Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 241, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 February 1928 — Page 1

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FIVE JAILED IN PROBE OF OFFICER CASE Lafayette Deputies to View Two Held in Ohio; Three Taken Elsewhere. aHfKIFF NOT CONVINCED Jlppecanoe County Official Doubts Prisoners Are Men Wanted. By United Pres* LAFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. 15. Sheriff C. E. Johnston of Tippecanoe County expressed himself today as being rather skeptical that the two men captured in Ohio were the missing convicts who are believed to have murdered Deputy Sheriffs John P. Grove and Wallace McClure, but added that he is taking no chances, and had sent two St Clairsville deputies capable of identifying the missing men. The sheriff pointed out that when last heard from, John Burns and Samuel Baxter, the convicts, were at Decatur, 111., and expressed some doubt that they had doubled back through Indiana, where an intensive search was in progress for them, and passed into Ohio. In the meantime, search for the bodies of McClure and Grove was redoubled after Herman Kyle, a school hack driver, residing ‘southeast of Lafayette, had informed authorities that early Tuesday morning, as he started to cross the road to his home after milking his cows, a touring car resembling that in which the deputies and their prisoners had started to the Indiana reformatory at Pendleton sped past at a high rate of speed. Two young men, whom he recognized later from pictures as Bums and Baxter, were in the front seat, Kyle, said. In the rear of the automobile there appeared to be large bundles covered with a robe. These bundles Kyle declared he believed to have been the bodies of the deputies. Taken in Gun right By United Brest ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio. Feb. 15. —Captured after a gun battle with deputies, two youths were held here today for Lafayette (Ind.) authorities as suspects in the reported 'adnaping of John P. Grove and Wallace McClure, deputy sheriffs. Although they gave the names of Albert Jennings and Frank Fornes, the youths are believed by authorities to be John Bums and Samuel Baxter, who disappeared mysteriously with the officers while on the way from Lafayette to the State reformatory at Pendleton. The pair was captured after Sheriff C. C. Hardesty had been apprised they had exchanged a bloodspattered roadster at Columbus, Ohio, for a machine owned by a man in Bexley, a Columbus suburb. Two of Hardesty’s deputies made the capture after wounding one of the boys in the leg. The boys fired on them. Hardesty said wounds on the youths’ wrists indicated they had been made by handcuffs. The Indiana prisoners were manacled together. Automatic pistols and a road map on which was traced a route from near Decatur, 111., here the prisoners escaped, were found in the boys’ possession, Hardesty said. Two Others Held By United Press MUNCY, Pa., Feb. s.—’Two men are being held in jail here in the belief that they are John Bums and Samuel Baxter, who disappeared while en route to the Indiana Reformatory at Pendleton, Ind., with two guards. Police arrested the men on a highway near here late Tuesday night. They have not been questioned, but it is said they answer the description of the two i en wanted in Lafayette, Ind. Vagrant Suspected By United Press OAKFIELD, N. Y., Feb. 15.—Chief of Police Edwin G. James of Oakfield said today he had arrested a vangrant whom he believes to be Samuel Baxter, Lafayette, Ind., who disappeared with two deputy sheriffs. Chief James said he had wired Lafayette authorities for a picture of the missing man. He said the description given of Baxter tallies with that of the man who said he was Michael Murphy, Boston, Mass.

PLANE FALLS IN RIVER Air Mail Pilot Reported Unhurt After Dive. By United Prcaa PITTSBURG!*, Feb. 15.—A New York-to-Chicago air mail plane, piloted by Edgar W. Leedy of Youngstown, Ohio, fell into the Monongfchela River at Glenwood Station near here today. The plane had left Bettis field, McKeesport, Pa., at 10:10 a. m., after a short stop on its flight from New York to Chicago. Glenwood Station is only a few miles from the field. Leedy was reported uninjured. THE BEST FOODS obtainable are served at FLETCHER CAFETERIA, Basement Fletcher Trust Bldg. 10:30 a. m. to 7:30 p. m.—Advertisement.

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i Alarm Clerk Sleeper Starts Riot in Drug Store When Owner Awakens Him.

WIVES, how would you like to wake this man in the morning? He came into the Lewis Marlin drug store, 1227 N. Illinois St., asked to use the telephone, and seated himself in a chair near the phone and went to slep. At midnight Marlin, desiring to close up shop and do a little slumbering himself, sought to wake the heavy sleeper with honeyed words. The man awoke and— Grabbed a couple of chairs, tossed them hither and yon, kicked over a table, helped himself to sundry articles on the counters, and cheerfully pitched them to the four winds. A clerk grabbed a revolver and let go a couple of shots into a door. The city’s “champion heavy sleeper” fled as Motorpolicemen Hague and Sheets arrived. They speeded his flight with four bullets from their revolvers. DRIVER ROBBED BY KIDNAPERS Bandits Take Truck Pilot From His Machine. Kidnaping daylight bandits swung into action again this morning. Four men, three armed, drove alongside of Louis Ziegler, 24, of 215 Wisconsin St., in the 300 block on Downey Ave., about 9:15 a. m. They ordered Ziegler to dismount from the Omar Baking Company truck, which he was driving, and to climb into their machine. Pulling his cap down over his eyes, they carried him several blocks, took SB. and ordered him out of the machine. Ziegler told Police Lieutenant Petit, who investigated, that he offered to turn over his money while on the truck, but they insisted on kidnaping him.

MAIL SENT TO LINDY Will Carry Local Letters in Chicago Flight. Several hundred Indianapolis citizens have already forwarded air mail letters to be returned on the St. Louis-Chicago air mail flight to be made Feb. 20 and 21, by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. Postmaster Robert H. Bryson today said at least 100 pounds of air mail should leave Indianapolis for the flight. “If Lindbergh has a big load of mail on the round trip, he will take that as an indication the people approve his effort to promote the air mail service,” Bryson said. Letters bearing an air mail stamp may be mailed here not later than 3 p. m. Feb. 20, addressed to the Robertson Aircraft Company at St. Louis. If the letter bears a stamped return envelope inside, the outer envelope will be placed inside the other and returned, giving the sender souvenirs of the trip both from Chicago to St. Louis and return. FIVE IN LUCKY ESCAPE Auto Goes Down Embankment and Turns Over in Creek. Although his car leaped over a twenty-foot embankment, plunged headlong into Pleasant Rim at Prospect St., and turned over in the water early today, Raymond Fletcher, 20, of 611 S. Missouri Ave., and four occupants of the machine escaped with minor injuries. Passengers with Fletcher were Joseph Gallegher, 28, of 410 Empire St.; Hugo Simon, 20, of 5044 Bay St., and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hooker, 22 and 18 respectively, of 706 S. West St. Slightly cut and bruised, they re-* ceived treatment at the Prospect St. plant of the Citizens Gas Company and were taken to their homes by police. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m.... 35 10 a. m.... 35 7a. m.... 34 11 a. m.... 35 Ba. m.... 34 12 (noon). 35 9 a. m.... 34 1p.m.,.. 34

CALM HARBOR, TWINKLING NIGHT, MIGHTY ROAR! —MAIN SANK 30 YEARS AGO TODAY

BY ALFRED P. RECK, United Press Staff Correspondent (Copyright, 1928, by United Press) HAVANA, Feb. 15.—Thirty years ago today, the steel hulk of a battleship rocked gently in the calm harbor waters of Havana. Only the muffled tread of the deck watch’s feet and the lap of the waves against the bow marked with the word, Maine, broke the silence. A half mile away, the lights of a city glistened and danced across the waters. To the stern was the outline of a grim fortress, dotted by the black snouts of guns. The moon was not yet above the horizon, but a myriad of stars twinkled overhead. It was peace. The sentry walked his beat calmly. Below several hundred men were sleeping. Ashore others were making mer-

JARDINE WILL BACK HOOVER FOR PRESIDENT Farm Secretary May Take Active Part to Win Nomination. SET FLOOD TESTIMONY Commerce Chief to Return From Florida Feb. 24 for Quiz. By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—Secretary of Agriculture Jardine will support Herbert Hoover for the Republican presidential nomination, it was learned authoritatively today. Jardine, it was indicated, may take an active part in Hoover's campaign. His friends say he believes, after working with Hoover in the cabinet several years, that the secretary of commerce is one of the most capable men in America with deep interest in farming as in all other of the nation’s great industries. Hoover will appear before the Senate interstate commerce committee Friday, Feb. 24, to tell his views on Mississippi flood control. Hoover, in a telephone conversation with Chairman Jones, said he would be glad to curtail his Ashing trip in Florida and return immediately, but Jones assured him this was unnecessary.

Ignore Thompson Charge HARRY WILSON SHARPE United Press Staff Correspondent -COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 15. Managers of Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover’s Ohio campaign for the Republican presidential nomination will disregard charges by Carmi A. Thompson, campaign manager for United States Senator Frank B. Willis, favorite son candidate, that Willis was approached with a deal for divisions of the State’s fifty-one national convention delegates, it was said today. Thompson charged that immediately after Senator Willis announced his candidacy, Hoover managers demanded that Willis either enter into an agreement to name Hoover Ohio’s second choice of all the delegates or Hoover would enter the Ohio primary. Hoover adherents made a similar charge a few days ago, asserting Willis supporters had approached them. Thompson criticised Senator George H. Moses (Rep.), New Hampshire, who was said to have issued a statement declaring Willis was attempting to hog-tie the Ohio delegates. latest attack followed the announcement in Cleveland that Maurice H. Maschke, Republican national committeeman from Ohio, had withdrawn tentative promises of support to Willis and would support Hoover. Challenge to Willis By United Press CLEVELAND, Feb. 15.—Maurice Maschke, national Republican committeeman, today threw another challenge at Senator Frank B. Willis, daring him to make public a letter setting forth Maschke’s reasons for deserting the Willis forces. A full explanation of his action in aligning himself with the Hoovei* forces was included in a letter which Maschke mailed to Willis at Washington. Mashcke refugee! to make its contents public, preferring to let Willis to do with it as he pleases. Hoover in Florida By United Press KEY WEST, Fla., Feb. 15. Seeking refuge from political discussions, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover arrived here today for a week of fishing. Hoover denied that he will wage an active campaign in the race for the Republican nomination for President. COLUMBIA. Mo., Feb. 15.—Opposition to the candidacy of Herbert Hoover for the Republican nomination for President was voiced here by William Hirth, head of the Missouri Farmers’ Association and publisher of the Missouri Farmer.

ry—wine glasses clinked and bright eyes of senoritas flashed at the trim officers from the American ship. M M u THEN the city—halF asleep and half awake with festivity—was aroused by a mighty roar. Water spouted high in the harbor. Where the lights danced merrily over the waves a minute before was foam-flecked wreckage and high, fast pulsing ripples. Where the elitline of the battleship stood was nothing but shattered masts. The silence was - broken by shrieks. Three hundred and sixty American sailors were drowned. There in the shadow of Morro Castle, in the Havana harbor, thirty years ago, on Feb. 15, 1898,

INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15, 1928

City Girl, Noted as Dancer, to Wed

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Miss Verdi Milli, (left) dancer with “The Five o’clock Girl” musical show, now appearing at the FortyFourth Street Theater, New York City, will be married Tuesday, Feb. 21, to Cyril R. Connery, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Connery of Flushing, Long Island and prominent in the New York automobile trade. Miss Milli is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Miller of 1410 S. New Jersey St. She has appeared in several New York musical fhow’ successes. Miss Virginia Moore, (right) also a dancer with the show, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Mauck,. Lafayette, Ind., will attend the bride.

FATE OF KILL OPTOJIRORS Fail to Reach Verdict in Long Deliberation. By United Press OTTAWA. 111.. Feb. 15.—One of Illinois’ longest murder trials neared its close today, as a jury debated the fate of Harry Hill, charged with the murder of his mother. After seven weeks of battling between State and defense attorneys, the jury was given the case yesterday anq deliberated tor ten hours. Locked up shortly before midnight, last night, the jurymen resumed deliberations atr 8 a. m. today. HEARING IS DEFERRED ON BUS FARE SLASH Hearing on the petition for reduction of the 10-cent bus fare of the Peoples Motor Coach Company was postponed by the public service commission today until March 1, upon request of attorneys for the Indianapolis Street Railway Company. The company owns both the Peoples and their own lines and has pending a unification petition which has not yet been ruled upon by the commissioners. Attorneys for J. Schaub, Jr., and other citizens, who filed the petition for fare reduction, protested the delay, which was granted by Commissioner Howell Ellis. The company attorneys based their plea on the grounds that nothing definite could be accomplished until unification of bus lines is completed. MAN INJURED IN CRASH Frank Martin Is Taken to Hospital, Seriously Injured.* Frank Martin, 60, of R. R. 3, Box 78, is in serolus condition at Indiana Christian Hospital today as the result of injuries received when the automobile in which he was riding turned over, following collision with another machine at Morris and Union Sts. Martin was in a car driven by his son, George. The ether machine was driven by Fred Sitt. 41, of Freedom, Ind., who was held on assault and battery charges. HOLD UP FRENCH PACT Senate Committee to Call Kellogg to Explain Clauses. 3 n United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—The Senate Foreign Relations Committee today held up action on the new Franco-American arbitration treaty and voted to call Secretary of Stats Kellogg for interpretation of some of its clauses.

the battleship Maine was blown i p. i suiting in a war with Spain and the liberation of Cuba. n npODAY, President Machado will lead in the memorial sendees in the newly completed Maine Memorial Park Cubans and Americans alike will gather to pay tribute to a common historical tradition and ideal, before the newly restored Maine Monument. Most of the delegates to the Pan-American conference were expected to attend, paying a double tribute of respect to Cuba and friendliness to the United States. The Maine memorial has been repaired recently after sustaining severe damage in the Cuban hurricane of 1926. Forming a major part of the

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Pioneer Spirit of 'Eagle* Aroused

BY FOSTER EATON United Pre* Staff Correspondent ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 15.—A quiet controversy smoldered here today between the pioneering spirit of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and those who seek to curtail his future l’-'ing activities. "There must be pioneers to show the way,” the ‘Lone Eagle’ commented when told that a

Radio Fans SPhe opening guns of a citywide campaign for the elimination of “man-made static” by the Indianapolis Broadcast Listeners’ Association will be fired at 7 tonight, when A. J. Allen, secretary, broadcasts a talk on radio interference from WFBM. Because of the increase of various Interferences throughout the city, the talk tonight should be of interest to every radio owner in Marion County, Allen believes. Details of tonight's broadcast on Page 11.

NECK BROKEN; LIVES Doctors Hope for Recovery of Crash Victim. Although his neck is broken, Robert Long Hospital doctors held hope for the recovery of Clifford Story, 21, of R. R. P., Box 15, today. Story was injured when an automobile in which he was riding overturned at Southeastern Ave. and the Belt Railroad Tuesday night. Miss Dorothy Story, a sister, and Claude Shortridge, driver of the machine, escaped serious injury. AUTO HITS SCHOOLBOY Child, 6, Severely Injured, Struck on Way Home From Classes. George Gibu, 6, of 170 Bright St., was injured severely late Tuesday when struck by an automobile driven by Harry Eusengym of Anderson, Ind. He was taken to the city hospital. The boy was on his way home from Public School No. 6, California and W. Washington Sts., when he was hit. Boys’ Fight May End Fatally By United Press KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Feb. 15. —Donald Johnson, 9, was critically injured in a schoolboy fist fight here. Physicians doubted today whether he would recover from a fractured skull. Donald was knocked down in the fight and his head struck a curbing.

monument are two rusted guns and huge anchor chains from the battleship, crusted with salt from the waters in which they rested for fourteen years. After the Maine was blown up Spanish denials were profuse, but on April 21,1898, war was declared. I n T?OURTEEN years later the * battleship was raised and the shattered hulk towed out into the gulf stream and consecrated to its everlasting sleep. The following account of the disaster was printed in the Diario de La Marina on Feb. 16, the morning after the Maine went down: “Many of the persons who last night were in the vicinity of the harbor at the hour of the explosion heard the noise of a tre-

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wing-clipping movement was afoot in high Government circles, based on fear for his personal safety in trail-blazing flights. A trace of an indication was shown that Lindbergh felt “the opposition” didn’t understand. There also was clear indication that he did not consider his recent good-will tours in the category of "stunts.” a a * THE controversy, which broke upon aviation circles here Tuesday with the statement of Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis opposing “Jungle Flights,” rapidly found echo in Congress, where members talked of passing a resolution requesting Lindbergh to avoid hazardous flying. “I have no comment to make until I hear personally from Secretary Davis,’’ Lindbergh replied to an inquiry following his return from a three-hour welcomehome flight over St. Louis. u t HE was pressed for a pointed answer, and finally said: “I do not consider the flying I have done recently in the nature of ‘stunt flying,’ but rather as carefully planned ventures. “I may do some more experimental flying later, but as a whole I do not consider aviation in the experimental stage. “There must be pioneers to show the way when new methods of transportation are coming into use, and pioneering has its hazards. “But it has been my observation that those who do the pioneering are the last to think of the danger.” It was obvious that the quiet, reticent youth who has risen in less than a year to a position of world-wide fame, much rather preferred to speak of other things. “I really am in retirement just now,” he said, “and have no plans beyond the air-mail trip of next week, so for the present at least there is no danger.” a * u Lindbergh today was to be the guftst at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon. He was to be the only speaker on the program. More than 700 reservations already had been made for the luncheon. For three hours Tuesday he flew over the city and river-front here, displaying the maneuverability of his famous Spirit of St. Louis—which safely carried him more than 40,000 miles since last May. Six times he roared the plane low over the Mississippi River levees where more than 60,000 public and private school children were massed and waved him a welcome home with miniature American flags.

mendous detonation coming from the direction of the battleship Maine. “Then they observed a great number of flashes like balls of fire coming from the interior of the boat. Immediately the ship began to sink. “Then they saw that the superstructure of the boat was completed destroyed and fire breaking out in the prow. For an hour explosions could be heard. “The second officer of the Maine, Mr. Wainwright, believes that the explosion was caused by an accidental defect of the dynamo in which there must have occurred a short circuit. n a u “TN one of the magazines of the JL Maine, there were stored 2,500 pounds of gun cotton. If this enormous charge had let go there

JACKSON AND ALLIES TRIED TO BRIBE M'CRAY, CHARGE OF STEPHENSON, ON STAND Life Prisoner ‘Opens Up/ Bares Details Alleged Conspiracy to Swing Prosecutor Appointment TELLS v HOW SIO,OOO WAS OFFERED, Ex-Dragon Willingly Answers Questions Put by Prosecution; Defense Lets Down Its Objection Storm. Detailed Testimony On Page 2. D. C. Stephenson today told in Criminal Court how he. Governor Ed Jackson, Attorney Robert I. Marsh and George V. Coffin, Republican county chairman, plotted and attempted to bribe former Governor Warren T. McCray in 1923. Without a trace of the stubborn resistance which Tuesday marked his refusal to answer State questions in the trial of Jackson on a charge of conspiracy to bribe McCray, Stephenson related, in detail, conversations with Jackson* Coffin, Marsh, and others, acts which he took in furtherance of the alleged conspiracy and actions which they took together. The Governor is on trial in Criminal Court before Special Judge Charles M. McCabe. The State questioned Stephenson for an hour and three minutes, relinquishing him to the defense at 10:15v

Attorney Clyde E. Jones handled the cross-examination, starting in to discredit Stephenson in the eyes of the jury and attempting to pick discrepancies in histestimony. Says Evans Menaced Life The climax of a dramatic encounter between Stephenson and Jones came when the witness had declared he had not testified for himself in his murder trial at Noblesville, because his life had been threatened. “Who was it who threatened your life?” Jones asked. “It was the same man who appointed you to the public service commission, Hiram W. Evans, imperial wizard of the Ku-Klux Klan,” roared Stephenson. Following the morning’s sensational testimony, Judge McCabe warned the jury that the defendant must be presumed to be innocent until the case is completed. As the trial reconvened this afternoon, Judge M. McCabe, after conferring with attorneys and jurors, decided to hold court all day Saturda yto hurry the trial to an end. In general, Stephenson bore out the State’s opening statement that it wouK show that the conspirators attempted to use Stephenson’s power through the Ku-Klux Klan as one of the arguments to induce McCray to name James E. McDonald prosecutor of Marion County, to succeed William P. Evans, McCray's son-in-law, who resigned in December, 1923. Details Their Activities Step by step, Stephenson related conversations he had with Jackson, Coffin, and Marsh about the importance of controlling the prosecutor’s office in Jackson’s campaign for the Republican nomination for Governor; how they offered SIO,OOO for attorney fees for McCray, to he’p him out of any trouble in the courts through his financial difficulties; and how they held a “sob Session” after McCray scornfully refused their offer and named William H. Remy prosecutor. Sometimes Stephenson was tart, at times humorous as once when the State asked: "Did you have anything to do with Jackson’s primary campaign for Governor?” Stephenson replied: “I did everything I could. Some of the things I don’t care to brag about now.” Had Money Ready The witness disclosed, in telling that he had SIO,OOO in an envelope ready to give an agent to carry to McCray as a bribe, that once he had $65,000 in a strong box in his Hotel Washington suite. Sharp encounters occurred between Stephenson and the defense on cross-examination. Smarting under a particularly insinuating

would have reproduced in Havana a catastrophe equal to that of the Machichaco. “The steamer De Cabo Machichaco exploded in the harbor of Santander, Spain, just previous to 1898, blowing up a great part of the city. “Near the Maine were two Spanish warships, the Alfonso XII and the Legaspi. The Alfonso XII broke loose from its moorings when the force of the explosion occurred, but was caught by the gunboat Antonio Lopez and towed to a dock. “Lifeboats were sent out from all craft in the harbor, both Spanish and foreign. They succeeded in rescuing more than 100 wounded who were carried to Machina dock and to the Alfonso XII, the City of Washington and the Colon. Many of the wounded were in a very grave state.”

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question Attorney Jones asked him, Stephenson once remarked: "I recall that you once said ‘I don’t give a damn what the public thinks.’ ” Stephenson did not say when this was. Jones formerly was a public service commissioner. Assails Prison Officials The life tenner flew into a violent denunciation of Indiana State Prison officials and prison regulations, declaring they were made for the officials’ “convenience,” during the cross-examination. yd Tile defense startled the crow P when Jones asked if Stephenson had not smuggled $1,500 to Chicago gunmen with instructions that they assasinate Governor Jackson. Stephenson replied with an explosive No. Aside from taking part in the planning of the alleged scheme, Stephenson’s most direct participation, according to his testimony, was a visit to James W, Noel, attorney for McCray. He testified he urged Noel to carry the offer to McCray and Noel told him to come back at 2 that afternoon. Noel at that time told him McCray refused. Stephenson remarked that he felt rather badly, because he felt he had attempted to “trade on McCray’s misfortunes.”

Tells of Yacht Trip The defense asked a long string of questions designed to show that Stephenson was on his yacht in southern waters at the time he had testified he was here plotting to bribe McCray. Stephenson readily admitted the yacht trip and with evident enjoyment recalled there was plenty of liquor aboard, but refused to admit that he got back to Indianapolis the night of Dec. 8, the day McCray wrecked the alleged plot by naming William H. Remy prosecutor. Again the defense tried to show that Stephenson was in the Deshler Hotel in Columbus, Ohio, about this time. Stephenson took the conversation away from the defense attorney and related that he was at the hotel, having stopped off on his way from Washington to St. Louis. He said he had been playing poker all night on the train and had to have some rest. He added that he remembered the incident well, because he and three representatives of Hiram W. Evans, imperial wizard, got into a battle which wrecked the hotel room. They were taken to police headquarters, but not held, he said. Defense Objects Seldom The defense let Stephenson tell his story with far fewer interruptions than it attempted when he was on the stand Monday. Once, after Defense Attorney Clyde E. Jones had objected to a State question, Governor Jackson leaned forward and tapped Jones on the shoulder. They held a whispered consultation. Then Jones dramatically said. "The Governor has asked me to withdraw all objections and let the witness tell all he knows.” Once the tactics of attemtping to ridicule the prosecution, which Jones and other defense attorneys used during the questioning of prospective jurors, cropped oul again. Special Prosecutor Emsley W. Johnson had asked Stephenson: “Was anything said about any one having sympathy ‘for the old man’?” (referring to McCray). Joke, Jones Says Jones leaped up with an objection and in an aside, clearly audible to the Jury, added: “This ic carrying a joke too far.” The former grand dragon of the Ku-Klux Klan, now a life prisoner at Michigan City, was brought here Monday by prison guards. The defense blocked his testimony Mon-