The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-22

In the meantime Tolan was held
by police, on a vagrancy charge, for
questioning.
One thousand of the 81 200 reward
is offered by the Marion County
Bankers Association for the capture
and conviction of the bandits.
For Checks Return
The additional $500 is offered by
the Indianapolis Clearing House AS
ISOLATION for the return of the $751;
900 in cancelled checks.
According to clearing house of.
ficials, the checks are worthless and
the reward is offered to save the
banks the work of checking up rec
ords.
Until the other clearing house
banks check their records or the
checks are returned, the Livestock
Exchange Bank is unable to tell
against what accounts OF their Gus.
TONERS the $4,000 should be
charged.
Tolan was robbed while en- route
from the downtown banks where he
obtained the money. He had boarded
a street car and was sitting near the
back of the car when a man who
was standing on the back platform
pulled a gun, seized the money
satchel and leaped off the car, he
said. An auto that was following
the street car pulled up to the curb
and the bandit leaped in. The rob.
berry was perfectly timed, for the
conductor had left the car through
the front door to flag the railroad
crossing at Dakota and Morris SITS.
No Regular Day
TolaN told police the had no reg
ular day to carry money from the
bank. He was certain the bandit
boarded the car downtown while the
conductor of the car said he be-
lieved the man boarded the car at
Norwood and West SITS.
Tolan was sure the bandit carried
.3S-calibre automatic pistol He
said he never owned or carried q
gun, and was equally sure the car
the bandit escaped in was an Olds-
mobile coachs Other witnesses could
only verify his statement as to color
of the auto, police said.
The bandit was picked up by a.
companion who trailed the street car
for several blocks in an auto.
Dudley c. Griffith, Standard Acct
dent Insurance Company manager,
sos Wild Bldg, who has been work.
ing on the case with Detectives
Golnish and Feeney, said "as the
case stands we have no reward to
offer"
Shafter Gambrell, 43O S. West ST.,
street car conductor, reiterated his
statement to police today that the
Since Friday GambrelI declared he
bandit got on the car at Norwood st.
had talked with Negro postman,
who said he saw the bandit car and
that it was blue Marmon.
Druggist Robbed
Luther Murdoch, SO, druggist, 349
,. East ST., was held-up Friday by
two youthful bandits who asked for
a package of cigarets and then
pulled a gun on Murdoch relieving
him of $500.
Two other men who stood in the
rear of the store with hands in their
pockets were thought by police and
Murdoch, to be members of the
bandit gang, although neither drew
revolvers. They left before the other
two men ran.
Russell Clark. 20. and William H.
Bush, both of SO Harmon ST., were
arrested early today at Lafayette
Pike and Tibbs Ave-. on charges of
vagrancy and larceny.
Lieut.. o. d. Thomas said they
were held by Omer Boyd, proprie-
tor of filling station at the above
address. Boyd said he heard some
one at the station and armed him.
self. The two had an auto parked
alongside of a gasoline pump, the
lock of which had been broken off. |
The auto tank and two full five.sal. |
lon cans in the car were full.