The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-02

ernor Ed jackson Dec. 81, 1928.
Homer finally was captured by
detectives at downtown hotel here
Monday. He was sought first on a
charge of running from crash of
his car with a school bus of the
Jewish Educational Association last
January.
Abandons His Car
The driver of the school bus, Mon
roe Fisher, GAL Roach ST., was in
iured in the crash. Homer, police
charge, drove a few blocks from the
accident and abandoned his car.
Police still hold it and set Of
suspicious-looking tools they found
in it.
Investigation today disclosed that
police started looking for Homer
Immediately after the accident. They
learned he was on parole from the
reformatory, where he had been
sentenced from ten to twenty years
for burglaries in Indianapolis.
Police Watch Closely
Both city and State police from
then on made frequent trips to Leh-
anon on tips that the fugitive was
visiting his mother and other
friends there.
Homer's confessions today dis
closed that he went back to rob-
berry April 13, although police sus-
pect he was involved in earlier
crimes.
Police have made every effort to
get Homer to name two accomplices
in the series of store hold-ups. At
first he told detectives he would tell
if given assurance that he would
be returned to prison as a parole
violator only.
Won't Squeal on Pals
Today, however, he said he would
not squeal, even if sent to the elec-
trio chair.
The robberies:
May 10, j. A. Newman grocery,
418 E. Morris st, $50.
May u, Kroger grocery, sol Bu-
chanan St., $75.'
April 13, Samuel Gelman grocery
"a Virginia Ave, 500.
July II, Frank Roesener Phar-
macy, 801 S. Delaware ST., $65.
May %, Western Oil filling sta
ton, no loot.
March II, Kroger grocery, TIT E.
Twenty-Fifth ST., $40.
July 3, Aelved Fowler drug store,
1884 E. Washington ST. ,$125.
Two months ago, Kroger grocery
in Muncie, $50.
Six weeks ago, Muncie drug
store, $40.
Guilty of Burglary
Homer pleaded guilty to first de-
gree burglary in Marion Criminal
Court April 4, 1918, and was SEN
fenced by Judge James A. Collins
Tor from ten to twenty years
His petitions for clemency in
February, 1925, and March, 1926,
were refused.
Having served his minimum SEN
tence, Homer finally was recon-
mended for parole by trustees of
the Indiana State Prison, where he
had been transferred July Is, 1918.
Governor Jackson signed his parole
July L, 1927.
Homer's mother, Mrs. Anna Ho-
mer, living with a brother near
Lebanon, took advantage of slight
acquaintance with Hoy to plead for
clemency. Her pleading was un-
availing, but when Homer was pa
rolled to his mother she joined her
son in asking that Hoy "take care
Of returning Homers parole reports.
Claimed to Be Bus Driver
The first parole report, submitted
Aug. /, 1927, reported him driving
a Peoples Motor Coach Company
bus here. 1t was countersigned my
his employer, William Maley.
From that time until they ceased
last May, Homer personally carried
his monthly report to Hoy in Leb-
anon. Homer had taken employment
IS salesman for an Indianapolis
backing company, Hoy said he was
old.
II didn't know Homer very we'll,
Hoy admitted, but I knew his
mother. When he showed up every
months with his report, had nc
reason to question the truthfulnesS
Of his statements. There was
nothing wrong about my signing
the reports, but I never signed any
for anyone else and from now or
I don't intend to-,