The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-11
CITY YECCMEN
CRACK TRIO OF
SAFES IN STATE
Get $500 From Anderson
Coal Company, Fleeing
Toward indianapolis.

An indianapolis gang of yeggmen
travelled fast Monday night, blow
ing open and footing three safes be-
fore they eluded Gordon Of Indi-
annapolis police and deputy sheriffs.
The gang, believed to be the same
one which narrowly escaped cap
ture here last week after having
prepared drug store safe on East
Michigan street for the blast of
nitoglyceine, visited Huntington,
Marion and Anderson Monday
night.
At Huntington, a store safe was
blown open and 500 was taken,
while a filling station safe at Mar
ion was blown and $35 taken, &C
cording to wire reports.
Crack Anderson Safe
Early today the yeggmen blasted
safe in the Harlan Coal Company
office at Anderson, getting 5000 and
fleeing toward Indianapolis.
The safe lootings clinaxed an
outbreak of lawleSSness in Indian
apolis Monday and Monday night.
Monday, bandits kidnapped man
and woman, stole $4,808 cash and
left them tied an old we'll house;
slugged and robbed a coal dealer
and robbed a filling station.
Monday night bandits held up
and robbed a drug store at 2158 Col
lege avenue; held up a meat market
at 1908 East Thirtieth street; robbed
Brookside street are operator and
were unsuccessful in an attempt to
holdup the Johnson garage at 723
North Illinois street, according to
police reports.
Two bandits got $55 from a cash
register at the Charles Washburn
meat market, 1918 Bellefontaine
street, after locking WaShburn in
a refrigerator Monday night. A Gus
toner entered the store after five
minutes and freed him.
Two Negroes took SIP cash and
81 in tokens from w. D. Cook, 26,
of 1882 East Tenth street, motor
man Of a Brookside street car at
Parker and Brookside avenue, Cook
reported. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Pit
cock of 2134 BrookSide avenue, pas
sengers, were not molested
Ralph Study, "a, of 1920 Central
avenue, manager Of a Haag drug
store at 2247 Bellefontaine avenue,
and Raymond Fountain of 2146 Col
lege avenue, clerks, and Norman
Edwards of 2206 College avenue,
customer, were forced into a back
room Of the drug store at II p. m.
by Negroes who stole $160.
Frightened Away
Two bandits, who entered the
Johnson garage, 1923 North Illinois
street, and ordered jerry Murrell,
Negro, 46, of TOT Fayette street,
night man, to open a safe, were
frightened away by honking of
customers automobile horn before
they obtained any loot.
Police investigation Monday night
Of the kidnapping and robbery OF
William Gerard, 38, of $50 East
North street, chief clerk for the
traction terminal ticket office and
theft of $4,808 in ticket office funds
Monday morning, yielded no clews
to the two bandits.
Gerard and Miss Nettie Hayes, 43
waitress at the Traction Terminal
soda fountain, were left bound
hands and feet in an old we'll house
on the Millersville road. The ban
dts, keeping promise to Gerard
telephoned Traction Terminal au-
thorities to tell them where Gerard
and Miss Hayes had been left, but
the two already had released them
selves.
Not Hurt Seriously
0. Frank MuSSel man, of 1886
North Delaware street, partner in
the Musselman-Singer Coal Com
pany, who was slugged by Negro
bandit in the coal company Office
Monday afternoon, was not injured
seriously.
The Negro bandit used a heavy
railway bolt as a blackjack. Mus
selman identified Henry Franklin,
Negro, 35, of 729 Indiana avenl@,
captured a short time later, as his
assailant and SIP of the $115 al
legedly stolen from the coal Office
was found on Franklin, police said.
Accidental Shot Fatal
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Feb. IL