The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-16

said to Shorty to take the auto
license plates off of the car, which
he did, and Stephenson said to him
to say if questioned that we had
parked in the last town we had
passed and the auto plates had been
stolen.
All the way back to Indianapolis
I suffered great pain and agony and
screamed for a doctor. L said I
wanted a hypodermic to ease the
pain. but they refused.
1 begged and begged to Stephen
son to leave me along the road some
place, that some one would stop and
take care of me If he wouldn't. I
said to him that 1 felt he was more
cruel to mo than he had been the
night before. He said he would stop
at the next town, but never did.
Just before reaching a. town he
would say to Shorty" Drive fast.
but don't get pinched."
1 vomited in the car and all over
the back seat and grips.
"She Is Dying"
Stephenson did not try to make
me comfortable in any ways. He
said lie thought 1 was dying and
at one time said to Gentry, 1T
takes CUTS to do things, Gentry. She
is dying"
1 heard him say also that he
had been in a worse mess than
this before and had got out of it.
Stephenson and Gentry drank
Nquor during the entire trip. / re-
member Stephenson having said
that he had power and saying he
had made S250,000.. He said that
his word was law.
After reaching Indianapolis we
drove straight to his house, cutting
across to Emerson Ave. of Thirty
eighth ST.. some way. When we
reached Stephenson's garage he
said, There is some one at the
front door Of the house."
1t was some time during the night
think we left Hammond about 5
o'clock and Stephenson said TO
shorty" to go and see who was at
the front door. Shorty" came back
and said: IT'S her mother"
I remember Stephenson said to me;
You will stay right here until you
marry me-"
Stephenson or some one carried me
up the stairs into a loft above the
garage. Stephenson did something
to relieve my pain. 1 do not re-
member anything that happened all
night after we reached the garage.
Left In Garage
I was left in the garage until l
was carried home. A big man
named Mr.. Clenck, mentioned be-
fore. took me home. He shook me
and awakened me and said. you
have TO go hcme."
I asked him where Stephenson
was and he said he did not know. 1
remember Stephenson had told me
to tell everyone that I had been in
an automobile accident and he said,
You must forget this. What is done
has been done.
81 am the law and the power"
He said to mo several times that
his word was law.
1 was suffering and in such agony
that I begged and said to Clenck to
take me home in the Cadillac car.
He said he would order a taxi, but
finally said he would take me to
Stephenson's car.
He put my clothes on me and
carried me to the car and put me in
the back seat and drove the car to
my home.
Carried in
I said to him to drive up the drive
way. He did and then carried me
into the house and upstairs into my
bed. This about noon Thursday
when we got into the house.
I, Madge Oberholtzer am in full
possession Of all my mental faculties
and understand what I am saying.
The foregoing statements have been
read to me, and / have made them
as my statements and they are all
true. 1 am sure that l will not re-
cover from this illness and 1 be-
lieve that death is very near to me,
and I have made all the foregoing
statements as my dying declaration
and they are true.
Datd, March %, 1925.
(Signeed)
MADGE A. OBERHOLTZER
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