The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-05
Il JAILED AS
POLICE RENEW
WAR ON CRIME
Solution to Three Safe Jobs
and Burglary Claimed
After Roundup.
NAB BARBASOL SUSPECT
Raiders Link Harry Barrett
to $500 Robbery in
in City Plant.

Seventy-one men were in Jail to-
day, results Of Chief Mike Morris
sey's weekend drive against crime,
with suspects in three recent safe
cracking jobs, a grocery burglary
and a last-February pay roll hold
up among them.
Meanwhile the underworld con-
Quoted its own drive scoring an
attempted safe-cracking and TWO
holdups which netted a total Of $50
cash and a watch
Eight suspected liquor control AZ,
viOlators, Q gambling suspects and
% accused Of vagrancy fell into the
police crime net.
MOst-Sought Of the weekend sus-
poets arrested was Harry Barrett,
30. wanted since the $500 Barbasol
Co. pay roll holdup last February
II, which resulted in the conviction
Of Cyrus Morris Hockett. 23-year-
old hotel bellbOy.
HoCkett was sent to the Indiana
RefOrmatOry at PendletOn to serve
10 TO 25 years. Barrett was arrested
at his mothers home, 1888 w. Mich
igan-st.
Barrett was arraigned in Criminal
Court, pleaded guilty and will be
sentenced later.
Confession Is Claimed
Police said Oliver Shelton. IS,
Negro. after his arrest at his apart
ment at l0l5 N. Illinois-St, confessed
TO participating in the Kuhn meat
market breaking July 10, and
implicated George Cleage, 81, Negro,
former convict, who was arrested
Immediately afterWard at his home
at $50 N. Senate-aV, where a kit of
yeggs tools was found.
Three other Negroes arrested in
the raid on the Shelton apartment
were held for questioning.
Martin Douglas. 80, another Negro,
was arrested several hours after the
first five suspects we're taken, wnen
he was discovered living in the rear
of the Kuhn meat market at Mich
igan-st and Indiana-av.
Floyd Mannon. Municipal judge
pro tenn, continued all the cases
until Friday, setting Shelton's bail
at $4,000; Claiges at $1,000 and Nc
Donalds at $3.50 The other three
were released on their own recog-
nizance.
Part of Loot Recovered
Police said questioning of Shelton
and Cleage also cleared up the Tiff
fanny Laundry safe-breaking several
weeks ago and a similar Job" in
the poolroom operated by Edward
Ryan at 81 w. Michigan-St. Police
said they found a diamond pin that
came from Ryan's safe in Cleage's
possession
Gilbert HeathcOat lost $40 and his
watch early yesterday when -four
men companions with whom ne left
a tavern slugged and robbed MIN at
1lth-st and Broadway at 3 a. m
Sunday.
Duke JeSSup, manager of The In
dianapOliS Times SubStation at 949
N Alabama-SJ. was found uncon-
sciouS and with a bump on his head
and his $50 collections gone wher
two carriers, Robert Brown, Is. of
1888 Carrollton-av, and John Run
nels, Is. of $40 E. l0th-St. entered
TIE station at TAO Saturday night
Burglary Suspect GrilIed
Mr. JesSup said he entered the
lavatOry IN the station, carrying the
money bag. remembered seeing the
door slowly open and the next he
knew was when he awoke. The
empty money bag was found a dozen
feet away. Mr.. JeSSup lives at 1404
Central-av.
Roy E. Woods. IS, of SD w Nor
wOOdav. was held in $500 bail on
vagrancy charges last night while
police questioned him about the
Standard Grocery Co burglary at
the branch store at SAC S. West-st
the night of June 81.
Frank N Linder and his book
keeper Mrs. Myrtle Huckleberry
discovered at 9 Sunday that az
effort had been made TO break into
the safe of his store at 1926 College
av some time Saturday night.
The safes combination was
Knocked of. but the safe was I'M
opened Entry was made through a
skylight