The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-14

A lone bandit held up the White
Rose filing station, at Twenty.Fifth
and Meridian SITS, at $50 a. m, but
obtained only 81 in cash.
Gets License Number
A. II. Ward, 81 w. Forty-Sixth St,
attendant told police the license num-
ber of the bandit car. Driving into
the station the bandit told Ward
who came from the station to serve
him, to wait a minute" as he
crawled out of the auto. Pulling a
gun from his pocket he said Get
back inside" and followed Ward into
the station. Just then Lawrence
Beyers, 2176 N. Pennsylvania St,
came in another door of the station.
Ward told Lieutenant Leonard For
sythe, the bandit ordered both to
hoist their hands and stand against
the wall of the station while he
rifed the register. Leisurely walk
ing from the station, the bandit got
into his auto and drove north he
said. Police found no trace.
Two Safes Opened
Using hammers and chisels. part
of the garage equipment at the Bob's
Motor Service, $40 S. Pennsylvania
ST., yeggmen who gained entrance
to the place by "jimmying" a rear
window, removed doors of two safes,
that they moved 75 feet from the Of
flee to the garage.
w. l.. Herder. manager. told po-
lice that $40 was taken from the
safes, as we'll as valuable papers. A
cash register in the office was also
broken open, but the burglars
snubbed 81 in stamps and 100 pen
nies. They left by the same win
dow, and used ladder taken from
the garage to scale the wall to the
elevated railroad tracks in the rear
Of the garage.
Drug Store Loses
Prying Jock from the front door,
burglars entered the Oliver r. Rasico
pharmacy, 1920 E. Michigan ST.,
early today and took 500 in stamp
money and SIS in store cash. Rasico
told police that the money was in
an unlocked safe. The stock was
not disturbed.
A knob on a safe at the Standard
oil station, Thirty Eighth st. and
Keystone Ave. was battered off, but
entrance was not gained, according
to Luther Boatman, attendant. The
burglars took two gallons Of motor
oil.
Going to the Silver Flash station
on the opposite corner, they
ransacked the station, but took
nothing, according to Edo Garten,
attendant. Both stations were en-
tered by prying windows.
A Negro was seen leaving the IL.
l.. Singer, dry goods store, 1906
Roosevelt Ave-, carrying bundle
that Singer said was women's
wearing apparel valued at S25.
Camera Stolen
The Robert Adams meat market,
79I Indiana Ave, was entered, and
$25 taken from the cash register.
The Standard Grocery, 9O4 N.
Illinois St., was entered through
a coal chute, according to Venice
Finchman, manager, and $40 and
groceries taken, and the Branch
Library, McCarty and Chadwick
Sts., was entered and ransacked by
burglars who took nothing, but a
camera.
Tools valued at 5000 were taken
from the Automotive Construction
plant, 1115 N. Capitol Ave. Charles
Gerkine, manager. said he suspected
a recently discharged employe. A
side window was pried open.
The Harry c. ROLAND feed store,
234S N. Sherman Dr., was entered
through a side window and loot val
ued at $3.50 taken.
The Automotive Brokerage Com
pany, 122 N. Senate Ave, was
visited by yeggmen who battered the
combination off the safe. They failed
to get inside, but took $3.50 from a