The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-21
SIX SUSPECTS IN
JONES MURDER
ARE CAPTURED
Police Squads Raid Home in
Kentucky, Nab Five
Men and Woman.
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a machine gun, which detectives
assert probably is the one used IN
indianapolis.
I'VE have the machine gun that
was used to kill Sergeant Jones,
Chief Nike Morrissey declared in
messages 10 the local department.
Schwartz, according to Kentucky
authorities. is the leader Of the al
legged gangsters. They said he came
to Covington with Ted NeWberry,
. Chicago killer. after the st. Valen-
tines day massacre and had been
linked with five other gangsters of
Chicago, all Of whom have been
slain
Sergeant Jones was killed early on
Feb. 7. when he and his squad went
to the Peoples Motor Coach garage,
Twenty-secOnd and Yandes streets,
on a report Of trouble.
Five gunner we're perpetrating a
robbery and one Of them shot down
Jones when he opened the door He
never had a chance to draw his gun.
The gunner, leaving a sedan be-
hind, fed on foot; Communicated a
taxi and after driving around the
southeastern part Of the city, fled
in a Buick planted near the Brook
vile road.
Skilful Work Done
The manner in which Kentucky
and indianapolis authorities linked
the suspects with the killing is one
of the outstanding cleW pursuits in
local criminal history.
FcEr days before the Staying Of
Jones, Chief Charles Seidel of the
MISREPRESENTATION police depart
ment obtained the numbers Of
license plates on a Buick parked in
front of Mason's home.
He was looking for tire thieves
and authorities also expected the
hOldup Of money truck. With Sci
del were Detectives w. P. Holland
and Charles Des of the Newport de-
partment.
The morning after the Jones kill
ing these officers and others in the
district received the numbers of Ii
Cense plates on the bandit car aban-
doned in Indianapolis. They were
the same as those the police had
seen on the Buick, authorities say.
Find Guns and Shells
In the Buick, which was con-
fiscated, police here said they found
mot Ot1Itt tho ,,noC chino rt,r, hut +,,,o
sawed-off shotguns, a clip contain
ing 100 machine gun cartridges, and
coats and rags that were blood
soaked.
Police believed Mason was shot in
Louisville holdup twenty-four
hours before and had been returned
to Erlanger in the auto. The blood
was not dry when the car was con-
fiscated.
Five weapons were found in
Mason's house. Each was loaded
fully.
Thompson was captured by
Deputy Sheriff Harry NuXoll when
he drove the car into the Erlanger
residence. The car struck a culvert
covering, which broke. The front
wheels of the Buick stuck in the
mud.
Thompson, occupied with pulling
the planks of the covering from I'M
der the wheels, did not notice Nux-
oil, who raced fifty yards downhill
to grab him. A loaded revolver pro-
truded from ThompsOn's rear pocket
while he worked on the car.
A revolver, concealed under the
dash of the car, was discovered by
accident when an officer touched a
spring. The weapon, also fully
loaded, fell to the floor Of the car.
Machine Gun Stolen
The machine gun is one stolen re-
Gently in wholesale raid at Frank
lin (OD police headquarters. Some
of the guns confscated here also
were traced to the Franklin robbery.
Detectives Lawrence McCarty and
George Mueller are in Covington.
Other detectives who have worked
on the investigation and who prob
ably will bring eXtradition papers
here are Fay Davis and Robert
Taylor.
All suspects are held in Coving-
ton on formal charges as fugitives
from justice.