The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-28

murder Of Edward j. Shannon
Homer Wright, alleged Lou
isville and St. Louis booze rum
ner, and two women arrested,
were released on bond within
three hours after arrest before
detectives were able to question
them.
Police Chief Claude M, Worley
made strong protest to Municipal
Judge Paul c. 'Wetter about this.
Wright was arrested in an apart
ment at 1929 N. Alabama St., where
Shannon formerly had lived. Trau-
gott, detectives say, was in the
apartment at the time Wright was
caught. Traugott explained that he
was there to get some liquor. De-
tectiveS said they found no liquor
there.
Flame Victim Is Silent
Friends of Scharfin said he had
gone to New York to meet his wife.
Mrs. Traugott said Traugott had
gone there to do the fall buying for
the store.
Police Chief Claude M. Worley
disclosed that Harold Libowitz, %,
of 80 N. Jefferson Ave, whose fam
ing body was found behind the
Traugott store just after the explo-
sion, in refusing to talk further to
detectives at city hospital late Mon
day had declared he did not want
to say anything more until 1 have
talked with Traugott."
So far all efforts Of police to reach
Traugott by telegram have failed.
Until today they had been proceed
ing on the assumption he had gone
by train. Mrs. Traugott said she
had not heard from him.
Find Insurance Policies
The State fire marshaIs Office dis
closed that insurance policies found
in a box in the Traugott safe
totaled $4,000. There has been no
estimate of the Traugott damage
since Traugott has not been reached
and his partner, Harry Susman, has
insisted he was not familiar enough
with the store to make one, having
been i'll and out of active manage
ment for several months.
The detectives also were ponder
ing over facts disclosed by the A. D.
T. reports from the Traugott store
of Sunday afternoon and evening
in their attempts to ascertain who
soaked clothing with gasoline and
then applied fire, resulting in the
blast. They have made up their
minds a deliberate effort to burn
out the Traugott place was made.
Rectifying mistaken accounts OF
the records of the American District
Telegraph which gave detectives a
puzzling clew, Charles T. Roache,
manager of the telegraph company
which affords burglar alarm pro-
lection to its clients, today detailed
communications and signals ex-
changed between the Traugott store
and the telegraph offices, 2O9
Lemcke Bldg, Sunday.
Study Alarm Ticker
"Our ticker recorded on the tape
here that some one opened the store
at 10 a. m. Sunday" Roache said.
Immediately after, the code signal
came over the wire indicating that
the store was opened by someone
familiar with operation of the
system.
Then, almost Immediately, we re-
ceived a telephone call, from the
store. The person calling, who said
he was Eddie Traugott, said the
store would be open all day.
Consequently. the switch was
thrown off on the alarm at the store
and we we're relieved of any vigi-
lance, in view of the telephone con-
versation.
"Then about 5 p. m. some one
called again from the store, saying
they would be open until about
$3.50 p. m.
Prone Alarm al Once
Il don't know who called this
time-for it was just Tor an extern
sion of the time the owners were
supposed to be in tie building.
"At 8:45 p m the 'larm closed, 4"
the tape showed. That indicated
that the switch had been thrown
at the store, restoring the circuit or
the burglar alarm.
Three minutes later the alarm
signal was received-set off by the
explosion.
"The report that we paid no at
tention to it is grossly in error.
Within four minutes We had four