The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-12
Nine BANDITS
STRIKE FAST
and ESCAPE
Gang Splits in Squads of
Three for Sudden and
Swift FOrays.
BURGLAR PUT TO R0UT
Woman'S Screams ThWart
Thief; ProwIer Twice
DodgeS Bullets.

Nine bandits who staged three
early morning holdups, q burglar
frightened from woman's bedroom
by her screams and prowler who
twice lodged police bullets to
escape capture were the principal
actors in the city's crime activities
early today and Wednesday night.
The three hold-ups, which took
place almost simultaneously short
ly before Z a. m, we're staged by
gang of nine bandits, who di-
vided into trios to put over the
series of robberies, Police Chief
Claude M. Worley believes.
The hold-upS climaxed a petty
crime wave which broke out after
midnight. Two filling stations and
grocery we're robbed of cash loot
totaling $103, and windows in five
filling stations were broken. In one
case the gas pump also was broken
open.
Rob Filling Station
William Hawks, 80, of 3601 N.
Emerson Ave-, attendant at the Pure
Oil Company filling station, Oakland
Ave. and Washington ST., was the
first hold-up victim. Three youths,
we'll dressed and about 18 to %
years old, drove into the station.
One went inside for drink while
Hawks put gasoline into their
machine. Directed to get his pay
from the man inside, Hawks faced
revolver. The bandits took $45
from the safe and left.
A few minutes later. two middle
aged, roughly dressed men purchased
tobacco from Ray B. Robinson, 43,
manager of the Standard grocery
at 1903 E. Twenty First st. When
Robinson went to the cash register
one of the men drew a revolver and
rushed at him saying, Get back from
that till. we'll take the dough-" They
took $l8.37 and ran to a roadster in
which a third nan waited.
Loot CaSn Register
Three men drove into the Stand
ard Oil Company filling station
Thirty Eighth and Fall Creek Blvd,
at about the same time and ordered
OIL
When w. J. Hacker, attendant
asked if they desired anything else,
one of the trio leaned out of the
window with gun in his hand and
ordered, eyes, brother, get inside
We also want the cash."
Two of the men took $40 from
the cash register.
Police believe stolen autos were
used in the three hold-ups.
Call anybody you want to I'm
not afraid" a burglar told Mrs
F'rieda Willis, 80 N. Alabama St.
when she awakened at 8 a. m. and
found him in her bedroom.
But when Mrs. Willis screamed
for her brother, E C. Hines, sleep
ing in the next room, the burglar
backed out the apartment door into
the hall, threatening them with
what Hines thought was revolver
Fires at PrOwler
Sergt. Homer Daley was walking
in the 1900 block w. Twenty-SiXth
st. earlier in the evening when
he heard shots and found that John
Young, 1888 w. Twenty Sixth ST.,
had fired five times at a man in
his back yard.
Police found that a young man
living in a neighboring house was
not in bed, as he was supposed to
be. Daley hid in an alley and the
young man appeared at 3 a. m.
but ran when he saw Daley. Pa
trolman Downs joined in the am
bush, but the youth appeared again
and also eluded Downs. He has
not been found.
Police think a man and a woman
we're responsible for smashing win
dows at the five filling stations
Pay telephones were taken from
three places.