The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-06

SouthpOrt-rd, into which he
had fled when deputy sheriflS
at 6 this morning attempted
to question him about an auto
accident near Glenn's Valley.
During the search for Klize, po-
lice and deputies arrested two al
legged companion and they have con-
fessed, police asserted this after
noon. to hoidups in indianapolis.
Richmond. GreencaStle and several
Illinois cities.
The captive is suspected of hav-
ing shot Ralph Sutton. 25. drug
store delivery boy, as Sutton drove
up to a filling station last night
while holdup was in progress.
Klize and Gilbert Baker. his COM
panion. together with two Indian
apolis burlesque chorus girls, were
stunned. but not seriously injured.
at $40 this morning when their car
left Road 81 and turned over four
times, ending up a complete wreck
in tomato field.
The girls are Lou Emma Mccain,
Is. and Nellie Kane, Is. both of the
Gilbert Hotel.
None Badly Hurt
None of them was badly hurt The
men left the girls at the wreckage
and went to the home of Claude
Forte, near by. and asked him for
car. Mr. Forte attempted to hold
them while ne called the sheriff'S
Office.
The two men left and went to
the home of Marion r. Whitaker.
a quarter of a mile away. There
they demanded of William Whitta-
ker. IS. that he give them the keys
TO his car.
Il have no KEYS md no car" he
replied
One OF the men then drew an
automatic pistol and pressed it
against his chest.
Get the keys" he said.
Mr.. Whitaker began backing
slowly toward the front door of the
home. AT that moment Mrs. Au-
drew Whitaker looked out of the
front window and saw the hOldup.
She screamed and shut and bolted
the front door and called for her
husband. Marion.
The men continued their threaten
ing advances toward Mr.. Whitaker
until one of them looked over his
shoulder and saw Sheriff's car.
Race Across Meadow
They both ran across the yard
through a meadow and were $50
yards from cornfield when Deputy
Sheriffs Francis DuX and Paul
Shuppert opened fire on them. One
OF the fleeing men returned the fire.
as both dropped into the weeds.
When the deputies arrived at the
spot. they arrested Baker. who was
wounded in the left arm.
Baker said that Klize shot him
deliberately because he knew too
much" The deputies called all
available police, and invited armed
citizens to join the search. which
at that time centered around corn
field.
AT about q Klize was seen near
a woods. not far from the corn
field. and an airplane. assisting
police. circled over the woods but
could not pick up the trail of the
fugitive.
Meanwhile the girls were taken
10 the Office of DR.. Byron Specs.
GlennS Valley. and given first aid.
Boosted Of Shooting Boy
One Of the girls told deputies and
DR.. Specs that Hines boaSted 10
them that he had shot the meSsen-
ger boy.
The girls said they had not met
the men until this morning and
that they had gone TO MartinSville.
eaten dinner and were returning
when Hines. who was driving. went
to sleep and the crash resulted.
In the pocketbooks of the girls
were handfulS of nickelS and dimes
and in the wrecked car were road
maps OF Indiana. Michigan. Ohio.
Illinois and Missouri.
AT the N New JerSey-St address
police say they found four revolv-
ers and a large number of nickels
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