The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-10
Hands OUer Cash to
Bandit, but Is Slain
as He Lies Helpless
Filling Station Operator
Dies in City Hospital
of Wounds.

/ After obeying the command OF
I bandit of hand over his money.
Joseph P. O'Callahan. 4S. was shot
TO death early today in a filing
station at Emerson avenue and
Pendleton pike.
O'Callahan succumbed at city hos
pital Of two bullet wounds in the
abdomen and hip after relating his
story Of the robbery and shooting.
His murderer escaped.
Clew Is Provided
First clew as to identity Of the
slayer was given police several hours
after the shooting by P. D. Lamar,
1911 College avenue.
Lamar said he drove past the sta
ton at about the moment O'Calla-
han was shot. and that he narrowly
escaped colnding with large Sc
dan which roared away from the
filling station, heading out of town
on the Pendleton pike.
Lamar said he believed the car
contained two men. He provided
police with a license number and
description of the automobile
O'Caiishan had closed the filling
station shortly before midnight, and
apparently had fallen to sleep on a
cot in the small structure, when he
was awakened as the bandit shat
tered glass in the window above the
cot.
The attendant raised up on the cot
and attempted to grasp a revolver
which he had placed on a chair be-
side the cot when the bandit fired
the first shot, apparently through
the window.
Bandit Fires Two Shots
Wounded. O'Canahan produced
$40 but remained on the cot At
this point. O'Callahan told police,
the bandit fired a second shot
through the window. The slug tore
through O'Callahans abdomen and
he fell. The bandit then entered
the station. grabbed the money from
OCallahans hand and escaped
O'Callahan. attendant at the sta
ton since February, lay for nearly
ten minutes on the floor and
crawled finally to the door, shout
ing for aid.
His calls were heard by three
youths and three girls as they drove
past the station. They found O'Cal-
lahan in the doorway.
He told them to notify Robert
Roell, whose home faces the filling
station on Thirtieth street at the
intersection.
Don't Let Daughter Know"
TEL him I'm shot. but don't let
my daughter know it." O'Csllahan
said.
His daughter. Ethel. Is. came to
the city Saturday from Orleans,
Ind. to join her father. and was
living at the Roell home.
When the group returned to the
station, motor policemen Eugene
Beaver and Glen Mangus arrived at
the scene to investigate a parked
auto.
O'Callahan was unable to give a
/ description of his aSsailant.
One of the slugS, apparently fired
/ from a .32-caliber automatic, was
found on the floor of the station. A
discharged shell from the slayer's
gun was found near the building.
Survived by Widow
/ O'Callahan is survived by the
( daughter and the widow. who resides
\ in Orleans. but who expected to
come to Indianapolis to live this
/ summer.
He formerly was an active men,
Der of the Ancient Order OF Hi
bernians
4 Although final arrangements for
/ the funeral have not been COM
pleted. the rites probably will be
held Wednesday at the Kirby d
Dim funeral parlors.
O'Callahan was a member OF the
Holy Cross church. and had partici-
pated as a singer in st. Patrick's
/ day rites recently.