The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-13
BOOTLEGGER
WOUNDED IN
FLIGHT DIES
William Winters, rs, Shot by
Deputies, Was Wanted
for Prison Term.
INQUIRY BY CORONER
Officers Had Hidden Selves
at Home.

Shot when he attempted to es-
cape from deputy sheriffs trying to
arrest him, William Winters, %, in
a house at 1855 English Ave-, con-
victed bootlegger, died in city hos
pital early today.
A post.mortem examination will be
conducted to determine the cause of
death, Coroner Paul F. Robinson
said.
Winters was wounded by Deputy
Sheriffs Roland Snider and John
Sands Thursday night. With Depu-
ties Ernest Crickmore and Leonard
Koffel, the officers had secreted
themselves at the English Ave. ad-
dress waiting for Winters.
The deputies carried a capias from
Criminal Court for his arrest, 1t was
said at the sheriff's office.
Winters, 1t was said, was con-
victed in Criminal Court in 1923 on
a charge Of transporting liquor, and
was sentenced to one to two-year
term in the Indiana State Prison.
He appealed his case to the Supreme
Court which affirmed the conviction
in 1924. In the meantime the man
who signed his bond died, and
Winters, it was said, has since been
fugitive.
With Other Men
Winters, according to the depu-
ties, arrived at the house with five
other men. They entered the front
door and were confronted by Snider
and Sands in the dining room.
Crickmore and Koffel were on the
outside, guarding the doors.
AS he and Sands entered the room,
Winters recognized Snider and ran
toward the front room, the deputies
said.
Snider said he called to Winters
to hold up his hands, that they had
warrant for his arrest.
When Winters kept going, both
Sands and Snider fired.
Wounded, Winters turned toward
side room and fell to the floor. Sni-
der said loaded rifle and shotgun
were found in the side room.
The other men ran for the en-.
trance, but three were captured by
the other deputies. They were later
released.
Wine Found
Half a barrel of wine and several
bottles Of wine were found in the
house. the deputies said. 1t was
destroyed.
Winters, according to DR.. Lloyd
Splitter, who attended him at city
hospital had been drinking.
One bullet entered his right hip
and another his right hand, the doc
tor said.
Splitter said he examined Winters
wounds and determined on an opera
ton today to remove the bullets.
The wounds did not appear serious
enough to cause death, Splitter said.
Coroner Robinson and Sheriff Orner
Hawkins viewed the body in the
morgue this morning.
Hawkins said that. although he be-
lieved the deputies were justified in
their actions, he would conduct an
investigation of the shooting.
Snider said Winters was arrested
in 1923 on a bootleg charge by his
father, George Snider, then sheriff,
and himself. after a chase over north
side streets III which Winters and
Tony Ferricane threw five. gallon
jugs Of liquor from their auto. Fer
ricane served a, one to two-year
sentence In the Indiana State Re-
formatory. ~
At that time he gave his address
as 81 Frank st.
Detectives have hunted him over
the country since he jumped his
bond. The bond was forfeited and
executors were unable to close up
the estate of the dead bondsnnAM
as a result.
1t is believed he only recently re-
turned to Indianapolis to make his
headquarters at the English Ave. ad-
dress.