Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 186, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 December 1927 — Page 2

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STEVE PAROLE PLEA IS FALSE, SAYSJjILLIOM Dragon Wants to Conduct Publicity Campaign on [. Appeal, Brief Claims. Depicting the erstwhile monarch of the Indiana Klan, D. C. Stephenson as an “animal commonly known as a skunk, who is seeking to spray everyone whose official acts operate in restraint of his liberties, with the swish of his malodorous spray of accusations,” Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom today filed in the La Porte Superior Court a motion supported by briefs, to restrain Stephenson from obtaining a 90-day parole. V **- The Klan head, now serving a life term in the Indiana State Prison for the murder of Madge Oberholtzer, has asked the court for the period of liberty to aid his attorney, Robert H. Moore, in preparing briefs and evidence with which to fight his appeal in Supreme Court. Gilliom, in his brief today, charged that the Klan head’s pleading “is nothing but a scurrilous and contemptuous statement of a convicted and imprisoned murderer, who is attacking every one who might work in restraint of his liberty. Charges “Publicity Campaign” “These papers on their face show that the plaintiff only seeks am order of this court that would afford him as a convicted and imprisoned murderer an opportunity, without hindrance, to conduct a ‘publicity campaign in the great court of public opinion’ by which he obviously hopes improperly to influence the decision of his criminal appeal, now pending before the Supreme Court of Indiana.” Contending that Stephenson filed papers to secure the parole which “are on their face false and are calculated for wholly improper purposes,” Gilliom says that the affidavit by. Moore conveys a “false impression of facts.” The brief continues: “The truth is that Moore an l Ste- , phenson procured W. H. Smotzer, a notary public at the State Prison, to affix his name and seal to an oath to the bare signature of Stephenson on a single sheet of paper, unattached to the papers filed in this court by them. “Shaun and Contemptuous” Gilliom charges that Stephenson and Moore kept these papers filed in this court secret from the notary 1

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public and from the officials of the prison and Moore intended, by trickery on the outside of the prison, unlawfully to attach this single sheet of paper containing the signature to the papers in violation of the criminal provisions of this State. “And the single sheet of paper was kept by the notary public and prison officials because they did not know what use Stephenson and his attorney intended to make of it until after they had read Moore’s affidavits and they were filed in the court.” Gilliom concludes by asking that the appeals for ninety-day parole be stricken from the files because “they are sham and contemptuous.” Divorce Recalls Slaying KOKOMO, Ind., Dec. 13.—Fred Sanders has been granted a divorce here from Della Sanders, sister of Mrs. Catherine Russell, for whose slaying William Keifer, local pool-' room proprietor, was convicted a few weeks ago. Sanders charged cruelty.

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BALLOT JU, OF C. Two Tickets in Field at Directors’ Election. Balloting in the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce directors election was started at 11 a. m. today. Pads will be open until 7 p. m. Two tickets were in the field. Candidates on No. 1- were Fred Goepper Sr., civic affairs representative; Charles E. Mallory, freight and traffic; William H. Insley, manufacturers; Ellsworth E. Heller, retail; A. Kiefer Mayer, wholesale; Louis J. Borinstein and William F. Moore, representatives at large. Ticket No. 2 candidates were Henry L. Dithmer, civic affairs; Marshall D. Lupton, freight and traffic; O. B. lies, manufacturers; Theodore B. Griffith, retail; Frank C. Fishback, wholesale, and W. A. Atkins and Hugh J. Baker, representatives at large. Seven directors to serve three years each will be elected. The annual meeting will be held at\6:3o p- m. Wednesday and election of officers Thursday noon. MORE FUNDS FOR ROADS Association Secretary Asks Aid Be Given Highway Plan. , “Preliminary report of the State highway department for 127 shows more money must be provided for early completion of a pavement system really worth the State’s resources and adequate for its needs,” Ethan L. Arnold, secretary of the Indiana Good Roads Association, declared today. “Indiana is capable of building 500 or more miles of smooth pavement yearly instead of 200 or 350,” asserted Arnold. “Road contractors completed 218 miles this year. The mileage may be even lower than this in 19J8, the report indicated. If we proceed at the present rate, the State highway and Federal aid system of about 5,100 miles will not be paved properly until 1945.”

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SET HOGUE APPEAL Arguments in Mayor .Case to Be Heard Wednesday. Arguments of attorneys * for Joseph L. Hogue, ex-city controller who would be mayor, for immediate presentation of his appeal from the adverse decision of the lower courts will be heard at 9 a. m. Wednesday by the Supreme Court. Hogue claims the office on the grounds that he was the legal successor of the late Mayor Samuel Lewis Shank and that as John L. Duvall was found guilty of violation of the corrupt practice act, he was the logical and legal successor. Two other mayor suits have been appealed to the Supreme Court, the Duvall appeal from his conviction on the corrupt practices act; and that of Ira M. Holmes, filed Monday, who contends that when Duvall resigned, his wife as city controller automatically became mayor, and upon her resignation, Holmes, who had succeeded her as controller, also became mayor by virtue of his office. Indianapolis Club Elects Bu Timex Special NOTRE DAME, Ind., Dec. 13. The Indianapolis club of the University of Notre Dame has elected the following officers for the coming year: President, Joseph P. McNamara, 231 Wisconsin St., Indianapolis; vice president, Thomas “Bud” Markey, 918 E. Maple Road Blvd.; secretary, John Rocap, 5227 Washington Blvd.; treasurer, Pat Mangan.

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URGE COOLIDGE TO PARDON TWO LABORLEADERS Central Union Sends Plea to President in Behalf of Car Men. Central Labor Union posted a letter Monday night to President Coolidge, asking a pardon for James M. Parker and Robert B. Armstrong, organizers for the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America. The men are serving ninety-day Marion County jail sentences for contempt of court for violating an injunction issued by Judge Robert C. Baltzell. The letters to the President: “The Indianapolis Central Labor Union, and organized labor in general in Indianapolis, appeal to you in behalf of Mr. James M. Parker and Mr. Robert B. Armstrong, organizers of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America. They were seh-. fenced to ninety days in jail for contempt of court growing out of the organizing of the street car men here on an order issued by Judge Robert C. Baltzell, restraining the men from even talking to their men, which order these two men violated amd for which these two men were put in jail. Suspicion Is Voiced “We feel, dear Mr. President, that the conduct of the street railway strike has aspects which were at least suspicious. “The fact that the president of the union which was organized was in the pay of the street railway company at* the time he was urging violence has some significance, to say the least. But more than that, the treatment of these two men by the local police was not such as to encourage any great faith in law and order “The records show repeated arrests on charges of suspicion and release on bond without trial. 'They also achieved the unusual distinction of being the only guests of the largest hotel whose room was searched for liquor, under the exceptional dry law of the state. Blow at Industrial Peace “Just why they, among the thousands who register there each year, should have their suitcases searched for illicit, liquor is one of the unexplained events. Industrial peace is not benefited by such methods. Social justice does not seem likely to be advanced by jail sentences. “Dear Mr. President, we ask you to intercede in this case, and pardon these two men, and probably assist greatly in creating an atmosphere of better feeling among all concerned.”

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PEDESTRIAN IS DEAD;S-HURT IN ACCIDENTS Mrs. Georgia Martin, 62, Is Killed While Crossing N. Capitol Ave. Mrs. Georgia Martin, 62, of 1204 Pleasant St., was killed and five were injured in traffic accidents in the city Monday night. One driver was held on a manslaughter charge. % Mrs. Martin was injured fatally when she was struck by a De Luxe ' taxi, driven by Ray Wilson, 23, of 1440 N. Illinois St., while crossing Capitol Ave. and Walnut St. with Mrs. Ora Henry, 44, of 1515 N. Meridian St. Mrs. Martin died on the way to the hospital. Mrs. Henry was injured and is in a serious condition at Methodist Hospital. Death Driver Is Arrested Wilson was arrested on a manslaughter charge. The two women, employed as housekeeper and cook at the home of Mrs. Sarah Ray, 708 N. Capitol Ave., were on their way home. Mrs. Martin is survived by a son, Charles Martin, of the Pleasant St. address. Mrs. Henry, who came here from Terre Haute recently, lives with her daughter, De Vota Henry. Willard Tollinger, 22, of 803 S. Westbrook St., is recovering at Methodist Hospital from injuries suffered in an automobile accident one mile north of Clayton. Others Are Injured Returning to Indianapolis from a hunting trip, Tollinger, who was riding with Willard F. Martz, 1305 W. Tenth St., suffered severe injuries when the automobile collided with one driven by Oriel Percifield, 1415 W. Twenty-Third St. Tollinger underwent an operation. Percifleld was bruised and cut. Others injured: Gingerick Lee, 14, of 916 Broadway, fractured left hip and body bruises; Mrs. Bernice Fleener, 21, of 611 N. Delaware St, hands and face lacerations; Joseph Bluttner, 59, of 229 E. Minnesota St, severe head injury.

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