The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-09
POLICE BULLETS
AT TIRES BRING
ARREST OF TWO
Suspects in Store HoIdupS
Held After Pursuits;
Many Cabs Taken.

Shots fired into the tires Of a car
brought arrest CT two suspected
store burglars and shots fired into
the air resulted in arrest Of an al
legged holdup man Sunday.
Five men were arrested on We
hicle charges. A long series Of
taxi driver holdups and burglaries
kept emergency squads busy.
Robert Messick. %. Of 1923 North
Gale street. lost his taxi and $3.50
when a passenger held him up at
Twenty-second and Talbot streets
Sunday night. The cab later was
found.
Two passengers took $3.50 and his
cab from Max Sleeth, Is, of 435
North Gladstone avenue, taxi driver,
Sleeth told police The cab was
recovered.
Richard Sullivan, taxi driver, 805
North Illinois street, was robbed of
81 and his cab
Two More Robbed
Essel Winstead. "a, of 1912 Cor
nell avenue. taxi driver, was robbed
Of So and his cab, which was aban-
doned later.
Frank Nolte, 4510 East New York
street, was a fifth driver robbed,
losing 81 md his cab.
A Negro man and woman robbed
John Regh, 1901 College avenue,
of Sl9 at Indiana avenue and Yer
mont street early Sunday.
Groceries valued at $25 were re-
ported taken from the Thomas j.
Fagin grocery, 802 South Capitol
avenue by burglars.
A small amount of money was loot
of burglars at the Oscar Barthel
restaurant, lis East Ohio street.
Boring holes in a floor and re-
moving a part of the flooring, burg
lars ransacked the Lawrence San
ders store, 3406 Clifton street, and
took SO cash, a revolver and fishing
tackle 'orth $50 or more.
Meat Market PIundered
The John Carr meat market at
PAST Martindale avenue was en-
tered for the third time within a
week and meats valued at s25 were
taken.
Abe Shapiro, 1891 South Meridian
street, reported $50 stolen from his
trousers pockets while he slept
Saturday night.
A man entered the home of j. F..
Custard, 218 North Jefferson avenue,
while members of the family
watched airplanes Sunday night and
took purse containing $40.
Henry Johnson. %, of 55215 South
Illinois street, and Lofts Timmons,
Is. of 1922 Singleton street ar
rested on vagrancy charges Sunday
night, were charged with stealing
the car they drove. from Albert Dill
lon of 4505 East Twenty-first street.
Raymond johnson, %. of 2245
Kenwood avenue, was arrested on
charges of stealing car owned by
Miss Ruth Carr of 2429 North ILL
noise street. from the Pate garage,
Twenty and Illinois streets.
A man giving name of Russell
Smith was arrested on vagrancy
charges after a chase Sunday night
in which seven shots were fired by
two patrolmen. He is alleged to be
the holdup man who robbed j. G.
Thatcher. grocer at Plainfield and
Lynhurst drives of SO.
William Craig. 10. of 1922 Silver
avenue. and Elmer Daley, 80, $50
Jones street, we're arrested on
vagrancy charges after Patrolman
Charles FELTON, fired shot into an
automobile tire to stop their escape
Sunday night. 1t is alleged the
two we're carrying articles taken in
a store robbery.
Richard Mills, Is, of 928 Tuxedo
street, and Earl Smallwood, 10, of
1859 Nordyke avenue, we're arrested
on vehicle taking charges after
car allegedly stolen from Jessie
Kuhn, 1869 Nordyke avenue. was
wrecked at Thirty-eighth street and
Pendleton pike, Sunday night.