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Page Two DETROIT AMERICAN Tuesday, June 18, 1968 5 Cabbies 3 OTHER PLACES RAIDED 7Tft 77 Victims of Shoot Police ur in One house burglar was shot by police and his companion, apparently under influence of narcotics, was hospitalized in one of four raids on homes over the weekend. Shot in the. lower left back when he refused to surrender after he was caught inside a ransacked home at 19318 1 1 Jf Wi't- iff -v. 'f'1! The Police Blotter The wave of viciousness in street holdups over the weekend with a Vice Bureau officer beaten in a gunfight with a and wounded in separate 17-year-old brats held in restaurant delivery boy. Off-duty Patrolman Tommy Alston fought a gun- fight with a 4 street bandit officer'si car, and was later he gunman's accomplice began when the officer was accosted in front of 900 THESE TWO MIXED Beagle puppies represent their fellow-pups hoping to find new homes.

They have been health checked, and given their first distemper shot. They may be seen daily at the Michigan Humane Society, 7401 Chrysler Detroit, along with 100 other dogs, and assorted cats, kittens, guinea pigs, hamsters, and rabbits. clairmount. Alston and Geraldine Gam ble, 33, were approaching the officer's parked car when the bandit, armed with an auto matic, came up behind them. He directed the pair to get into the car and got into the back seat himself.

Then he directed Alston to drive to a darkened area of a nearby parking lot. There Alston surrendered his wallet, containing police identification and $6. Miss Gamble also surrendered her wallet. At this instant, the bandit Weekend Brings 17 Robberies And Burglaries POLICE WERE summoned to the home by neighbors who observed Twitty and his companion drive tip with a van truck, later discovered to be stolen, and break into the house when knocking at front and rear doors failed to elicit any response; The home is owned, by Morris Harris, who was away with his family. Several scout cars came to the scene and the house was covered by officers under Sgt.

Stewart Morrison. Police said Twitty attempted to break out a rear window with a chair and -flee, but ran back along a hallway when Morrison and Patrolman Thomas Prince ordered him to halt. When Twitty ran, Morrison fired one shot through the rear window and Twitty fell. His accomplice was found hiding behind a living room couch. Police said the house had been thoroughly ransacked, with furnishings, appliances and personal items stacked by the front door.

Twitty's companion was described as about 24, six foot one, 175 pounds, with processed hair, tan pants and shirt. FOUR BANDITS, three wearing processed hair, raid ed the home of Leroy Lester 60, at 466 Alfred, police re ported. 'The bandits tied Lester and his wife, Bertha, 34, and two other men with electric cord and ties and ransacked the house. Willie Hayes, 21, told police two men, one of whom he knew, held him up in his home at 3505 Fairview and took $110 and Hayes' .32 revolver. When the pair left, Hayes followed them to Mack and Montclair and pointed them out to Patrolmen Donald Kaiser and Gerald Boris.

Officers arrested Fred Davis, 29, of 6655 Robert, and Ronald Home, 28, of 3663 Field. They recovered Hayes' gun, and the money. One policeman was injured and a 1 a ry suspect claimed illness after, a "fight in a home at 4219 Biiena Vista, police reported. Patrolmen John Werner, 48, and Robert Dean arrested Leroy Whitehead, 27 in the house and in the fight Werner suffered a lacerated right thumb and elbow and a wrenched right shoulder. Whitehead bore no visible sign of injury, but claimed a medical disability and was taken to Detrot General Hos-pital.

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his uninjured companion, whom, police said, was incoherent and unresponsive to questions even about his identity. threw a coat over his head and demanded his money. Haselrig fought with the pair and was shot in the right forearm. The thugs then stood over him as he lay on the side walk and searched his pockets, taking $11. Haselrig said both had processed hair, were about 19 to 23.

One was armed with a gun and the other a knife. HELD FOR robbery armed in the robbery of a pizzeria delivery boy were John J. Reichart, 17, of 16648 Stans- bury and Donald M. Osten-field, 17, of 16821 Sussex. The victim, Richard Kauf- rhar 19, was on a delivery for the Mama Mia Pizzeria at 15425 Six Mile, when he was.

held. up at 16636 Free-land. Kaufman said one of the two thugs threatened him with a razor and Kaufman surrendered $7.70. When Kaufman reported the holdup at the pizzeria, the manager, Robert Mons, 25, and another employe, Jack Converse, 19, took Kauf man along to make identifications and set out in search of the bandits. At Marlowe and Grove they look the two suspects into custody, brought them back to the pizzeria and summoned police.

Fifteen-year-old Steven Drake, was held up and robbed at Twelfth and Clair mount by two men, one about 20 and the other 30, who robbed him of his bank book and $30. The young thug had processed hair, the boy re ported. SIXTY- FIVE -YEAR OLD Mrs. Margaret Kleinert, was grabbed by two street punks as she waited in a DSR stop at E. Jefferson and Algonquin.

As one thug grabbed her purse containing $20 the second sluggec' her and knocked her to the ground. The courageous woman held on to the purse strap, but it tore away from her hangbag. She said the scoundrels were about 17 or 18 years old. Two 18-year-old ice cream vendors were held up and robbed on E. McNichols at McDougall by four teenage street punks.

Ronald Miller and Jasper Mathis said they were riding their bicycle ice cream carts when' the four pulled up in See POLICE BLOTTER Pg. 3 Shootings on Weekend Robbers Five more Detroit taxi drivers have been chronicled in police records as victims of holdup men. None, in this newest series of crimes against the drivers, was in jured. Robert King, 26, of Check er Cab was robbed by a gunman in a dark trench-coat who held him up at the Chrysler Service' Drive and E. Hancock at 4:50 a.m.

The thug took $40. Orville May, 47, of Detroit Cab Co. was robbed of $50 by a knife-armed bandit in a yellow straw hat with a narrow red brim and a white snort shirt at Porter and Brooklyn, at 10:20 p.m. The thug also stole May's taxi. CHECKER CAB driver Merrill Porter, 28, picked up two men and a woman whom he drove to the 3000 block cn Calvert where one of the men displayed a gun.

Porter surrendered $57. i The woman was about 19, he said, -with a bright multicolored knit dress. The men were about 22 and 20 and wore natural hair. Hardy Blackmon, 42, of the Checker Cab gave up $152 to a man-woman bandit team who held him at the end of Hecla after he drove them from Holden and W. Grand Blvd.

The woman, he laid, was about 23, and wore a light blond wig, a plastic rain scarf and -a yellow dress and blu swoaior. Her companion, about 26, had processed hair, a dark sport coat and orange pants. Emmett Daniels. 54: Check er Cab Co. driver, was held us bv a thu he drove to Seven Mile and Prairie.

The thug took $30. Controls On Guns Healing Up WASHINGTON The drive for gun control gained additional momentum Mon day. Michigan Democratic Sena tor Philip A. Hart, who is in a position to cast the dead' ine vote in the judiciary com' mittee. said that while he prefers licensing and regis tration, he might switch over to support President John son's desire for a ban on the mail order sale of rifles and shotguns.

Hart and Pennsylvania Republican Senator Hugh Scott were among the leaders in knocking gun control out of the anti-crime bill which now lies on the President's desk. He is reluctant to sign it with out the control provision. The Southern Governors Conference was steamrolling a stronger gun control en dorsement. Georgia's Gover nor Lester Maddox is opposed to such legislation, so tne southern governors abolished its rule that all policy stands must be unanimous so they could endorse gun control despite Maddox. 3 Robbed In Office Of Doctor Two bandits about 22 years old held up three persons in a physicians office at 8256 Grand River and robbed them of $225.

Dr. Edear Keemer, 55, lost $90: his nurse, Mrs. Bertha Jackson, 31, $70 and a patient who walked in during the holdup, Edward Parks, 25, lost $65. The bandits, both with na tural hair, and one with a burgundy sport shirt and the other a gray sport shirt, asked for drugs but left when told there was none in the office. Youth Crushed John Hey, 18, was killed when supports holding.

up car, he was repairing at his home at 13050 Jane, gave way. Hey was found trushed beneath the vehicle by bis stepfather, Earl Manske. Santa Barbara was Britus Twitty, 21, of 20403 Monte Vista. He was admitted to Detroit General Hospital along with thugs ran off down the alley. Alston was treated at Henry, Ford Hospital for lacerations of the left forehead.

DONALD STEWART, 22, was shot in the abdomen by a man who offered him a ride at Twelfth and Merrick. Stewart told police he offered the motorist a dollar to drive him to Trumbull and W. Forest. In the car the man demanded more money and as Stewart edged toward the door, the gun" fired. Tyrone Griffin, 23, was shot in the left hand by a man- who jerked open his door at Linwood and Colling- wood.

Griffin told police he grabbed for the gun and it went off. The gunman was described as having natural hair, a beige jacket and brown pants. Third shooting victim on Detroit's lawless streets was Oliver Haselrig, 24, who was walking on Seward near Twelfth when two passing men, about 19, who is a watchman, was threatened by West brook, Church then pulled a gun and fired three shots. The witnesses said the argument concerned Church's daughter, Theresa, 34. WILLIAM DAVENPORT, 32, of 6720 Stamford, was taken from his home to De troit General Hospital with a gunshot wound of the left hand.

The victim refused any in formation but Patrolman George Shaw said a blood trail lead from the sidewalk into Davenport's house, and apparently the shooting happened elsewhere. Frank 53, of 4841 Shell Court, Warren, was accidently shot in the right calf when his gun fell out of a holster as he was locking the door of his place of business at 5844 E. Seven Mile. THREE MEN were arrested in a car at John and Adelaide after a man with whom they had an argument at the Roxy Theatre complained they fired several shots at him as he sat on a front porch at 105 Stimson. The suspects are Bobbie Watkins, 36, of 9315 Ravens-wood; Ronald Coleman, 35, of 2285 Lothrup and Harry Lester, 36, of 18562 Lumpkin.

Lewis Ross, 24, of 5051 French Road, was hospitalized with a grazing gunshot wound of the forehead and a wound of the lower left back he said he received from an ex-boy friend of a lady friend he was escorting to her home at '3666 Charlevoix. The ex-suitor is sought. Johnny Gary 46, of 2493 Calvert, was taken from his home at 2493 Calvert suffering a gunshot wound to the right thigh he said he received when his gun fell to the floor and discharged. Oscar Carter, 33 of 1550 W. Euclid, was taken from his home by police after he was shot in the left shoulder.

Police "said he was shot during a fight with Arrol Howard, 55, of the same address. Howard was held for assault with intent to murder. Patricia Lindlbauer, was held for felonious assault after, police said, she opened fire with a .22 rifle upon an acquaintance who attempted to force his way Into her house. THOMAS RICHARDS, 46, of 1313 Beniteau, was taken to Detroit General Hospital with a gunshot wound of the left leg. Patrolman Richard Tesch said the pair had been drinking together and that Richards left her in the bar.

The woman went home, Tesch said, and when Richards later attempted to enter her home she opened fire. bandit, three citizens shot street holdups, and two the robbery of a pizza in the back seat of the beaten over the head by in a deadly battle that lowered his pistol and Alston lunged, grabbing the gun man's right wrist. The ban dit's pistol fired several times but injured no one. Alston jerked out his serv ice revolver and it fired sev eral times, and again, no one was hurt The battle spilled out of the car. into the parking lot and over to the rear of 882 Clairmount where a second man ran to the aid of the ban dit.

The second man, who wore a gold sweater, and black pants slugged Alston over the head with an un known object twice, and both that as they forced him off the sidewalk, one youth slashed his hand with a pocket knife. Pangborn said he ran north on McClellan to escape and in front of 6667 McClellan one of the kids, fired four shots at The victim could describe the street toughs only by color. Mrs. Ruth Stephenson, 40, of 5474 Fourteenth, was taken to Detroit General Hospital, with" a bullet wound of th left rleg -she- t61d police she received as she stepped out of a taxi in front of her home. Neither the nor her friend, John Sheeley, saw where the shot came from, police said.

AN ARGUMENT between a woman and a family friend resulted in the friend slapping the woman and being shot at by the lady's husband, police reported. Fesco Bellamy, 38, of 3785 Bangor, was admitted to Detroit General Hospital with a gunshot wound in the chest. Patrolman John Moore said that Bellamy became involved in an argument with Mrs. Dixie Foster, 44, of 3797 Bangor and that Mrs. Foster took off a shoe and hit Bellamy over the head.

The officer said Bellamy slapped the shoe out of the woman's band and she look off her other shoe and hit Bellamy again. The officer related that Mrs, Foster's husband, A. D. Foster, then took out a gun and shot Bellamy. Bellamy then took the gun away from Foster.

Foster was held for assault with intenV to commit murder. James E. Edwards, 44, of 1641 Collingwood, was shot in the abdomen and the right thigh after a fight with another man in Edwards apartment. WITNESSES told police they all jumped out of Ithe first lloor apartment window when they, heard gunshots from the kitchen. A man identified as Ronald (Bucky) Dorsey, 27, is sought for questioning in the affray.

George. Scott, 61, was wounded in the left index finger, police reported when his automatic pistol discharged as he was showing his wife, Alice, how to load it. Frank- Westbrook, 28, of 470 Selden, was shot in both legs, police said, in an argument with another man over the man's daughter. The- gunman, William Church, 68, of 3159 Second, was held for felonious assault. Witnesses told Patrolman Eugene Houston that Church, Burglars and had their customary weekend field day in crime-ridden Detroit, chalking up 17 new robberies against store owners and business places.

Three burglars including two 16-year-olds, were caught. The juveniles, and their 22-year-old companion, Riney Anderson, of 744 Kitchner, were seized in the burglary of the Kaufman Construction Co. at 10610 Shoemaker. Patrolmen Larry Hurwitz and William Fritz summoned other officers when they heard, a heavy pounding inside the two-story building at 3 a.m. The Detroit Fire Department's Ladder 19 crew came softly to the scene to provide ladders for officers to climb to the roof.

PATROLMEN LEONARD Stano and Ronald Wedell caught Anderson and one juvenile on a stairwell between' the first and second floor. The other juvenile was caught hiding in a second floor office by Patrolmen David Ambrose and Gerald Gatenbien. Police said the safe had been heavily damaged, but not entered. The office was ransacked. A lr.nife-s.rmed bandit hold up Janieo Goldman.

17, dark at Delta Drugs, 10848 W. Seven Mile, and tiol about $40 from the register. The thug was about 20, and wore gold pants and a gold sweater. The thief was photographed by a teleteetor scan camera. Two bandits held up the Pennsylvania Beer Store at 9631 E.

Warren and escaped with $50. They fled in a car in which two accomplices were waiting. Mrs. Helen 55, owner, said the Dair fled when her husband, Faralo Enyard, 61, escaped out a rear door to summon aid. BURGLARS RAIDED Stone Sons Restaurant in the Eastern Market and took only about $14" in sundries The safe had been standing empty, the owner, James Stone, 33, told police.

Two bandits, both in their early one with two upper front teeth missing, held up the City-Wide Clean ers store at 4701 Moran and took $25 surrendered by the clerk, Earlie M. Davis, 48. The Sunrise Bar-B-Gu at 4425 Chene was robbed by three men, all known at customers, who took $98 from tho owner, Sylvester Cook, 60. Cook said one thug wore red pants, and that another was called "Fletcher." A thug about 20 grabbed Gerald Niskar, 24, clerk at Marco Valente's Men's For mal Wear store at 18428 Crrana Kiver, ana wrested a bank money bag containing $948 from Niskar in a battle in the parking lot adjoining the Niskar said the bandit, who had black kinky hair and a green anion shirt, was joined by a second thug in a light colored dress shirt during the struggle. A BUTTER FINGERED bandit with phony reddish processed hair fled the hold up of Steve's Market at 10241 Hamilton on foot after he dropped his car keys in his flight and also the knife he showed to enforce his holdup demand.

Stanley Lewicki, 54, suddenly ran for the rear of the store, when the thug, about 23 and wearing type jersey, pulled the knife. The bandit helped himself to $35 from the register and ran Dropping his keys and knife, Patrolmen Martin Stefan and Larry Jackson said, the bandit vanished on foot. The officers took the abandoned car to Woodward Station to check ownership. A repair order in the vehicle gave, the name and address of a Highland Park woman, they said. SIXTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD David Medis, owner of Dave's Market at 11538 Holmur, was slugged and knocked to the floor when he laughed as one of.

two teenage holdup men demanded his money. "I thought they were kidding," said. "They were so. young." The. dazed elderly shopkeeper surrendered $60 to the pair, one of whom was Sm ROBBERY, Page 3 prepared to take down the report, Weiss entered the station, resumed the argument with his lady, and attempted to haul her bodily out of the station.

Lt. Willow placed him under arrest and Weiss made his last mistake of the evening; fought the police officers. Weiss was treated at Detroit General Hospital for a small scalp laceration and held for resisting and ob structing a police officer. Continued from Pago On to fight, Gosenca said, Mrs. Rosa Fuqua, of 2233 Bewick.

pulled a revolver from her person and fired, several shots. Police arrested Mrs. Fuqua at her home and Fleming at E. Vernor and Bewick. No weapons were found.

WILLIE JONES. 23, of 2060 Blaine, told police he was walking on Third near Selden when a man who had just walked by him turned and fired a shot "at him. Jones' was hit in the right shoulder. Jones said he had no argument with the man and didn't know why he was shot. Two young men who said they, were assaulted by two of four men at a traffic light at E.

Jefferson and E. Grand Blvd. were treated for wounds. Alan D. Henry, 22, of 693 Ashland, suffered a gunshot wound of the left shoulder.

John F. Devine. 23. of Norcross, had been sluggd abovo the left eye. Patrolman Ronald Wedell said the victims, and another man and a 19-year-old woman, were in their car waiting for the traffic signal when the second car pulled up beside them.

They said one of the men in the second car suddenly reached Over and slugged Henry with his fist. Another occupant then pulled a gun and shot twice at Henry, A third slugged Devine with his fist. Both cars were convert ibles. They were unable to de scribe their assailants except by color. WILLIAM SARTON.

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Donald Pangborn, 28, of 8203 Knodell, was slashed on the hand and shot in the right thigh after he was forced off the. sidewalk on Harper near McClellan by a gang of six teenage punks. Pangborn told Patrolman John Turnery and the Jefferson Station cruiser crew Bob-Lo Fun's BEGUN! Don't delay. Treat yourself now to that wonderful cruise to Bob-Lo Island. SAILINGS at 10, 11, 2, 4 and 6 o'clock.

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