The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-10

led.
Come on, get in here"
Gerard told police was his
first lntimation of the holdup.
you're going with us. this morn
ing" he SAID the bandits told him
and Miss Hayes. There's four men
behind you with guns.
"As long as you remain quiet we
won't hurt you"
AS he spoke the bandit, aided by
another man who had approached
from the opposite direction, pushed
Gerard and Miss Hayes into the
parked car
Kept Silent
1--WE kept still and made no out
cry" Gerard told officers.
Doubling through the north part
of the city the bandits eluded mora
than twenty police emergency
squads, sent out to intercept them.
On the Millersville road they
drove up to an abandoned farm
where an old well-house resembles
and artificial cave. In it they left
Gerard and Miss Hayes, tied hand
and foot with window sash cord.
Wen telephone them where they
can find you" one of the bandits
promised.
Half an hour after Gerard had
worked loose his bonds, man
telephoned the traction station to
inform officials there where the two
were tied up in cave" Police are
endeavoring to trace the call.
After ten minutes work, Gerard
succeeded in freeing himself and
called police.
The bandits left a new hunting
knife, with which they cut the cord
to bind Gerard and Miss Hayes. Po-
lice seek fingerprints on it.
Except for suspicion of George
McAffey, street car motorman of
248 North Randolph street, the kid
naping and holdup would not have
been known to police until Gerard
and Miss Hayes were released by the
bandits.
Forced Into Car
McAffey, with Louis Stribel of
2915 North Capitol avenue, saw
Gerard and Miss Hayes walking
east on Market street, just east of
Illinois street. Behind Gerard and
Miss Hayes a roughly dressed man
was walking.
Another man came from the east
on Market street. At the parked
car, the two men converged upon
Gerard and Miss Hayes and showed
them into the car, parked at the
curb, facing west. One Of the BAN
dts ran to the drivers side and the
car pulled out making a right turn
at Illinois street where Traffic Off
Ger Gish was on duty and speeding
north on Illinois street.
Gerard carried the funds, with
which he had started to a bank,
wrapped in newspaper, under the
arm. A check by traction terminal
officials showed he carried more
than $4,000 cash and $4,000 In
checks.
Alarm Is Sounded
Miss Hayes, employed as a. clerk
in the traction station soda foun-
tain, had started home and walked
with Gerard as he left the station.
Seeing the two pushed into tho
car, McAfey and Striebel believed
they recognized Gerard. When they
inquired for him at the traction
terminal building a few moments
later, P. j. Gore, an official, notified
police.
A heavy Gordon of police was
thrown about the north side, all po-
lice emergency station crews being
ordered by police radio to take up
the search. Off-duty police officers
were called by telephone to watch
streets in front of their homes, but
the bandit car slipped through the
net.
Fourth in Two Weeks
The kidnapping and holdup was
the fourth of its kind in two weeks.
An employe of the Gibson Auto
Company was kidnapped, robbed OF
$3.50 and locked in an empty house
as he went to a bank to deposit
company funds. A taxicab official
and an employe were kidnapped and
robbed Of $4,000 A motorist was
kidnapped and robbed of 5000.
In all except the taxicab Official
holdup, the two kidnaper-bandits
In the downtown section
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