The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-22


Gloria's mother and father,
who is a city fireman, also
were wounded by the gum
men, The mother, expect
ing another child soon, was
aslep in Morrissiania hospital
when the child died.
All night long she had been there,
watching, hoping the child would
have the strength to pull through.
A blood TRANSMISSION spurred hope.
Pleads for Life
"She must not die" the mother
cried. I'VE wanted her so badly for
ten years. We were like children
with a doll when she came, Don't
let her CO."
Finally the mother dropped off in
sleep as the father, wounded by a
bullet from the same gangSter guns,
prayed in another room.
In the early morning houAs Mrs
Lopez awakened. Faces about her
told her the news.
Mother of God" she cried, and
ran from the huspital, away from
her dead.
Police. firemen, motorists and pc
destrians had fought a running
ninety minute gun battle over a
f1ve-mile area before dusk closed on
a. scene never equaled during peace
time in an American city.
Streets were strewn with bodies
and wounded participants. There
were wrecked automobiles, discard
ed armament, and thousands of
spectators in whom fear, amaze
ment, curiosity and wrath fought
for supremacy.
Bandits Finally Slain
Death of the two bandits and
their chauffeur who started the
blood running above the Harlem
river when they deliberately shot
down a pay roll guard was the sig
nal for the end of the gunfire.
Everybody, when they heard the
shooting, rushed to the curb or to
the windows to get better view"
William Agg, taxi driver who was
among the witnesses, said today.
THE bandits car went SloW-not
more than twenty-five miles an
hour. For men who were attempting
escape, their slow speed was beyond
me.
Here's where the fight ended, !"
and Agg pointed to a freshly washed
spot on the pavement.
THE fellow in the seat of the
bandits taxi slumped out into the
street right here. His body was
there an hour. Inside were the
other two bodies. The car was a
sight.
The automobile literally was pep
pered with gun shot.
Curious, Not Frightened
frightened" Agg questioned, and
answered his own question.
Nobody was frightened. They
were more anxious to see it than
they were to go into the Inwood
"a theater) there"
The theater is just five doors away
from the scene of the end of the.
battle. Hundreds of women and
children were visible in upstairs
windows and other hundreds
thronged the streets for blocks.
The little girl mortally wounded
was hit as she sat beside her moth
er. The two were in the car driven
by the father.
One bullet hit the youngster above
the right eye, one in the throat and
another in the neck. The mother
was hurt by flying glass and is suf-
fering shock, and the father re-
ceived a superficial bullet wound.
Outdoes Movie ThriIIers
Hours after the battle. police and
witnesses had not entirely pieced
together the story of what hap
pened. 10 the best Of their knowl-
edge. this is the story of the gun
fight:
One hundred and thiry employees
of the Mondoza Fur Dyeing Com
pany awaited the weekly pay roll,
s4,619. At 4:45 Manager Lloyd
Fomhof arrived from the Bronx
County Trust Company. Beside him
and patrolman Walter j. Webb, a
guard
Their car turned to enter the
alley. The guard started to alight.
Two bandits leaped at him. One
seized the satchel of ~roney from
Fomhof. The other fired at Webb,
the bullet ripping through the
policeman's shield, his lung and
heart. He dropped, his hand on
trigger.
Fomhof screamed his way into