The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-08
BANDIT SHOOTS
3; CAUGHT BY
WOMAN CLERK
Gunman Laid Low After
Hot Chase Through AiSleS
of Marshall Fields.
FLORIST is SHOT DOWN
Infatuated Shoppers Beat
HoIdup Man Before
Cops Reach Scene.

By United Press
CHICAGO, April ga 32-year-
old saleswoman was acclaimed today
for her bravery in stopping the
fight of a mad bandit who killed
one and injured four in a desperate
attempt to shoot his way through
crowds which trapped him in the
Marshall Field department store,
The clerk, Mrs. Sarah Heatherly,
was one of those hurt. The bandit,
having used up all his ammunition
in shooting down three men as he
ran, battered her head with the re-
volver butt when she tackled him
as he dashed past her counter.
The robher, captured then by
other employees and Infatuated
women customers who beat and
scratched him, told police his name
was Fred Smith, that he was Al,
and that he must have been crazy"
In his flight after stealing $1,067
in a holdup, Smith shot and fatally
wounded Casinlir Krazinski, critical
ly wounded Paul Townsend, and
seriously wounded James Dewey,
somewhat mysterious bystander
who lost to Smith in gun duel.
On Way to Bank
Victims of the holdup we're John
Gallaga, manager, and Miss Dorothy
WOODBURY., cashier of a loop restau-
rant. They we're waiting for an
elevated train at station adjoining
the store and were on their way to
deposit the $1,O67 in a bank.
Krazinsky has floral station on
the station platform. He saw Smith
holdup Gallaga and Miss Woodburn
and start toward an entrance which
leads direct from the station to the
store.
Dewey, f1ourishing a gun, stepped
suddenly from behind Krazinsky as
the florist started toward Smith.
Dewey and Smith began shooting
Krazinsky, caught in the cross-hre,
dropped with five bullets through his
body. He died few hours later.
Dewey went down with bullets
through his wrist and side.
Pandemonium arose. Smith, des-
perate. with women shrieking all
about him, darted into the glassware
department of the store.
Leaps on His Back
Townsend, an employee, jumped
upon Smiths back as the bandit
raced past him. They went down
together. Smith worked the pistol
around his own side, pressed the
trigger with his thumb, and Town
send went limp. He was shot
through the abdomen. Physicians
said he would die. Smith scrambled
to his feet as hundreds of women
customers dived under the Coun-
tiers, tainted in the aiSles or ran
shrieking into other departments.
The bandit stood for a moment,
not knowing which way to run.
Customers and clerks, sensing that
his gun was empty, began closing
in upon him. He dropped the
money sack and ran down a cir
cular staircase into the basement.
Gain on PursuerS
Henry Miller, Hugo Buck and
other employees we're after him.
Smith raced twice around an ele-
vator shaft, then darted down an
aisle.
He was gaining on his pursuers
and it looked like he might escape,
but suddenly Mrs. Heatherly ap-
peared in his path. He rushed at her,
swinging the revolver, but she
tackled him as she went down I'M
Ger a shower Of blows.
She did not stop Smith complete
ly, but the delay was enough and
Miller and Hugo were upon him.
He was knocked down. Customers
bounced upon him. One woman dug
her sharp heel deep into his arm.
Others scratched aid beat him. He
was painfully, but not seriously hurt
before police arrived.