The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-21
SIX INDICTED
AS MURDERERS
OF SGT. JONES
Five Men, Woman Nabbed
in Raid by Police Near
Covington, Ky.
CONFESSION IS CLAIMED
Wounded Prisoner Admits
Staying, Charge of
City Officer.
pictures on Page Three
BY HEZE CLARK
Times staff Writer

Indictments charging five men
and a woman, held in Covington,
KY, with the machine gun murder
Of Sergeant Lester Jones six weeks
ago, we're returned by the Marion
county grand jury today as the latest
development In the roundup of the
alleged gang of slayers.
Extradition papers, based on the
new indictments, will be rushed this
afternoon to Covington, where In
dianapolis and Kentucky authorities
are ready for filing of the charges.
Immediate return of the five men
will be sought
The killer suspects were ar
rested by Kentucky authorities late
Monday in raid on a Erlanger
(Ky) hangout.
Two Previously Indicted
Those held in Covington include
George Schwartz, alleged eX-Chi-
cagO gangster, possesses a num-
Der of aliases, and Willie Mason,
said by Covington police to be rated
in the underworld as an expert safe
blower
Previous indictments had been re-
turned against these suspects by the
Marion county grand jury.
Others held on fugitive from
justice warrants are Edward Miller,
Louisville; Fred Adams, alias Foggy
Dean, formerly of indianapolis; Al
, Thompson, alias Harold Thompson,
and Mary Phillips, 81, Cincinnati.
indianapolis detectives positively
have identified the photos of
Schwartz and Mason as two of the
men sought as the Staying suspects.
Two Are Wounded
Mason, near death from gun
wounds in his left foot, and
Schwartz, who is suffering from
an ankle bullet wound, are charged
with first degree murder in commits
sion of robbery. as are Miller,
Thompson and Adams. The woman
is charged with conspiracy to COM
nit felony.
Information was obtained in In
dianapolis that Adams, alias Dean,
formerly was known to police here
and had been a frequenter of places
in the south and west side of the
city. Last location of Adams, be-
fore his arrest here, was on the out
skirts of indianapolis. northwest of
the city, indianapolis detectives
said.
Marion county authorities had the
assurance that Governor Paul V.
McNutt would sign the writS for ex-
tradition.
Legal Fight Starts
Meanwhile, in Covington, the
prisoners who had been held in
communicate, were being represent
ed by Attorney John Murphy, who
announced this afternoon that he
will file habeaS corpus proceedings
and demand hearing in city court
at Covington.
Most startling development in the
roundup was revealed today by pa
trolman Kenneth Collins. who
charged that Mason confessed
Jones Staying to him during the
raid.
Collins, armed with a machine
gun, said he walked into a bedroom
where Mason lay, injured critically
from gunshot wounds in one foot
Look out for that thing, they 90
of easy. That's the way I killed
that copper in indianapolis, Collins
said Mason pleaded.
Mason is in st. Elizabeth's hos
pital at Covington.
Raid MaSOn's Home
The raid was made on Mason's
home in Erlanger, six miles south
of Covington's business district.
Armed with machine guns, Shotguns
and tear gas bombs. a score of DO
lice from Covington and surround
ing territory nabbed five of the
gang in the house.
Miller attempted to flee through
the rear door but was halted by a
shot fired by Chief George Langley
OF the Kenton county police.
Al Thompson was nabbed a few
hours later when he drove into the
Erlanger house in a Buick sedan
believed to be the getaway car in
the indianapolis Staying.
Polce contlScated several firearms
IN the raid, later seized the car and
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