The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-20
KILLERS Slip
PAST POLICE,
MAKE ESCAPE
Detective Chief Believes
SIayers Have Fled
From City.
MANY CALLS TRACED
Emergency Squads Unable
to Pick Up Trail of
Murderer Pair.
MANY CALLS TRACED

Although calls still were received
today from citizens who believed
they had seen the slayers of Motor
Policeman Paul Miller. Detective
Chief Jerry Kinney believes the men
have escaped from the city.
I'm afraid they're not only out
of town, but have been out Of town
for some time" Kinney said.
Police and detectives, however,
will continue to investigate all re-
ports Of providers and suspicious
persons.
More than fifteen such reports
were investigated Thursday night
and early today, the majority Il ON
the northeast section of the city
In some cases police were even IN
able to locate the persons who called
headquarters, indicating that some
were taking advantage of police zeal
to turn in false alarms" for their
own amusement.
Believe Pair Escaped
Possibility that the two roughly
dressed men who shot Miller Tues
day night at Station and E. Twenty
Fifth Sts., left the city in a Ford
coupe parked on Fountain st. near
Hillside Ave, after hiding in the
barn of Mrs Ivy Sullivan, 2434 N
Keystone Ave, until Wednesday
afternoon, was given credence by
Detective Chief Kinney.
Negro youths from the Colored
OrhpanS' Home saw two men get
in the car and drive away north
shortly after Mrs Sullivan routed
two men, one wounded IN the shoul-
der from her barn.
Among the calls answered by po-
lice early today by persons who be-
lieved they had trace of NIiller's
slayers was one from Mrs. Edith
Cripper, 1898 Parker Ave-, who said
she heard men walking in the garage
at her home.
Search Vacant House
The same emergency squad an
swered a call to Wilson and E.
Eighteenth ST., in Lake Park ad-
dition, where they searched a va
cant house in which neighbors be-
lieved some person was hiding, be-
cause two dogs had been barking
near the house during the night.
Nothing was found.
Police also searched a vacant
house at 2614 N. La Sale ST., but
failed to find any prowlers. Evil
dence that some persons had eaten
lunch in the house was found.
Motor police we're sent to 1886 Au-
dubon Rd. and 1902 E. Tenth St.,
on report of providers.
o. w. Castle, 1906 School ST., told
police two men ran from his back
yard early today, but officers were
unable to find the prowlers.
Man Washes Handkerchief
At 8. p. m. Thursday a squad
made a run to Emerson Ave. ano
Pendleton Pike On the report that
man was washing a bloody shirt
in a creek. They found John
Chester. Harvey, ILL.,, washing his
handkerchiefs in the creek. He
said he was on his way to Marion
and was questioned, but not held.
Nearly 100 loiterers and suspicious
persons were picked u9 by police
during the night and taken to head
quarters for questioning.
About twenty of that number,
unable to give good accounts of
themselves, we've held on vagrancy
charges for further questioning.
Saw Masked Man
Al Jones, proprietor of a garage
at 3700 Massachusetts, Ave, told po-
lice of seeing a man and woman
the man wearing a mask over his
face, cruising near the Schaller &
Cole drug store, 2502 Station St.
the night of July 4, which suggested
that gang has been planning to
hold up the drug store for some
time.
The two men who shot Miller
we're lettering about the store.
Jones said he and another man
followed the man woman from his
garage and saw them circle the drug
store in their car four times, finally
getting out of their car on N. Gale
Street.
The slayers Of Miller ran down
an alley between Gale and Station
Sts after the shooting.