The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-21
MACHINE GUN BANDITS GET
$4,000 IN ANTLERS HOTEL
HOLDUP;; INIPRIS0N GUESTS
$1,000 More Overlooked by
Crooks: Smash Safety
Deposit Boxes.
DOZEN ARE LOCKED UP
Thrust Into Seventh Floor
Room, BeIIboy Climbs
Out of Window.

Three bandits, armed with
a machine gun and revOlvers.
early today held up a dozen
employees and guests of the
Hotel Antlers, Meridian and
st. Clair streets, and escaped
with a loot estimated at more
than $4,000, after locking the
employees and guests in a
hotel room.
The bandits, all three described as
youthful, well-dressed and speaking
in a southern drawl," registered at
the hotel Wednesday night under
the names Of James and M. B. Ed
wards and L. A. Robinson. Lexing-
ton, KY"
Its Time to Go"
While police were investigating
the Antlers hOldup, they we're noti-
fled that two men registered at the
Roosevelt hotel, Capitol avenue and
Ohio streets, held up and robbed a
bellbOy. David Middleton. IS. Negro,
tied him to a bed in their room,
then robbed the night clerk, William
Davis. so, of nearly 500 and $3.50
diamond pin.
Detective Captain Herman Rade-
macher said he believed the bandits
at the two hotels were members of
the same gang.
Antler employees said one of the
three bandits left his room and
passed through the lobby several
times during the night, going to the
bandit car, a De Soto left on the
hotel parking lot, evidently locking
over the lobby seeking a propiJiouS
time to strike.
About 2:20 a. m. Edward Fought,
log West Morris street, bellbOy, was
called to the room of two of the
bandits He was told to take bag
gage down to the car and to call
the third bandit. sleeping in an
other room, and tell him it was
time to 60"
A few minutes later, all three ap-
peared in the lobby and one. with
black hair, went to the desk and
asked the clerk, Ken Lewis. 81, for
an envelope he had left there
earlier in the evening.
Produces Machine Gun
He exchanged pleaSantries with
Lewis while the envelope was being
taken from the cash drawer. then
covered Lewis with a pistol and
said: Its a Stick-up"
At that moment. one of the trio,
a blond. apparently the leader of
the gang. displayed a machine gun
and covered the lobby, the third
man waving a revolver.
In or near the lobby at the time,
besides Lewis and the bellboy. were
Stillman Hoover. Negro, night por-
ter: John Hendricks. elevator opera
tor: Alex Hoef1eld, Negro. doOrman,
and Robert Lavender, house detec-
tive.
The brown-haired bandit went
through the cash drawer. obtaining
about $50 He did not take checks
and overlooked number of ervel-
opes left by transient guests. one
known to have contained 81 500.
Then, he demanded keys to the
inner doris of the safe, outer doors
OF which were standing open. Lewis
did not have the keys and one of
the bandits forced Fought to take
him to the basement. where he COW
cred with his gun Emory Hastings,
engineer, and forced him to take to
the lobby pick and a large wrench.
The bandit had failed TO break open
the doors with hammer.
Smash Deposit Boxes
Using the pick. the thug smashed
open the inner safe doors and
doors of six or seven safety deposit
boxes inside the safe, two of which
we're estimated today by Manager
r. 1. Griffith to have contained at
least $1,000.
The blond bandit. who had taken
over the task of battering open the
safe. injured his hand at this juno
ture, and. curSing. said Let's 60;
I've had enough of this"
In the meantime. three guests had
walked into the lobby and were
covered by the machine gunner.
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