The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-24

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AS Sanders St., and George Ad
Two, Robert Cline, 81, of 2442
Daisy St., and James Monroe
Dicks, %, of 813 S. Missouri St.,
are held in city prison, and the
fifth, John Schilling, 81, of 272
Caven ST., is believed fleeing to
Chicago.
Dicks was not in the attempted
holdup of the Butter Crust pie
bakery Friday night, which ended
the crime career of the gang. but
the other youths implicated him in
the other holdups and he has con-
fessed.
Confesses Robberies
Cline, driver of the auto in Fri
day nights holdup, also has con-
fessed to the six robberies, Detective
Chief Jerry Kinney said.
Parents of the youths can give
no reason for their criminal activ-
tiles except desire for thrills and
''bad company"
Mengus, Adams, Cline, and Schil-
ling planned last nights hold-up
while attending motion picture
show.
Mengus stole the Chrysler auto
used, property Of T. E. Houston,
Franklin, Ind, from the Plaza park
ing space, 121 E. Maryland st.
Enter with Guns
Cline drove the car to the front
Of bakery and the others went in
a little before 6.
Mengus. carrying an automatic
pistol, and Adams a .S8-caliber re-
volver, went into the office and Or
dared Slate and Roy Lucas. '616 N.
New Jersey ST., a salesman, to
stick 'em up" demanding money.
Slate directed them to a cash reg
lister, but there was no money there.
Then Miss Marie Richter, all N.
Delaware ST., bookkeeper, came into
the room and was forced to tell
that she had put the money into
the safe.
Menaced by the bandits re-
volverS, Slate opened the safe and,
following orders, put the money,
$500 or $500, on a table in front OF
the safe.
Stops to Light Cigaret
Adams tossed his revolver to
Mengus and lighted a cigaret,
preparatory to counting the loot.
Slate, standing in front of the
safe, was screened from Mengus by
the large open door of the safe.
Snatching a revolver from a
pigeonhole In the safe Slate fired
at Adams, only few feet from
him. Adams dropped to the floor.
Miss Richter slipped from her
chair between Slate and Mengus,
and crouched on the floor while
Slate opened fire at Mengus, one
bullet entering his abdomen.
MenguS fired back, his shot pierc-
ing the back Of the chair on which
Miss Richter had been sitting a
second before.
Wounded Bandit FleeS
Then Mengus fled to a corridor.
Adams crawled through window
to the front of the bakery, breaking
the glass, as Slate fired several more
shots at him.
Schilling had gone in the bake
shop In the rear with a shotgun
and held up the employees there.
Emory Slagle, 1902 Lawrence ST.;
Earl Daily, 924 English Ave-; Verl
Armstrong, r. r. 6, Box 101, and
William Lanhan, 1143 st. State st.
When he heard the shots in the
Office he ran down the corridor past
the Office door and fired at Slate,
one bullet striking States left
shoulder, inflicting a slight wound.
Schilling dragged Mengus to the
auto and the three fed.
CNllapses at House
After taking Schilling to where he
had left his Ford coupe, near
Parkway Ave. and Wright ST., Cline
left Mengus at the White Rose fill
ing station at Pleasant Run Blvd.
and Shelby ST., which the youths
had held up a few days ago. The
attendant called police. Cline was
captured later at home.
Adams staggered to several homes
in the neighborhood. begging some
one to hide him, and finally col
lapsed at the home of Fred Kruke-
meier, 3440 Madison Ave-, as Kruke-.
meier opened the door.
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