The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-08
COPS BULLETS
CHASE BANDIT
THROUGH CITY
Lone Gunman, in Stolen
Car, EIudeS Three Squads
of Police.
FIGHTS GAS ATTENDANT
Loses Revolver, but Opens
Fire With Another
During Pursuit.


Shots, blows and violence marked
a new outbreak Of banditry and
burglaries in the city Friday night
and early today.
One bandit escaped three police
squads after a fight with filing
station attendant. Three bandits
fired shot at filling station at
tendant who refused to obey their
orders.
Footpads slugged one victim and
left him on the street unconscious
as they fed with his money.
A lone bandit, his face BACKED
with burnt cork, ordered Herschei
j. Foxworthy, 80, of 2032 West Nor
ris street, Shell filling station at
tendant at Belmont avenue and
Morris street, to put up his hands.
Foxworthy attacked the bandit.
After five-minute struggle Fox
worthy surrendered and gave the
bandit $15 but, seeing another OPP
portunity, renewed the fight.
Grabs Revolver
In the struggle he obtained the
bandits hat, skull cap and revolver,
but the revolver breech broke open
and cartridges fell on the floor of the
filling station. Before Foxworthy
could reload the gun the bandit
speed away in his car, a stolen ma
chine owned by J. H, Grimes OF
Danville.
A police squad took up pur-
suit. On Morris street, almost with
in range of the bandit car, the po-
lice car blew a tire. Carl Losey,
state policeman, sighted the bandit
car at Kentucky and Senate ave-
nues and attempted to force 1t to
the curb. The bandit opened fire
with second revolver and Losey
returned the fire. Losey lost the
car in the traffic.
A third squad of police under Ser
geant Michael MorriSey sighted the
bandit at Kentucky avenue and
South street, but the police car was
outdistanced by the bandit machine.
The same man previously had
held up Standard filling station at
1886 West Washington street, get
ting $40. The auto used was found
abandoned early this morning q
square from police headquarters.
Rob Filling Station
Three men masked with handker-
chiefs took $25 from q Supreme
filling station at Troy avenue and
Bluff road, escaping with a car
owned by Charles Jones, 81, CT 253
North Pershing avenue, who was
at the filing station at the time.
The three next visited Shell sta
ton at Tenth and Dorman streets,
getting $50.
Attempting a third holdup, The
men fred one shot at Franklin T.
Oldham, 81, of 1548 Barth avenue,
filling station attendant at 1901 Vir-
GINA avenue. He ran when threat
ened by the trio and the shot was
fired at him.
A lone bandit took $40 from Reno
Bixler 10, of 5106 Pleasant Run
parkway, Standard filling station
attendant at Sheridan avenue and
Washington street.
Two Negroes, one with q patch Of
adhesive tape on his face, took $25
and two wrist watches from
Anthony Koskey, confectionery OPP
orator at 1902 North Keystone aves
nue..
Four men held up Ben F. Holmes,
of 2734 North Capitol avenue, taxi
driver, taking his cab and 50 at
State and English avenue.
Left Unconscious
George Van Pelt, As, of 555 North
Belmont avenue, was slugged by two
footpads at Kentucky avenue and
West street Friday night, the
bandits leaving him unconscious
after stealing $14.75.
Charles Ryan, Is, living in the
500 block on East New York street,
was held to the grand jury under
$4,000 bond on robbery charges in
municipal court Friday afternoon
by Judge Dan v. White. Similar
charges against his wife, Dorothy
Ryan, 10, were dismissed.
The two were charged with hold
ing up Allan Chastain, 20, and rob-
bing him of small amount of
money, after Mrs. Ryan stopped him
on the street. Ryan pressed d
whisky bottle neck against Chas-
tains head to initiate revolver IN
the holdup, he told police.
Burglars got SO cash and $40 in
candy and cigarets from the Huber
Hulse grocery at 1902 West Mich
igan street. A shotgun snd other
articles were stolen from the VIII
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