The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-02
KILLING OF z
BANDITS may
SMASH GANGS
Police Think 2 Dangerous
Groups of Thugs Are
Broken Up.
C0NFECTIONER is SLAIN
Eight Persons Under Arrest
and Two Others Sought
in ShootingS.

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bandits over the week end was be-
lieved by police today to have
broken up two dangerous gangs re-
sponsible Tor numerous safe crack
ings and hold-ups in the last sew
eral months
Besides one of the bandits, Frank
]. Baden, confectioner, 1901 E. Six
teenth St, was killed in a robbery.
Eight persons are under arrest,
one suspect was found on the In
diana State farm and two more are
sought.
The crime roundup, which Police
Chief Claude M. Worley believes will
have a healthy effect in checking
the ambitions of wild youths to be-
come bandits, began Saturday morn
ing when PatrOlman Leroy Bartlett
shot Wilbur Allen, %, of 1705 Ma
omi St., in duel in a south side al
ley Allen died Saturday night
about the time the second alleged
bandit to die was being admitted
to city hospital.
Many Shots Fired
The second alleged bandit has not
been positively identified. Police be-
lieved today he might be Freddie
/ Thompson of Louisville, KY.
The man believed to be Thompson
was found slumped in the seat of
a stolen automobile in front of the
Baden confectionery Saturday night
after Baden had been slain.
Two bandits entered the Baden
store and ordered drinks. Then they
walked to the rear and covered
Baden with guns. Baden leaped for
one of them. The other bandit
jumped into the fight. They rolled
out onto the sidewalk.
Bullets began to fly. Some wit
nesseS said as many as ten shots
were fired. Mrs. Baden ran out with
an empty pistol in her hand and
tried to beat one Of the men
scuIIling with her husband. One of
the bandits thinking Mrs. Baden's
gun was loaded kept between the
scufflers and Mrs. Baden.
Left Wounded in Car
Finally, amidst the hail Of bull
let's Baden sank to the sidewalk.
The bandits scattered, some leaping
into large parked sedan and
others running.
They left behind one parked car
in which the wounded bandit was
found. Apparently he had been
struck by stray bullet from the
gun Of one of his pals on the SIDE
walk or in the other car.
The parked automobile had been
stolen March 26 from Twenty Fifth
st. and Central Ave. 1t was owned
by r. w Garstadt, 1926 Washing
ton Blvd.
Baden died in the admitting room
Of the city hospital. The bandit
died at the hospital soon after.
Detectives, following clews in pa
pers in a suitcase in the car where
| the wounded bandit was found,
traced two men from Louisville to
indianapolis. They obtained the
address of Ernest Kirby, 81, of 228
w. Ray St. and at 3 this morning
raided the place.
The police arrested Kirby, Noah
Lightfoot, 25; Hugh bearing, "a, and
Homer Deckard, Is. whom they be-
lieve is Homer Morris, known as
the pal of Freddie Thompson. These
men are not charged with banditry,
but are held on vagrancy charges
under $4,000 bonds.
The alleged bandits body is held
pending claim by relatives.
Funeral services will be held at
3 Tuesday afternoon for Mr.. Ba-
den at the home of his sister-in-
law, Mrs. Charles o. Britten, 2519
E. Washington ST., with burial in
| Crown Hill cemetery.
Mr.. Baden, so, was widely known,
having lived in Indianapolis all his
life. AS he lay wounded on the
sidewalk after the battle he took his
wife into his arms and told her
good-by.
Work on Allen Shooting
Meanwhile, detectives were work.
ing on the shooting of Wilbur Allen
by Patrolman Bartlett. Chief Wor-
ley commended Bartlett for his
bravery in sticking to the chase
until he finally felled Allen with
the last bullet in his gun.
Everett Perry, 20, of 1911 Harlan
ST., arrested at the time Allen was
shot, and Leonard Wilson, 20, of
Ben Davis, and Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Burd, 3400 Carson ST., taken into
custody later, have made state
ments clearing up at least fifty
burglaries and safe crackings in the
city in the last two months, detec-
tives said. Burd is the father-in-
law of perry. The Burds received
stolen goods, police charges.
Wilson is the youth who on March
9, received a suspended sentence
for vehicle taking because a young
girl had come into Criminal Court
and told Judge James A. Collins
she was to become the mother Of
wilson's child.
The couple were married at the
Courthouse and Wilson was per-
mitted to go, on his promise to
reform.
Boy, Z, Rescues Two