The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-06
Girl Set
Free in
Chicago

By United Press
CHICAGO, Dec. 6.-Helen
Hamilton, 10, was released in
Chicago today by four ban
dts who captured her in
Stockwell, Ind, Friday night,
as a part of an unsuccessful
plan to rob the Stockwell
State bank in which Helen's
father is cashier.
The girl, who is a senior in high
school. told police of the East Chi
cago avenue station a thrilling stC1v
of how the bandits, claiming to be
"Capone gangsters," tied up her
family with overcoat belts and silk
stockings.
Flee With Hostage
They became alarmed and fed
with her as their hostage, Helen
said, after discovering a l5-year-
old sister, Mary. had escaped from
the Hamilton home during the hold
up to summon neighbors.
Helen was unframed on the long
ride to Chicago, she said her cap
tors talked mostly in generalities
They told her they we're "Capone
man," Helen said, and boosted that
they had got SGT 900 the other day
from the Frankfort Gnd) State
bank The Frankfort bank was
robbed earlier in the week.
Police here confirmed Miss Ham
ilton's story through the sheriff at
Lafayette, which is near Stockwell
She was released somewhere op
the north side in Chicago early to-
day and told to walk south until
you come to a big Packard, which
will be waiting to take you home
Parents Tied in Chair
Helen did not find the big Pack
ard" but she did find the East
Chicago : avenue police station,
where she told her story.
Il wasn't at home when the rob-
bers called at our house Friday
night" she said. Il was out with
my boy friend, Joe Leopard.
When we came home a little
after 10 o'clock, mother and dad
we're tied to chairs in the living
room. Their bodies were fastened
with belts, which the men had
taken off their overcoats, and their
feet we're tied together with silk
stockings.
When Joe and walked in two
men grabbed us and tied us up too,
Then they asked how many children
we're up stairs. Dad told them there
were three. One of the men went
up stairs and when he came down
he said, say, something's not on the
up and up here. Their are only
two kids up there Where's the
other one?'
Sister FIees Out Window
Dad said he didn't know. What
happened was that a window was
open and my sister Mary, who is IS.
hao climbed out and run over to the
neighbors. I CUES she had heard the
loud talking downstairs.
Then the men did some more
talking about going to the bank and
whether they should take Oscar
with them. Oscar is dads name. He
is cashier of the Stockwell State
bank
Pretty soon the men said, Let's
get the hell out of here and take the
girl with US
when they carried me out to the
car I saw there were two more men
waiting on the porch and they
joined u.s. All I could think of was
that maybe this was another at
tack like the one last week at Gary
and was trembling all oyerS
Didn't Go Near Bank
But the men didn't touch me
any more than to lift me into the
car ard they didn't go near the
bank"
From Lafayette, police learned
that Mary arrived at the HHnil-
ton home with neighbors a few
minutes after the bandits had left
with Helen. The neighbors united
the Hanilton's and Joe Leopard.
Oscar Hamilton, the bank cashier,
notified Chicago police that he and
the sheriff would come up from
Lafayette today to take Helen back
to Stockwell.