The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-07
GUNMAN WHO
SHOT OFFICER
IS SLAIN HERE
Bad Man Killed Trying to
Escape Police Trap on
West Side.
VICTIMS BODY RIDDLED
Fugitive Leaps From Win
dow Into Line of Machine
Gun Fire.

RelentleSsly trailin ga suspicious
automobile for three nights and
days, detectives early today trapped
Ivan Coy, Arkansas bad man." and
killed him as he tried to escape
from west side hideout.
His body riddled by machine gun
bullets, Coy died when he attempt
ed to escape after leaping from a
window of the home of John Nell
son, ITO North fremont street. In
the raiding party was Detective
Sergeant Charles Russell, partner
of Detective Sergeant John WEIGH
who was seriously wounded by Coy
in a pistol duel Tuesday afternoon.
Police revealed today that the
"bad man. was killed after detec-
tives had trailed car owned by
Fred Turner, a pal of Coy, who was
arrested after the Staying of the
burglar suspect and moonshiner.
Detectives said that they had known
for several days that Turner was
meeting Coy at a secret rendezvous.
Early today squads of detectives
trailed Turner and Coy to the home
of Nelson.
From several vantage points, po-
lice watched Coy and Turner enter
the North fremont street house.
Lieutenant Donald Tooley and De-
tective Sergeant Charles Russell
walked through the front door OF
the Nelson home, pistols in hand.
They demanded of Nelson's wife
and two daughters that they disclose
the whereabouts of Coy. The des-
perado at that time was hiding IN
a back bedroom.
Pound on Bedroom Door
Turner told the police that it was
his automobile which was parked
in front of the house. Pushing him
aside Lieutenant Tooley and De-
tective Russell pounded on the bed
room door and ordered Coy to come
out with his hands raised. Instead
the desperate, according to the
police, dived through a window on
the south side of the house.
AS he appeared through the VIM
dow, patrolman Chester Thinner
man opened fire on the fugitive with
a machine gun and brought him
down before Coy could take step
to escape. On the desperate police
found two pistols, one in a home
made holster and one in his coat
pocket.
Gov has been hunted by police
throughout the state since he shot
detective Sergeant WEIGH Tuesday
in a running pistol fight in an alley
behind 1915 Reisner street. With
Detective Russell. WEIGH went to
the Reisner street address to 'ques-
tion Gov about the robbery OF a
store in North Salem several weeks
ago.
WEIGH Reported Recovering
AS the detectives approached, Coy
fed from the house closely pursued
bv detective WEIGH. Running
throuC an alley Coy opened fire on
the policeman, hitting him twice
once in the abdomen and once in
the right leg.
Detective WEIGH emptied his gun
after the fugitive as he lay seriously
wounded on the ground. Later de-
tective WEIGH was taken to city hos
pital where he is reported to be re-
covering from his wounds.
After shooting the detective. Coy
ran to Hiatt street where he forced
Ernest Ray. %. of 1545 Hiatt street
who was sitting in an automobile
with his wife, to drive him to Mar
tinsville where Coy leaped from the
car. Later police traced Coy back
to indianapolis through a car stolen
in Martinsville and found aban-
dOned here.