The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-20


Attorney James Curtis. who de-
fends the sheriff in habeas corpus
proceedings, conferred with Sheriff
Hawkins at the Jail shortly after
noon.
Curtis. after the conference, said
the conference was only to discuss
moves in the case If habeas corpus
suit is filed.
The deposed Klan leader and his
two Heutenants told deputy sheriffs
they did not know they had been
indicted and spent Sunday fishing.
The-flrst chew came at $50, when
Charles e. Cox. attorney for the
Oberholtzer family. telephoned
county Jail on request OF Prosecutor
William Remy, that Stephenson and
his companions had been seen eating
in a restaurant at st. Clair and
Pennsylvania SITS. A deputy was
dispatched, but the three were gone
when the oficer arrived.
Mud Stained Auto
At 9:25 a mud stained automobile
drove up i'm front of The Consolidated
Bldg. and Stephenson, Gentry and
Khnck got out, went in and took
the elevator to the eleventh floor, to
Inman's Offices.
]. p. Carter, deputy sheriff sta
toned there. Immediately telephoned
Hawkins. Inman, too, phoned him.
Five minutes later Sheriff Hawkins
ran out of the Jail calling for his
chauffeur. Leonard Koffel. The
sheriff told newspapermen he was
going out to FIX his car. He entered
his auto and drove at high speed
to Inman's office where Stephenson
and the two were arrested.
The indicted men were brought
back to Jail in the sheriff's large
auto and we're slated on murder
charge by Frank Kemps, chief turn
key. Roland Snider. chief deputy at
the Jail. searched Stephenson.
He found a IS bill.
The three were also searched for
acms. They had none.
Shouldering his way through
newspaper men, reiterating he had
nothing to say, Stephenson was ta-
ken to the north side of the Sec
Ond floor OF the Jail, known as
Federal row, and placed in the
large cell with thirty-nine other
prisoners.
Eats Dinner
Stephenson ate his first Jail fare
at noon. The menu:
Fried liver and gravy. mashed po-
tatoes, bread and water.
Stephenson, Klinck and Gentry
ate with hearty appetites and com
plimented the jail food. The three
mingled with the prisoners and all
were in a jovial mood. Companions
Of the former klansmen included
prisoners charged with bigamy,
murder. bootlegging and other
crimes calling for high bond. Federal
prisoners we're also held in the same
cell room.
Sheriff Hawkins said Stephenson
would be given no special privileges.
but would be treated as any other
prisoners.
Shortly after lunch Hawkins gave
newspaper men permission to talk to
Stephenson through the bars.
Nattily dressed. closely shaven,
Stephenson shook his head at all
questions.
absolutely nothing 10 say. See
Inman," was his only statement.
Five Locked Doors
Five locked doors are between
Stephenson and freedom.
Deputy Carter said Stephenson
told him he left the Seminole Satur-
day about II a. m. He said Stephen
son told him he knew the grand
jury did not usually meet on Satur.
day morning and II he had known
they were about to return an in
dictment aaginst him, he would not
have left the city.
Late Saturday afternoon. Sheriff
Omer Hawkins began search for
the indicted men, but they had dis
appeared. Hawkins said he wasn't
worried. He said he did not think
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