Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 March 1951 — Page 14

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Death He Long Cheated Takes Former Policeman

Ky. and came here with his fam- Sts. On one occassion, he was hit to be held up. The store offered

A. D. Ball Served Here 28 Years

Arch D. Ball, who. cheated death 'a dozen times during his 28 Vears on the Indianapolis police force, succumbed to'‘a heart at-

civilian photogravher for the Air Force. He first worked for them

ily as a boy.

He gained fame by a street car while directing a check cashing service, and

before World War I as a member traffic. The car dragged him undér tempting sums of“ cash were on of the Indiana National Guard's it fof 150 feet before it stopped — hand.

rifle and pistol team. After joining the department, he continued with his interest in firearms and introduced the use

cheater in many hair-raising episodes during his service with

-#nd everyone rushed to remove the body. Patrolman Ball crawled from under the car, brushed himself off, horrowed another coat to

the attempted holdup of the F, W. Hohlt &

Sons dry goods store,!

Chief Worley knew the character of the men who planned the coup, so he called for his best shots to be in the place and

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Hears Son Taken “Rabb Blasts

‘Gestapo’ Tactics

wrote the letter

PREHEATING OT

Prisoner by Reds

Mrs. Helen Grubbs Informed by Letter

School student

[Rabb today blasted Indianapolis

Criminal Court Judge Saul I

police for adopting ‘‘police state” tactics. | Judge Rabb freed Servella Ella! Dowd, 1209 N. Capitol Ave., from a charge of keeping a house of,

told officers. The case was an appeal from

THURSDAY. MAR. 29, 1951 TODAY ESPECIALLY .

IT'S GOOD

TO CHOOSE

ie 51 Ria, Jesterday of ballistics to the Indianapolis replace the one which had been waiting for the crooks. The at- After 148 letter-less days Mrs. ill-fame. He ruled that police arbrothers WIND Served on the fo ro force. Even before the advent cut to ribbons, and continued at Helen Grubbs, 1324 Ringgold rested her illegally. St Ball ae ye of ‘the mest of the crime laboratory, with his his post. Ave., today was reading and re- “The police officer should have! lol figures in the history of PWR Squipment. he was using His career was marked by a reading a letter from her son, obtained a search warrant before a. alli and fingerprint tech- : a tbe Pfc. Melvin Richard Heath, now he entered the house. There was the department. He was 61. niques which have since hecome dozen shooting scrapes in which a prisoner of war in Korea. plenty of time,” Judge Rabb said. ! ’ Born in Kentucky standard in police work all over he always came. out best, thanks The 19-year- “You must watch out that you brag it He. had retired from the force the country. to his dead aim. old former don't get too much of a police In 1942 and was working as a He gained fame as a death The most famous of these was Technical High 'state in this country,” the Judge WE

BIGELOW

here, later at Grenville, 8. C., the department. Dec. 6, 1928, from a Chinese Y and recently at McDill Field near For many years as a member Police Chief Claude Worley, Communist pris- 3 dnieipal Gout Judge Alex Clark; ) Tampa. He had worked yesterday. of the foot traffic section. his post through an underworld tipster, on camp on imposed a 30-day jail sentence. A BIGELOW __He was born in Henderson, was at Meridian and Washington learned that the place was going Jan. . Sie to She was charged Feb. 11 with rug to fit every room - : ? Keeping a house of ill-fame at ' = » “ . t Mrs. Grubbs . ’ h : : Open EveryFriday and Monday Night Until 9 O'Clock | from Mrs. Helen 542 R: Capitol ave, every taste, every 8 \ i Wilson of - : . : ? ison, G0. Who pre mean RITES 10 Be Saturday PRICED FROM | purse. Or carpet your home : » fc. Heat . : i ’ | i (Store Closes Saturday at 5:30 P.M.) Said that Ref son etter be tor. JOT Retired Former with Bigelow’s Parktwist, Caril- em ad aske a e letter be for- | : : . warded. ponag ole Rk Jeliyeq farmer $ 50 lon, Beauvais, Clifton or CorPfc. Heath was taken prisoner WHO died of a heart attack Tues- : : Dec. 1 two months after he 9aY. Will be buried in Washington $Q. YD. day. Call us for a free estimate. went into combat at Pusan. Park following services at 10:30 , Arch Ball Cites Telegram a. m. Saturday in Shirley Broth- [ ; > : Mrs, Grubbs’ last previous let- ers Irving Hill Chapel. i tempt was made as planned and yo. (rom her son Je received Born in Germany 78 years ago, CALL US FOR A FREE ESTIMATE [the robbers made the fatal error gn. 31 The following day she Mr. Vollet had been a resident of & ROEBUCK AND co i (of trying to shoot it out with the oot a telegram from the Defense Indianapolis 62 years and lived at . hd , police. Sgt. Ball killed two of Department reporting that he 423 S. Butler Ave, He was a mem- Do not fight downtown traffic. Come to Koch's \ {them and a third was taken was missing In action. per of Bethel Baptist Church. . d e 0 us om- d e prisoner. Other officers Were The next word came on Mar. Surviving are his wife, ‘Kath- for your household furnishings and park in our lot A, wounded, but the sergeants luck 14.3 telegram reporting that he erine, and a son Raymond C., of i i All St held. He was unscathed. . was a prisoner. Indianapolis. . next door north of our store, His body will be returned here, In his letter, Pfc. Heath said - " = - ’ . § drmony ouse ee fing services vi re vonduioted py ii VRS Teneiving good treat- Tentative Approval 0 » I on) he # Shirley others ‘al ment from the Chinese and that .. . i is’ | Home, he was getting two meals daily, Given Repaving Job Indianapolis’ Oldest Furniture Store Surviving are his wife, Lela; Enlisting July 18, 1948. he has Tentative approval was given two daughters, Miss Lillian Ball heen overseas since Oct. 19, 1948, today to a $61,000 repaving 5 and Mrs. Raymond A. Smith, While on occupation duty in Ja- project for 8. Emerson Ave. both of here, and two brothers, pan, he earned his high school The Works Board - will give \ : Harry L. Ball, of Indianapolis, diploma through the Armed final appreval o the repaving RR 2 Gl Em aa " and Charles H, Ball, of Rich- Forces Institute. from Brookville Road south to 826 VIRGINIA AVE. MA. 0298 i i mond. pee pees » the city limits when wage scales have been fixed. 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