The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-13
Girls Mother
Sits Alone
in Home
Premonition Nearly Halted
Tragedy on March
Night, She Says.
BY Eldora Field

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EvT HILE the jury is being
wv selected in Noblesville
which will try the alleged
murderers of her daughter
Madge, Mrs. George Ober-
holtzer sits restlessly waiting in
ler lrvington home at 5S02 Uni
versity Ave.
1t is a beautiful home-a spacious
colonial-purchased some years ago
by Mr.. and Mrs. Oberholtzer he.
cause their little girl, Madge-their
only daughter-was growing into
young womanhood and they wanted
things nice for her" Now that the
little girl is gone, the house is too
big and lonely in the gloom OF a
misty October day.
Nobody knows how terrible this
is to go through" Mrs. OberhoItzer
said, tremblinglS "but my hus.
band and The " INT TO NoblesviIIe
today-would sees this through If
It were hundred times as hard.
"Not just Revenge"
"Oh, it's not just revenge that we
feel" she went on, "although OF
course you can realize how terribly
hard it is when we think Of our fine.
sweet girl" She paused to gain
control of herself.
Taken away by those big. strong
men, abused"
For a little while only the mothers
sobs broke the stiffness.
ITS because we feel that IL jus.
tlce is done in this case" she con.
t!nued. that it may help other girls
helpless in other mems hands
that We're willing to go through this.
Oh, If those men could for one mo.
ment feel the agony that they have
put into my heart. they could not
smile Jauntily at the trial"
How can they smile?" she de-
manded, sitting up with flashing
eyes. How can Stephenson smile
and act as IL the whole thing were
inconsequential? How can he, for
one moment. get from out his
minds eye. a pitifuI girl figure
broken, bruised, calling for her
mother"
Mrs. Oberholtzer could not keep
her seat. She rose and paced the
room.
She told something Of the events
or the night OF March 15-that night
which she now knows was the most
momentous in her life, but which at
that time seemed unimportant. It
was on that night according to her
daughters dying statement, that
Madge hurried To the Stephenson
home In response TO telephone call.
1t was on that night the State
charges that she was drugged kid.
naped, attacked and taken to Ham
mond, Ind, where she took the
poison that brought her death.
II was half sick-just recovering
from the flu when Madge came in
and told me she was going out In
response to that telephone message.
The word urgent impressed us
both. She was TO be gone only a
few minutes, It was right in Irving
ton, only four squares away and an
escort was there for her.
A Little While
"Ill only be gone a little while.
mother, she said brightly. How long
and terrible that little while that
followed.
"They say n mothers heart has
premOnitions-mine had, for only
moment after she closed the
door, wanted TO call her back.
ran to the window, had my hand
on the sill to raise il, but ] saw
her walking away with her escort
II seemed so silly TO call her back.
i was afraid it might embarrass
her. If l only had Obeyed that
silent heart message!
II never saw her again until days
after when they had brought her
dying to the house. Her big, pitiful
eyes caught mine, Mother, she said,
reaching toward me. My baby-she