paper
was stolen from the Tuxedo bank.
Webster said it has been definitely
established that Young and Miss
Callahan and their companions had
nothing to do with the $1,000 robbery
at the Central State Bank. Central
Ave, and Thirtieth St. On the morn
IT, - ~. 6ox ~ the Tyrxodo robhaY-y