The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-15
mo- TO PAYOFF
BROUGHT RAID,
VICTIM CLAIMS
RoadhouSe Operator Says
He Was Threatened for
SCorning Protection.
ATTORNEY IS ARRESTED
Suspected of Completely in
Payment of $500 for
Fixing

Charge that his sandwich. shop
was "raided" by a group of men,
including 2 police sergeant, after he
SAYS he had refused to pay protec-
ton money to finger man." was
made today by Herman Rudy, for
mer operator of the Tasty Toasty
shop, Seventy fifth street and U. S.
Highway 81.
A third suspect was released to-
day in the second alleged fake raid
case, in which Mrs. John Reese,
4433 Allisonville road, was forced
to pay $500 on July l to fix"
group of men said to have posed
as officers when they found three
quarts of beer in the home. AS in
the case of two men questioned
Thursday, Mrs. Reese was unable to
identify the man released today.
Details of the alleged fake raid
Sunday night at the sandwich shop
were aired Thursday, following an
investigation by federal officials and
Police Chief Mike Morrissey.
According to a story told the Of
ficials by John McGrady, SO West
Thirteenth street, waiter in the
sandwich shop, six men, including
a police sergeant, with a woman,
entered the shop Sunday night, sew
eral of the men flashing silver
badges and claiming to be federal
dry agents.
Theated Roughly, He Says
When he refused to obtain liquor
for them, he charged, three of the
men, including the sergeant, took
him to the basement, searched for
liquor without finding any, and
treated him roughly.
He said Rudy, the operator,
phoned during the raid" and the
men forced him to tell Rudy to
come to the shop, one of the men
informing Rudy that the feds"
were there.
The man said to. be a police
sergeant and three others, not Of
ficers, confronted McGrady in Nor
rissey's Office and admitted being at
the shop, but denied raiding it, or
pretending to be federal agents.
Rudy, the operator of the shop,
told a Times reporter today that he
intended to push investigation of
the affair.
Payoff Approach Claimed
He charged an acquaintance, own
er of the garage, came to him after
he had opened the shop few weeks
ago and suggested a "payoff."
Il told him I wasn't going to
handle any liquor, but he just
laughed at me and said I would
better let him fix it up for me-"
Rudy said.
After his phone call to the sand
wich shop, in which he says one of
the raiders" told him the feds"
were there, Rudy said, he called the
garage man and complained of the
raid but was told the men must
have been hijackerS.
A short time later, the garage
man called him, Rudy declared, and
said the police sergeant had called
and asserted McGrady falsely had
told the sergeant he CMcGrady)
was buying liquor from the garage
man.
The next morning, Rudy said, the
garage man called again and said
the sergeant had visited him with
two of the federal men,"
Denies ShakedOwn Charge
"That afternoon Monday the
garage man came to my place with
one of the raiders who admitted
being at my place Sunday night"
Rudy charges, and they claimed
the trouble at the shop arose be-
cause McGrady said the police
sergeant once had shaken him down
for $500 after catching him with a
load of liquor. McGrady denies
making the statement.
The man told me they all were
drunk Sunday night and wanted to
know what it would take to square
things. I told him they would have
to return the revolver and about $6
missing from the cash register after
their visit, and pay for the sand
wiches and coffee they ate.
Il was told I would better shut
up and not testify against them or
every time moved they would get
me-
That night the garage man and
another of the alleged raiders came
out to the shop. while I was moving
out, and warned me it would be too
bad for me if pushed the investi-
CATION. The raider told me they
would get me- if it was the last
thing they did"