The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-31

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In addition to Identifying the
bottle Of witch.hazei she found H.
room All, in the Indiana Hotel at
Hammond. where Miss Oberholtzer
is said to have been taken. Mrs.
Lillian Reed, chambermaid at thai
time, identified Stephenson as the
man she saw walking up and down
the corridor of the fourth floor
Identifies Stephenson
Asked IL she could point out the
man she saw pacing the corridor
floor, she arose from the witness
chair, walked over to the group of
defendants, and their attorneys
raised her hand. pointed to Stephen.
son and said.
Yes, sir. saw that man there
going up and down the hall"
Stephenson laughed grimly. and
wrote vigorously on the tablet rest
ing on his knee,
Ted Wilson night clerk and Dean
Ayres, day clerk at the hotel also
identified Stephenson as we'll as
Gentry asthe men who came to the
hotel on March 16. Wilson was the
first witness on the stand.
That the rooms 4I6 and All were
I'm an extremely disOrdered condi-
ton after the alleged escapade was
the story told by Mrs. Reed.
She said room All smelt strongly
OF liquor. An empty quart milk
bottle, the bottle OF witch hazel,
oranges, wet, blood stained pill.
low-sllp and a cuspidor "all full,
OF what looked like sour milk"
were other things. Mrs. Reed no
tlced In the room, the aftPr""1r
she cleaned II after the occupants
had departed. A handful ~ .v,1.
yer bullets In a dresser drawer
and an empty whisky bottle with
some whisky In it, were among
the articles which were left In the
adjoining room, 4l6.
Asked II she had gone to the
rooms during the forenoon, at her
usual time for tidying up. she said,
SOuAuh BSA hA' AHcy "SlS
locked"
did you return later?"
Yes, about 1 o'clock l went into
Az"
what did you see?"
Saw Girl on Bed
II saw the girl lying on the bed"
WAS she asleep"
IT could only see her arm"
when you were up there in the
morning did any one come to the
door and speak to your"
when | was at us door. In the
morning. a man came out and said
there were people asleep in there"
What did he say to you?"
He asked for towels-said they had
used all theirs for hot towels"
did you observe any odor about
him?"
Eyes, sir, he smelt of liquor and
-" she was unable TO complete
the sentence because of the wild
storm of objections from the de.
fense.
when you we're asked for the
towels. what did you say?"
Il said, Big night last night
and he just laughed"
While Mrs. Reed was being as
sisted to the witness stand
Prosecutor Remy handed to the jury.
men, the page from the Indiana
Hotel register, on which appears the
signatures Of w. b. Morgan and
wife. Each juror examined the name
carefully, then looked over the en-.
tire page and several looked on the
opposite side OF the page before pass
ing it on.
Wrong Identity
After Mrs. Reed testified she had
seen Stephenson walking up and
down the corridor. Remy asked:
did you see any one else around
there?"
Mrs. Reed then made a mistake
OF identity. upon which the defense
pounced eagerly
''Yessir, that big fellow over
there" she said, pointing at Ralph
Waltz, NOblesvilIe attorney, who
was sitting at the defense table
He Is one of StephensOn's lawyers.
WaltZ's face turned redder than
fire, while several of his tOwnsmen
in the audience Uttered.
"I rnean On that dav March 16s