Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 201, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 December 1927 — Page 3

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AL SMITH VIEWS KLAN PURPOSES ‘WITH ABHORRENCE’

SUBVERSIVE TO U. S. PRINCIPLES, LETTERSTATES Gives Views in Statement to Kluxer Protesting Ban on Parade. RULE BY LAW URGED Organization’s Protection in Court Same as That of Any Other. I'ji t'nlted Pratg ALBANY, N. Y„ Dec. 30—Governor Smith's views on the KuKlux Klan, whose purposes he regards “with abhorrence,” were before the electorate in a detailed .statement today. The Governor expressed his position in a letter to Paul M. Winter, a Klan organizer in Jamaica. N. Y., who protested to the Governor against the barring of the Klan from a Memorial day parade in Queens County early this year. The letter, which was on its way to Winter today, advised the complainant that the Governor has no authority to step over local officials in such matters. A digest of the letter follows: “The burden of your communication is a request for the protection of the law. The whole theory of our Government rests on rule by law. Equality Before Law “I And no fault with your appealing to me, as you are only acting on what seems to be a rather widespread opinion that the Governor, because of his position, can reach out, and by any assumption of power, right all the wrongs, public and private, that are perpetrated, intentionally or otherwise, throughout the whole State. “So far as it lies in the power of the Governor directly to protect the rights of individuals or groups of Individual citizens, I have always stood ready to exercise that power. Although I subscribe to no tenet of the Socialist party, I protected its equality before the law when I vetoed the bill that w’ould have made it possible to deprive that party of its proper representation on the ballot. “Regard With Abhorrence” “Recently an endeavor was made to strike from the jury list the name of a man who entertained doctrines like yourself and the appellate division of the Supreme Court in the first department wrote: “‘ A man can not be removed from (lie Jury list merely beeauise of bigotry that runs counter to fundamentals of religious toleration and freedom. American liberty extends the protection of the law even to those who are' false to its principles.’ “I subscribe unreservedly to that declaration of principle. I regard the purposes of your organization with abhorrence and I consider them

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PROBE GROUP NEARS END OF SEARCHING QUIZ Old Grand Jury Uncovers Corruption Two Others Failed to Find, With anew county grand jury in the process of selection, the present jury, one that did what two others tried to do and failed, was rapidly nearing entry on the pages of Indiana political history today. At midnight Saturday the July term of Criminal Court will end and the January term will start. The retiring jury is composed of William J. Mooney, foreman; John J. Madden, W. O. Thiele, H. Julius Wangelin, Ross Hill Jr., and Charles Bernloehr. The probe body began its inI vestigation into alleged political corI ruption in Indiana last July and closed it today. Throughout this time the jury went through the mass of evidence collected by two previous juries, and, in addition, called numerous witnesses and gathered more j testimony and evidence. Find Steve’s TBlack Boxes’ When the probe started Oct. 11, 1926, the search for D. C. Stephenson's “black boxes” in which he was supposed to have kept most of correspondence, relative to contracts he made with political aspirants and | office holders for the support of the Ku-Klux Klan, began, j The retiring jury was the first to examine contents after they were found near Washington, Ind., by j Emsley W. Johnson, special prosecutor, July 23. They were guarded carefully and have been opened several times by | the jurors. j Stephenson, who is serving a life sentence in the State prison at Michigan City for murder, has been before this jury twice. Approximately a dozen trips have been made to the prison by Prosecutor William H. Remy, Deputy Prosecutor William H. Sheaffer and members of the jury to interview the one-time Klan czar. Governor Jackson Indicted Two of these trips were made within the last week and Stephenson came here about two weeks ago, spending almost four hours with the grand jury. The jury has indicted Governor I Jackson, George V. Coffin, county | Republican chairman and Robert I i Marsh, former law partner of Jack- ' son's, for conspiracy to commit a felony. They ere alleged to have offered former Governor Warren T. McCray SIO,OOO and promised no conviction in Indiana courts, when he was in financial difficulties, if he would appoint James E. McDonald, county prosecutor. William P. Evans, brother-in-law of McCray, resigned at the time and McCray appointed Remy, his chief deputy. Special Judge Oscar H. Mont- ; gomery of Seymour held the inj dictment returned was valid and 'sufficient for trial when he recent-

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ly overruled a motion to quash it. j filed by the defendants' attorneys. Councilmen Face Trial The trial date has been set for Feb. 7. The jury also indicted six members of the city council and a real ! estate dealer for alleged bribery. The charges were based on alleged money taking activities of the councilmen in the efforts to halt impeachment proceedings against former Mayor John L. Duvall, purchase of fire aparatus for the city and rezoning of various property sites for business purposes. Motions to quash these charges are pending before Criminal Judge James A. Collins. An indictment, charging violation of the Indiana Blue Sky law was returned against Virgil Vandagnfft, former works board president. Vanadagrifft resigned his official position when the charge was filed. Arguments on a motion to quash were heard recently by special Judge Alonzo Blair of Shelbyville, and a ruling is expected soon, j Despite all the work that has : fallen in the path of the jurors, they j have found time for some sideline amusement. During Thanksgiving ! holidays they took a week’s vacation before resuming the probe. At this time the jurors, all of whom are local business men, straightened out their business affairs. On Dec. 23, they had a regular Christmas party in the juryrooms. Tuesday night of this week they devoted an evening as guests of Johnson at a farewell dinner given at his home. ROSS TO HEAD BOARD j State Appointee May Succeed MacFall as Sanitary Chief. O. C. Ross, State appointee on the sanitary board of Indianapolis, is slated to succeed Russell T. MacFall as board president Jan. 1. Ross and City Engineer A. H. Moore have formed the controlling faction since the appointment of j Moore by Mayor L. Ert Slack. B. J. T. Jeup, former city engii neer. will succeed Mac Fall as board member. Jeup has attended meet- | ings to familiarize himself with mat- | ters before the board. Baker and Daniels, attorneys, i were employed for another year at ; S2OO a month.

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ANSTESS TO U. S. CELL : Taken to Leavenworth to Serve Eighteen Months’ Booze Term. Wallace Anstess. Indianapolis, was taken to Leavenworth Penitentiary Thursday night by Oscar Johnson, deputy United States marshal, to serve an eighteen months' sentence on a Federal liquor charge. Anstess was arrested last spring by George L. Winkler, deputy dry administrator, when Anstess appeared at a local trucking company to claim a number of boxes, marked “household goods,” which were found to contain bonded whisky, valued at SIO,OOO. shipped from Detroit. Anstess appealed his conviction to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, the conviction being upheld. Wincentz Dude, Ft. Wayne, sentenced to a year and a day on a charge of possessing a still, also was taken to the penitentiary. SEEK SLAYER SUSPECT Local Police on Watch for Man Wanted at Lafayette. Search was extended to Indianapolis today for Arnold Short, | wanted at Lafayette in connection I with the slaying of Peter Minicus, 1 57, during a gambling house hold!up ten days ago, by two masked men, whose loot was S6B. Lafayette police revealed today | that the stories of the six patrons held up indicated that the shooting of Minicus was accidental. The bandits were tying up their victims, and one of them was leaning over Minicus to fasten a rope, when the trigger of his gun caught and was discharged, fatally founding the victim.

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CITY BANKER'S FATHER DEAD No. 3 Head— Set Puzzle— Hilary Morris, 72, Stricken on Trip to Florida. J. Edward Morris, Washington Bank and Trust Company president, | today received word of the death of ; his father, Hilary Morris, at Chattanooga, Tenn., on Thursday. The elder Mr. Morris, on his way to Florida by motor with his son, Oscar Morris, Greenwood, Ind, dropped dead in a Chattanooga ; hotel. Funeral services will be held on I Monday afternoon at the J. Edward j Morris home in Williams Creek Es- ! tates. | Mr. Morris would have been 73 i years old if hehad lived twenty days longer. He had spent his entire 1 life in Indianapolis. In the early days of Broad Ripple he operated a store there. He gave up the store to take up farming on the i old Morris farm, which is now the | site of the Meridian Hills Country Club property, living on the farm ! until four years ago, when he took jup his residence at 6045 Ashland Ave. j A daughter, Mrs. Helen Johnson, | lived with him there. Another son, Irvin Morris, 6037 Colleg Ave., also survives. His wife died a year ago. Mr. Morris was active outside his heme and family only in work of the Broad Ripple M. E. Church, of which he was a trustee. Frat Boys at White House WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—Four hundred delegates attending the national convention of the Sigma Nu college fraternity called at the White House today and were photographed with President Coolidge.

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CITY FIRE LOSS FOR YEAR SET AT 5760.000 Increase of $65,000 Over 1926: Answer 3.800 Alarms in 1927. Indianapolis fire loss up to date this year was $760,000. a $65,000 increase over the total figure for 1926, according to the annual report being prepared by Lieut. Verne Earl of the Salvage Corps. The report goes to the National Board of underwriters. The Indianapolis fire department | answered 3.800 calls thus far, while last year the total was 3,855. Fire- | men asserted that the rain Wednesday night rut down the usual thirty to thirty-five calls that arc sent in daily during the Christmas season. St. Patrick's Loss Highest Largest fire loss of tire year was S4. Patrick's Church, $64,000, and the second largest the recent fire at the Banner Furniture Company, which tentatively has been placed at $60,000. The latter figure may be raised or lowered, Earl said. Maurice De La Tour confessed to firing St. Patrcik's and two other Catholic churches and was sentenced to life imprisonment under the habitual criminal act. There were 150 incendiary fires, i most of which cither were in the northwest or southwest sections r.f j the city. The northwest fires are I attributed to a Negro firebug who i has operated there for three years, : burning vacant houses and barns. ! In the southeast section the firebug attacks new houses, just before they are occupied. Graystone Worst Tragedy Although majority of alarms still j come from the residential districts, (there was a decrease in residential ■i Tosses during the year of $50,000. There were 983 residential calls rcceivcd in 1926 and 780 in 1927. j The greatest fire tragedy in year* j occurred this fall with the burning ! of the Greystone Hotel apartments, | with loss of ten lives, including one fireman. Property loss vrs $33009. There was a decrease of fires from sparks on roofs of 200. which is attributed to the educational campaigns on prevention. Sues for $7,500 Bu Time* Special BRAZIL, Ind., Dec. 30.—Alleging his young daughter, Rutih Hill, will be a cripple for life as a result of injuries suffered when she was struck by an auto driven by Forest Keltner, her father, Willis Hill, has filed suit for $7,500 damages against ! Keltner in Clay Circuit Court here.