Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 106, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 September 1927 — Page 3

SEPT. 10, 1927

COFFIN'S STAR SETTING, VIEW OF POLITICIANS Indictment but One of Many Reverses Recently for G. 0. P. Chairman. Indictment of George V. Coffin, Republican county chairman, in the conspiracy to bribe case with Governor Ed Jackson and Robert I. Marsh, today was viewed by politicians as another of the series of reverses the chairman has received in the last few weeks. Coffin rode into power two years ago with the Ku-Klux Klan. For years Coffin had held a small faction of the Republican county and city organization at his command. In the closing months of the Shank city administration, Coffin solidified this, tied up with the Klan, and was elected county and city chairman. Dealt Blow by Duvall The first blow to his plans came in appointments by Mayor John L. Duvall early in 1925, the mayor refusing to name all those Coffin suggested. Coffin clung to his position, however, through the county campaign of 1926. Then cama a split between Coffin and his friend of many years. Otis Dodson, and the practical passing of the power of the KuKlux Klan. Dodson took ovor control of j several offices at the courthouse and in the recent shake-up at city hall he generally was given credit for the naming of the new board of safety, weakening the claim of Coffin upon the advantage of controlling the police and fire depart- ( ments In a camapign. Struggle in Spring Coffin’s political enemies are ex- ! pected to make whatever headway they can in view of the indictment, the struggle coming to a climax next spring, when an effort to prevent his re-election as county chairman is regarded as certain. The contrast in Coffin’s political position today and two years ago is the more marked, observers point cut, because then he was regarded : s a strong candidate for Republican State chairman. 3IG MARY RESTS EASY Jail Provides Special Bunk for 300 Pound “Lady Bootlegger.” /.* t United Pi cm 11IBBING, Minn., Sept. 10.—“ Big Mary” Madich, 300-pound “lady l ootlegger,” according to officers, has fallen athwart the law for a accnd time, but this time the law was prepared for her.. When arrested the first time sh 2 was taken to the jail in Duluth. The jail beds failed to hold her a:ad sank beneath her weight. The Hibbing authorities, knowing of the incident and sending that they might soon have the company of “Big Mary,” provided the jail with an extra large and reinforced bed. Mary is said to have found the bed quite comfortable. MOVIES AID VETERANS Disabled Men Are Placed as Extras in Productions. By United Press HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Sept. 10.— The Central Enfployment Bureau of Veterans is placing an average of 3,000 players in Hollywood studios monthly according to a report of the organization. Only disabled veterans who are unfit for anything but extremely light work are considered by the bureau. Generally they appear as extras. The bureau operates with the full consent of the central casting bureau, of the Hays organization.

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INDICTMENT TEXT

The indictment against Governor Ed Jackson, Robert I. Marsh and George V. Coffin follows: The State of Indiana vs. Ed Jackson, George V. Coffin, Robert I. Marsh. Indictment for conspiracy to commit a felony: Attempt to bribe. The grand jurors for the County of Marion and State of Indiana, upon their oaths, present that on or about the eighth day of December, A. D. 1923, one Warren T. McCray was the duly elected, qualified and acting Governor of the State of Indiana, an ifflce of trust and profit under the laws of the State of Indiana, and as such Governor was charged with the duty of appointing a prosecuting attorney for any judicial circuit in the State of Indiana whenever a vacancy occurred. That on or about said day the duly elected, qualified and acting prosecuting attorney for the nineteenth judicial circuit of the State of Indiana, the same being Marion County, Indiana, having then and there resigned as such prosecuting attorney, thereby creating a vacancy in said office, that said Warren T. McCray, as Governor aforesaid, was charged with the duty of filling such vacancy and naming a successor in said office of prosecuting ’attorney, and while the said Warren T. McCray was considering whom he would appoint to fill said vacancy one Ed Jackson, then and there being secretary of State of the State of Indiana, George V. Coffin, then and there being chairman of the Republican central committee for Marion County, Indiana, and Robert I. Marsh, an attorney for the Ku-Klux Klan, did then and there unlawfully, knowingly and feloniously unite, combine, conspire and confederate and agree to and with each other an£ one David C. Stephenson for the object and purpose and with the unlawful and felonious intent to then and there unlawfully, corruptly and feloniously attempt to bribe said Warren T. McCray, then and there Governor of the State of Indiana, as aforesaid, by offering to the said Warren T. McCray the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), for the purpose of influencing and inducing the said Warren T. McCray to appoint one James E. McDonald to the office of prosecuting' attorney for said nineteenth judicial district, of the State of Indiana, and by further offering the said Warren T. McCray that they would guarantee that no jury in the State of Indiana would convict hinp of the charge then pending against him in the Marion County Criminal Court or any other court in which he might be charged with a criminal l offense in the State of Indiana. That the said Ed Jackson, George V. Coffin and Robert I. Marsh concealed the fact that the above de--scribed offer of a bribe had been made from the eighth day of December, 1923, until the twenty-fifth day of July, 1927, by stating to the said Warren T. McCray that the said George V. Coffin was county -chairman of the Republican central committee for Marion County, Indiana, and was a man of great and powerful political influence, and that the said David C. Stephenson was associated with the said Ed Jackson, George V. Coffin and Robert I. Marsh in making such offer. That said George V. Coffin and said Robert I. Marsh and said David C. Stephenson had the backing of the Ku-Klux Klan in the State of Indiana, numbering several hundred thousand persons, and that they and each of them were influential in said organization, and that they could prevent a conviction of the said Warren T. McCray in any court in the State of Indiana in which he might be charged with crime and tried, and represented to him, the said Warren T. McCray, that he was in a very serious situation and liable to be convicted, and

that he could not afford to antagonize these three men by not accepting such offer of money, and that they could help him or ruin him as they chose, and the said Warren T. McCray well knew the political power and influence of Ed Jackson, George V. Coffin, Robert I. Marsh and David C. Stephenson, and knew that if he told of said offer of bribe so made to him that it would antagonize these men, a*ri as there was an indictment then pending against him in the Criminal Court of Marion County for a crime, that they could do him great harm, and that one of said conspirators, towit, Ed Jackson, in furtherance of said conspiracy, told the said Warren T. McCray that it would work great injury to him in the trial of his said cause if he did not accept the offer made; that said statement was made for the purpose of not only attempting to induce the said “Warren T. McCray to accept said bribe but for the further purpose of causing the said Warren T. McCray to conceal the fact that said offer was made in the event he refused to accept the offer, and the said Ed Jackson, George V. Coffin and Robert I. Marsh further concealed the fact tljat said crime had been committed by agreeing among themselves that they would not divulge or tell any one that said bribe was to be or had been offered by them, thereby inducing and persuading the said Warren T. McCray not to divulge the offer made to him, and the only pe/sop who knew of the offer made by said conspirators except those persons who were involved therein were Warren T. McCray, the son-in-law of Warren T. McCray and the attorneys for Warren T. McCray, and that they, because of statements made by Ed Jackson, refrained from making public such offer of bribe and refrained from notifying the prosecuting authorities of such offer of bribe, fearing and believing that if said offer of bribe were made public that it would work great injury to the said Warren T. McCray, then and there well knowing the power and political influence of said conspirators. That later said Warren T. McCray was sent to Federal Prison and that said Warren T. McCray, the attorney for Warren T. McCray and the son-in-law of Warren T. McCray, fearing that those might interfere with his obtaining a parole, and influenced by the statement made by* one of the conspirators, towit, Ed Jackson, that said conspirators could greatly Injure him, and be-

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lieving that they would do so, and influenced by the statement made by the said Ed Jackson, they continued to refrain from notifying the public or the prosecuting authorities of said offer of bribe; that said fact did not become known to the public or to the prosecuting authorities until such knowledge was obtained through the columns of The Indianapolis Times, a newspaper published in the city of Indianapolis, which notice or publication was made upon the twenty-fifth day of July, 1927, wherein the aforesaid charges of attempting to bribe were published, and said conspirators, Ed Jackson, George V. Coffin, Robert I. Marsh and David C. Stephenson at all times after ibe commission of said crime concealed the fact that said crime had been committed as aforesaid, and conspired among themselves and agreed to conceal said crime by saying nothing about it and further by denying it, and in order to inspire fear and dread in the mind of said McCray, made the statements as above set out, for the purpose of compelling him to remain silt nt through fear, and said conspiracy has at all times existed and continued since said offer of money was made, as aforesaid, and said conspirators, by and through one of said conspirators, towit, Ed Jackson, further concealed said crime by writing a certain letter, dated Sept. 3, 1927, and giving said letter to the newspapers in the city of Indianapolis for publication, in which letter he denied having made said offer to bribe, which letter contained statements that were then and there untrue and which were made for the purpose of further concealing said crime, contrary to the form of the statutes in such case made and provided. and against the peace and dignity of the State of Indiana. (Signed) WILLIAM H. REMY, Prosecuting attorney. One-cent and flve-cent pieces are legal tender only to the amount of twenty-five cents. Fractional silver is legal tender up to $lO.

Better Late, Etc. By Times Special t DECATUR, Ind., Sept. 10. -Seventy-eight years of bachelorhood ended here for George W. Drum, farmer, Bluffton, when he took as his bride Mrs. Elizabeth Wood, Monroe. It was the third marriage for the bride.

OFFICE SALES LESS FLAGRANT WITH NEW LAW ' i Patronage Abuse in South Carolina Hit, Says Congressman. By Times Special CHERAW, S. C., Sept. 10.—Federal patronage abuse is waning in South Carolina, Congressman Williafn F. Stevenson asserts. “The open, notorious, flagrant sales are no longer in evidence,” he said. “No doubt some of it still goes on. but at least they have to get off the public streets to conduct the business.” Stevenson attributed this change to the two patronage control acts passed by the last Congress. The bills were passed in large measure, due to conditions exposed by him on the floor of the House. The acts provide SI,OOO fine or a year's imprisonment, or both, for any candidate for an appointive Federal office who pays or promises to pay money to obtain support or influence and for any person who solicits or accepts such money. One act requires each newly appointed Federal official to file with the United States Comptroller General a sworn statement that “neither he nor any one acting in his behalf has given, transferred, promised or paid any consideration for. or in the expectation or hope of receiving, assistance in securing such appointment.” Probed in 1924 Patronage abuse was alleged so frequently in South Carolina four years ago that the civil service commission conducted an investigation in 1924. Testifying before a Senate committee, Dr. John T. Doyle, commission secretary, said that In cases Investigated Federal officeholders had been found paying from 10 to 15 per cent of their annual salaries. Doyle cited ope case at Belton, S. C., where he said Howard A. Littlejohn wished reappointment as postmaster in 1924. Joseph W. Tolbert, Republican national committeeman, visited Littlejohn at the postofflee, Doyle testified, and said, “If your heart and pocketbook will get right, I will tear down this notice of an examination and give you the postoffice.” A friend later contributed $l5O in behalf of Littlejohn, according to Doyle, but the Republican State organization returned this as too small. Doyle testified that R. R. Tolbert, brother of the national commtiteeman. informed Littlejohn that not only would he have to pay, but that every rural carrier in the district would have to contribute SIBO toward orjinization expenses. Report on File The civil service comm ision filed a report with the Postofflee Department covering the State investigation. Postmaster General New announced after perusal that there was nothing that demanded "any action by this department.” The report went later to the Justice Department, which also has taken no action. Joseph W. Tolbert is still national committeeman and will lead the South Carolina delegation to the next Republican convention. Stevenson inserted in the Congressional Record in 1924 an affidavit, alleged to be signed by A. A. Gates, a South Carolina Republican and business man, in which Gates purported to swear that he and his wife visited Tolbert in Washington In 1921. .

Propose Law to Ban Milk Deliveries Before SA. M.

If Dr. Herman G. Morgan, city sanitarian, had his way, Indianapolis residents no more would have been awakened early by the creaking of the milkman’s wagon and the clank of his bottles. Dr. Morgan advocated a city ordinance prohibiting milkmen from starting deliveries before 5 a. m. Dr. Morgan not only thought that was too early for a milkman to rise, night labor outdoors in bitter weather being dangerous to health of drivers, but also contended that the milk sitting in the cold for hours, frequently freezes. Frozen milk sometimes causes gastrointestinal disturbances, he said. But Dr. Morgan discovered today that the ordinance, as drawn by the health board attorney, and introduced in city council, omitted this provision. It does, however, require licensing of all producers who distribute milk in Indianapolis. Test Clause Is Tightened “Such a plan would enable us to know the source of all milk supplied here. It also tightens the clause

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Men who directed the investigation of the Marion county grand jury into political corruption resulting in indictments today. Top to bottom: Special Prosecutor Emsley W. Johnson, Special Prosecutor John W. Holtzman, Prosecutor William H. Remy and Deputy Prosecutor William H. Sheaffer.

referring x> tuberculor tests for all dairy cattie,” said Dr. Morgan. “The new ordinance requires that milk conform to modern standards of purity, butterfat and solids. The dipping of milk in public places already reduced -to a minimum is prohibited. There is no more important part of public health legislation than that which assures a pure milk supply,” Morgan asserted.

PLAN NEW PLANE GUIDE Instrument May Keep Craft on Course Without Trouble. WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—Airplane direction guidance by means of visual signals recorded on an instrument in the pilot’s cabin 5 s the goal of experiments now being conducted by the United States Bureau of Standards, it was learned today. If the experiments being conducted here, at College Park, Md„ and Bellefonte, Pa., are successful, it will be possible for pilots to fly on an exact course, regardless of Visibility, by following the directions dictated by the guiding instrument. FLOOD REVEALS FOREST Stumps Centuries Old Uncovered as Waters Recede. By United Prcxt WOODLAND, Wash., Sept. 10.— Receding flood waters of the Lewis River have uncovered an ancient forest believed to date back three or four thousand years. Stumps &f trees, in perfect state of preservation, were discovered. Growing forests lived ,in new soil above them. The old stumps were five to eight feet in diameter. Industrial apprentices to the nura~ ber of 2,500 are enrolled for te&fnical training in Chicago schdfijs.' Mfny trades are represented and the work is supported by trades unions and employers. Every Sunday a group of golfers near Ft. Stockton, Texas, assemble on the golf course and listen to the Sunday School lession broadcast by the pastor of the Presbyterian Chyrch.

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