The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-01
$4,000 Bond Is Made for
Michael Glenn, Who
Gives Up.
REACHED CITY SUNDAY
Former Officer Drove From
Long Island, Where He
Is Employed.

Michael ]. Glenn, former Indi-
annapolis traffic inspector, submitted
to arrest at the United States
marshal's Office today upon a Fed
eral grand jury indictment, returned
last week, charging him with par
ticipating in disposal of a stolen
automobile.
This was one of the incidents in
the group growing out of the in
vestigation of the interstate auto
mobile theft ring.
Glenn was accompanied by Will
liam J. Mooney, wholesale druggist,
and John F. Darmody, candy
manufacturer, who signed his
SOS, 900 bond. He was Immediately
released. He will be arraigned Sat
urday.
Reached City Sunday
Glenn said he reached the city
Sunday. 1t was understood he drove
from Long Island, N. Y, where he
is employed. He refused to COM
ment upon the case.
Several days ago he was in the
city and explained that the "hot"
car which passed through his hands
to Frank Wolf, vice president of f..
P. WaSson & Co., also indicted,
came to him from a man he had
been led to believe was merely a
bootlegger desiring to liquidate his
assets.
Glenn's arrest brought the total
Of those under bond or still in Gus
tody in the automobile theft inquiry
to seventeen. Two men indicted are
being sought.
w. Lee Smith, former grand
dragon of the Ku-Klux Klan,
charged with being in the general
theft conspiracy, obtained liberty
under $25,000 surety bond late Sat-
urday after having been in Marion
County jail two days.
Robert F, McNay, former Klan
titan; DR.. Fred V. Binzer of Terre
Haute; Bertram Libowitz and Will
liam Laffey were defendants who
remained in jail unable to provide
$25, 900 bonds.
Jury Resumes Probe
Marion County grand jury today
resumed its investigation of the
blaSt-wreckilNg of the Traugott
clothing store, 215-17 w. Washing
, ton St., Aug. 26. This and the theft
ring inquiry have dovetailed be-
cause some of the same persons
have been questioned in each.
The grand jury was expected to
consider facts surrounding the find
ing of a watch, with one number
scratched out, in the Traugott store
safe soon after the explosion and
the tracing of this watch through a
remaining number to q jewelry
store for repair few days before
the explosion.
Prosecutors agents are tracing
ownership Of the watch.
Worried About Ring
Edward Traugott, one of the cloth
ing store owners declared the watch
was given to him July by friend
who bought merchandise valued at
$13.40. He said he remembered the
incident because it was a holiday
and the store was closed, but he let
the customer in. The man did not
have any money so he took the
watch as security, he said. He filed
the watch in the safe, but the cuSto-
mer never redeemed it.
The store owner said he was be-
ginning to be worried about 81 400
diamond ring he had left in the safe
before 1t was opened by the investi-
gators after the fire.
Il have had that ring for fifteen
years. The stone weighs 2.38 kar-
ats" said Traugott. Il have not
been able to trace it or find out
whether the officials found it in the
safe"
Attaches of the arson division of
the State fire marshals Office, who
supervised openin gof the safe, said
no such ring was found in it.