Richard Perkins, 1934 October 1

PERKINS, Richard ("Chauffer") —

Perkins, alias Richard Cole, was a 29-year-old black weteran of
World War I who worked as a taxi-driver and mechanic in Indianapo-
lis, Ind. He and a companion robbed a mmber of ksuuixx laundry
delivery trucks in Indianapolis anf finally Detective Sergeant Carl
Heckman and another detective, William Moore, were ordered to
follow a laundry truck and apprehend the theives if possible. On
the evening of Jans 3, 1931, they were parked down the street from
a truck that was entered and robbed by Perkins and his accomplice.
When the two men left the truck, the officers ordered them to halt.
Both men ran, and Perkins turned and fired a pistol,whitting and
killing Heckman, He escaped to Atlanta, Ga., where he was appre-
hended by a policeman in a movie theater an July. Returned to
Indiana, he was granted a change of veme from Marion to Hancock
County where he was convicted and sentenced to die. Appeals de-
layed his execution until Oct. 1, 193, when he was electrocuted

at the Indiana State Prison,
GRSENFIELD REPUBLICAN, Oct. lh, 193)

GREENFIELD DAI LY REPORTER, Greenfield, Indiana, Oct. 1, 193),

PERKINS, Richard ("Chauffer")

Perkins, alias Richard Cole, was a 29-year-old black weteran of
World War I who worked as a taxi-driver and mechanic in Indianapo-
lis, Ind. He and a companion robbed a number of isuatxx laundry
delivery trucks in Indianapolis anfi finally Detective Sergeant Carl
Heckman and another detective, William Moore, were ordered to
follow a laundry truck and apprehend the theives if possible. On
the evening of Jan. 3, 1931, they were parked down the street from
a truck that was entered and robbed by Perkins and his accomplice.
when the two men left the truck, the officers ordered them to halte
Both men ran, and Perkins turned and fired a pistol,whitting and
killing Heckman, He escaped to Atlanta, Ga., where he was appre-~
hended by a policeman in a movie theater an July. Returned to
Indiana, he was granted a change of verme from Marion to Hancock
County where he was convicted and sentenced to die. Appeals de-
layed his execution until Oct, 1, 193, when he was electrocuted

at the Indiana State Prison,
GRGZNFIELD REPUBLICAN, Oct. , 193)

GREENFIELD DAL LY REPORTER, Greenfield, Indiana, Oct. 1, 193),

PERKINS, Richard ("Chauffer")

Perkins, alias Richard Cole, was a 29-year-old black teteran of
driver and mechanic in Indianapo-
He and a companion robbed a mmber of iauutxx launiry
delivery trucks in Indianapolis anf finally Detective Sergeant Carl
to

a truck that was entered and robbed by Perkins and his accomplice.
When the two men left the truck, the officers ordered them to halt.

GRSENFIELD REPUBLICAN, Oct. hy 1934
GREENFIELD DAU LY REPORTER, Greenfield,

Indiana, Oct. 1, 193k,
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