The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-23
ALABAMA GOVERNOR SIGNS
PAPERS IN EXTRADIT|ON OF
TORCH CAR owner TO CITY
Sheriff Winkler Returns to Mobile With
Custody Order After Visit to Capital;
Captor Receives Threat
CHECK ON CAPONE RUM RING LINK
Authorities Here Question Underworld
Characters in Pursuit of Clew to
Fire Victims Identity.

Alleged connection of H, 'old
Herbert Schroeder, 35, Mo
bile (Ala.) radiator repair
business owner, with a Ca
pone-allied liquor running ring
was being investigated in Mo-
bile today.
Evidence, given here by under
world characters, that Schroeder
was connected with the liquor run
ners and that he was the big boy"
in Mobile, gained weight Authori-
ties were tracing down the under
world grapevine" report that the
torch car victim was Victor Ray
mond, IS, formerly Of Philadelphia.
Harry Bendel, chief deputy sher-
if here, questioned three under
world characters Sunday afternoon
and gained from them facts bearing
out the information previously gath
cred by The Times.
Sent by Air Mail
Bendel sent facts he had gathered
to his chief, Sheriff George Winkler,
at Mobile in an air mail letter.
Sheriff Winkler today began an
investigation at Mobile to learn, if
possible, any Schroeder connections
with the liquor ring which has been
bringing liquor into the country
through Miami, Fla, Schroeder's
former home, and through Mobile.
Beginning consideration of the
torch car mystery, with view to
possible indictment of Schroeder on
murder charges, the Marion county
grand jury this morning heard evil
dence of DR.. Lawrence Lewis, deputy
coroner, who performed the autopsy
on the charred body of man found
in Schroeder'S blazing car.
Tom A. Reilly, private investi-
gator for an insurance company,
and George Eggleston, deputy
prosecutor, who has been in Mobile
on the case, also appeared before
the jury.
Deputy Prosecutor EggleSton de-
clared before he entered the grand
jury room that no new facts have
been developed in the case at Mo-
bile and that Schroeder has not
been questioned as to his
story of the accident in which his
hitch-hiking companion was killed.
This investigation may turn to
the underworld for some facts be-
fore it is completed, it was indi-
Gated today, although officials adj
mitted the evidence that the body
was that of Raymond is not COM
plete.
Hijacker Long Time
Raymond, according to under
world evidence, had engaged in hi
lacking activities in and near Indi-
annapolis for a long period of time.
It Is claimed that he and a compan-
ion, known as "the Wop," hijacked
load of liquor, sold to the Capone-
allied ring by Schroeder, and that,
when trapped by two Chicago
Heights members of the gang, de-
clared Schroeder, after selling the
liquor, had informed the hijackers
of the shipment so they could inter
cept the load.
Schroeder, coming here for the
races, is alleged to have met the
Chicago Heights gangster and to
have been told of orders coming
from Chicago that Raymond was to
be 'giyen ride"
The underworld informants claim
Schroeder'S car bore Raymond when
it left downtown hotel on the
night of the torch car burning. It
was said to have been followed by a
large sedan bearing the two Chicago
Heights gunner, who are alleged
to have killed Raymond. Burning
Of the car by Schroeder merely was
incidental to the gang revenge upon
Raymond, it is alleged.
Angles Borne Out
Many angles of the evidence we're
supported by the three questioned
by Deputy Sheriff Bendel Sunday.
The evidence gained such weight
that Bendel informed Sheriff
Winkler at Mobile of the new facts
in order that Mobile ends of the
case can be gathered.
Among those questioned Sunday
was Victor Wray, whose name at
first caused authorities to discount
the story coming from the under
world.
Wray denied he ever used the
name Raymond. Other witnesses
told Deputy Sheriff Bendel, do not
confuse Wray with Raymond. Ray
mond is the dead man."
Efforts to locate Raymond's for
mer wife, said to be living in Indi-
annapolis, were being made today. At
the same time efforts were under
way to trace Raymond in Philadel-
phia, where he formerly lived.
Intense interest in the facts, as
presented by The Times Saturday
caused many calls for information
from underworld characters Sun
day. The interest led authorities to
believe the clew was a "hot" one
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