The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-21
N. Y. TIMES SAYS
c. D. P. ANXIOUS
OVER HOLSTERS
Khan Leanings Of Senate
Candid dates PuzzIing
Leaders.

The New York Times, in its issue
Of Sept. 16, said: Talk in polit-
ical circles is whether surprise is
in store for Senators Watson and
Robinson in Indiana. Robinson has
been charged with being member
Of the Kan, while Watson never
has, as far as is known, taken any
steps to oppose the hooded order,
but has in fact enjoyed it's support.
"This was indicated at the ma
tional Republican convention, when
the Khan delegation from Indiana
offered him, as best fitted man, to
be President Coolidge's running
mate. The Indiana situation is CIV
ing Republican party leaders a lot
of anxious thought"
Was Stephenson's Counsel
There has been much talk OF
Senator Arthur A. Robinson's con-
nection with the Khan, but unbiased
investigation has failed to establish
the fact that Indiana's junior Sen
ator had ever joined.
Robinson, Symmes & Nelson,
the Senator's law firm, have been
counsel and legal advisers for D.
G. Stephenson, now serving life
sentence i'm the Indiana State prison
for the murder of Madge Overholt-
ger, and former grand dragon of
the Khan, in civil cases arising from
Khan affairs
The records of the Marion Coun-
ty courts show that Robinson
Symmes & Nelson represented
Stephenson in the suit brought by
the receiver Of the defunct Hoosier
Tailors Company, of which the for
nfer Khan leader hadg been one of
the incorporators. \,
The suit was brought to recover
payment for stock subscribed for, as
well as the collection Of numerous
bills for clothing furnished friends
of Stephenson. In the original list
Of claims of the Hoosier Tailors, be-
fore suit was fled appeared the
name of Ed Jackson, Governor, for
$3.50, which We receiver states the
Governor paid after demand had
been made.
Rcbinson's firm made It's appear
.ance for Stephenson at the time the
suit was filed and through the time
that the former grand dragon testi-
fed. Then the receiver asked the
dismissal Of the suit, which was be-
ing tried before Judge Pro Tenn.
Dunlevy, now a candidate on the
Republican ticket and relied it at
a later date and secured judgment.
The judgment, however, has not
been collected, as yet.
Fought Against Bossert
The name Of the Senator's firm
also appears as counsel for stephens
son in the cases which the man who
said 81 am the law in Indiana
brought against Hiram Evans, i'm
perial wizard of the Klan, and Wal
ter Bossert, Indiana dragon, after
the removal of D. c. Stephenson
from that office.
These latter suits have caused
many to wonder what the Khan vote
will do for Robinson on Nov. 2, al
though it is intimated that the. Sena-
tor had made his peace with Evans.
The name of George V. Coffin
boss" of Marion County land the
power behind Arthur Robinson, has
been mentioned many times in the
various controversies which have in.
tested the ranks of the Khan. Only
recently the Red Star League, new
est offspring of the old Klan, dis
missed George Elliott, as one of it's
officers, because he is alleged to
have made peace with Coffin.
The support accorded Senator
James E. Watson by the Khan had
its inception in the seating of Sena-
tor Mayfield Of Texas, whose case
was before the elections committee
of the United States Senate, of which
Watson was a member For some