Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 October 1948 — Page 64

PAGE 64 4 : THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Ee — SUNDAY, OCT. 24, 1948

"District Dive' Makes Quick Change From Dice to Checkers as Police Bust In

By PHILIP F. CLIFFORD JR, car assi od him. He cast ato a stop in front of ‘one of the| “You sec that lad sitting inside hidden button and we pushed only mildly interested. About o |. "A penetrating October wina|resigned look at the jalopy, rue-inumerous smoke shops which on the Ieft? Well, he’s the ‘buzzer through a door leading to the halt dozen men ‘watched the) |i nipped at the dirty, age-worn|fully scanned the heavens, and gq. tne area. \boy.” When he sees us coming he cellar. , (game. (L

‘facade of police headquarters on muttered. Something about WIE rien hand you a laugh,” Tim presses a buzzer and the boys| “a a» “You sure got those dominoes| | 8. Alabama St. It was a few(PeIng “a helluva busy. nig IN THE ROOM below, were " minutes before 4 p. m. and dusk] I introduced myself to the ser- sald. “You'll see the weirdest downstairs duck the cubes and) bout Tho dozen nen. ere {going in a hurry,” 8gt. Timmer-| : was enveloping the city. |geant, a’ handsome man of me- domino and checker games of|cards. Let's go in anyway. I'd] B00u me man sald.

{leaned against the dirty wall,| « ” | Loe :_ Inside the public vestibule, | a, pulld Jun a digtinguishin your Mfe.” {ike you to see those innocent: watching others going aromas no ea pdm 4 small knots of people ~ held (Shock of steel gray » | “Noticing ~ my puzaled look, looking guys in the cellar.” ithe_motions of playing pool. |checkers. It's so relaxin’. ‘whispered conversations, At the| w om pe Tim” chuckled. He explained: | We went in. | In a riook off to the left, werel “0, K. men. Clear out of here, | far end of thé hall, uniformed, TIM, as he is known tol “In the cellar of this heap they In the store several men lolled two large tables. At one, sat a {This bug trap is closed for the ce : officers and detectives hurried brother policemen, inspected the!Fave one of the biggest dice and around talking in undertones. As huge, mean-looking gent. nig ht.” . x back and forth, battered wreck that was to carfy poker setups in the city, The we entered, some idly glanced in| He was fumbling with a greasy, | Silently, the men vacated thel 2313 Ww. WASHINGTON ST. MA-9352 i beak Sap, Ah any Da Ly ve rou the city for the next onjy rub is that while we know it our direction. The “buzzer boy” worn set of dominoes. The other|cellar. AS NEAR AS YOUR NEAREST PHONE MA-9353 j eig ours, t t'h hv i officers assembled in the roll call Patrolman Orville K. Gleich |exists it evaporates the moment had obviously done his chore. He| table was the scene of a checker| Out in the street, Tim shrugged.

’ t e front doer, 8 fled im Ishi 8, press me. or e co t > Pp . room, ready to start their tour of “Tim's" regular driver, a veteran" t enter the fro m pishly at us, pressed aga h ontestan 8 seemed! No evidence. No arrests.

duty. This was the middle shift,/of more than a dozen years on| oro c— scheduled to patrol the city's the force, emerged from the alley| streets from: 4 p. m. until mid- beside headquarters

night. The squad car headed north! 8gt. Chester Timmerman, pa- on Alabama St. for the ‘dis- oe) trol officer in charge of Squad 10 trict,” strolled over ton the dilapidated In the 300 block the car jolted

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