Fugitives and prison escapees from Indiana

<p dir="ltr"><em>Indiana wants me<br /> Lord, I can't go back there.</em></p> <p dir="ltr">Those were the opening lines of a pop song that became a hit in 1970, rising to No. 5 on the Billboard Top 100 list. True crime author <strong><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Andrew-E.-Stoner/e/B0033GBR82%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share">Andrew Stoner</a></strong> uses the song, <strong><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZL_tZxyBDo">Indiana Wants Me</a></strong>, in his newest book as an entree to exploring fugitives and prison escapees throughout more than 100 years of Indiana history.</p> <p dir="ltr"><img src= "http://hoosierhistorylive.org/images/Andrew-Stoner-2013.png" alt= "" width="188" height="283" align="left" />To discuss several of the cases described in <strong><em><a href= "https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Products/9781467147309">Wanted in Indiana: Infamous Hoosier Fugitives</a></em></strong> (The History Press) - including the assassination attempt in 1980 of a national civil rights leader in <strong>Fort Wayne</strong> that returned to the headlines this month - Andrew will be Nelson's guest. A native of <strong>Goshen</strong> and a former civilian spokesman for the <strong><a href= "https://www.indy.gov/agency/indianapolis-metropolitan-police-department">Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department</a></strong>, Andrew now is an associate professor of communications studies at <strong><a href="https://www.csus.edu/">California State University</a></strong> in Sacramento.</p> <p dir="ltr">During our show, we will explore two cases connected to the FBI that illustrate advances in techniques for tracking down criminals. An escapee in 1919 from the <strong><a href= "https://www.in.gov/idoc/find-a-facility/adult-correctional-facilities/indiana-state-prison/">Indiana State Prison</a></strong> in <strong>Michigan City</strong> was not found until the 1940s, when the FBI's fingerprint detection techniques finally resulted in his identification after a traffic stop in California. In 1960, a robber of banks i