The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-30
Shoot!
Don't Let Any One Beat
You to the Draw
Police Ordered.

)ON let anyone peat you
to the draw. You have
guns and are supposed to
know how to use them"
That was the terse order
given today to police concen-
trating on the hunt for es-
capped convicts, by Captain
John Mullen.
All available radio cars and ma
chine-gun squads were thrown into
the area southwest of the city and
in the White river marshes and all
other police in the city were ordered
briefly to "be ready"
CHERIFF CHARLES NEEL OF
y Corydon, who was taken for a
ride" by escaping Michigan City
convicts and appeared in Gary to
tell the tale. was to be brought to
indianapolis today by Captain Matt
Leach of the state police. Neel was
released Friday night.
Il was standing in the lobby OF
the Michigan City prison when the
break occurred" said Neel. Sud
denly, 1 heard a terrific crash and
the prisoners were upon me. One
of them grabbed me, taking the keys
of my a from my partner friend,
DR.. Lee Wolf.
They drove out to state Road IL.
After driving for some time the a
went into a ditch. The convicts
forced a farmer to drive them
farther in his car, holding a gun on
him all the time.
"They abandoned his car and
walked across fields in the pour
ing rain. We laid in bushes all
Wednesday night and on Thursday
the men stole another car from a
farm. Finally they put me out of
the car. One of the men wanted
to tie me up, another said:
It'd kill the old man-give him
a break"
IT was lost and walked around
aimlessly and then found State
Road 6. After miles of walking I
got to Hobart and then took a troll
ley to Gary"
Three d%un-colored prison jackets
bearing the prison numbers of three
of the escaped Michigan City con-
victs, were found abandoned in an
automobile near BrownstoWn Fri
day. Two of the jackets were issued
to Charles Monkey and the other to
Edward Shouse, according to prison
officials.
EDWARD WATTS, Ben Davis
Z jeweler, took a pot-shot at one
of the fleeing convicts near High
School road Friday night.
Il had been listening to the voice
of AL Feeney, state director of pub
lie safety. tell of the flight of four
convicts from Terre Haute," said
Mr.. Watts. Il left the drug store
at 6301 West Washington street,
and walked toward home.
Suddenly the car with the con-
victs in it roared past me and
swerved south into High School
road. One of the convicts was
thrown out. AS he regained his
feet and fed, I fired a shot at him.
I don't think I hit him, however.
He had a gun in his hand but
didn't attempt to shoot back"
Mr.. Watts explained that he has
a permit to carry a revolver.
Shortage of guards and methods
of receiving raw products for prison
plants within the penitentiary we're
given as reasons for the Indiana
state prison jail break as an in
vestigating board finished its probe
into the prison delivery today.
INVESTIGATION of the broad
l. cast of a fictitious gun battle
between police and escaped convicts
during the height of the hunt for
the escaped Michigan City convicts
was ordered Friday by the federal
radio commission.
The broadcast was staged by rep
resentattves of the Columbia Broad
casting System through its Gary
outlet station WIND.
LOOT OF THUGS