The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-04
STEPHENSON IN
NEW CHARGES
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pay him a quarter of a million
dollars.
1T is profitable to those who gain
in politics to have a man out Of ths
way. I would probably be trouble
some when certain interests de.
manded recognition. They whisper
oil over Indiana that certain men
boast Of having planted Stephen
son.
Il now know who framed me and
why The whole State knows why
Stephenson was not arrested until
April ?. 1925, for crime they charge
was committed on March 10, before
the April date. The idea needed de-
velOping to meet a new and uneX-
pected situation which promised
greater opportunity than was orig
inally planned. The court was
fooled; the jury was fooled. and even
the parents Of the dead woman were
deceived by a group Of conspirators
who were clever enough to appeal
to the dead woman's devotion TO her
mother and induce her 10 relate fic-
ton which was invented by politi-
clans bent upon my destruction, and
shielding themselves from exposure
in the original plot which was made
without reckoning upon the courage
Of the woman used.
Says He Has Proof
This can be proved in court
not by guessing at facts; not by con-
jecture-but by cold. indisputable
truths which no man can impeach.
The men who framed me are to-
day prosperous and prominent be-
cause I used my money and organi.
cation and ability to put them in
high places of power and public
trust. Let those who deny 1t explain
why I stephenson was not allowed
to employ lawyers of my own choice.
Let them explain why | have been
denied the right to sign a motion for
a new trial based on new evidence.
Let them explain why l am not al
lowed 10 write business letters to my
friends who have charge Of my prop
erty and convert it for my defense.
Explain TO me why taxpayers of In
diana cannot see me to give me evil
dence. Explain why those for whom
I spent thousands of dollars never
lifted their hand. except TO stab me
in the back. Explain why part of
my property. left in trust. was sold
and the money never turned over 70
me. Explain why I was forced to
give a bill Of sale OF property against
my wife and no money turned over
10 me-
Most important Of ALL explain
why / am not permitted to file com
plant which would result in new
trial-why I am not given my
chance under the law.
Cannot TallI-His Claim
Il ask now who has the most to
conceal? If I am guilty no amount
of false testimony on earth could
free me. If ] am innocent l am en-
titled 10 a new trial. l am cooped
up where / cannot talk. am
simply buried a+ive by men who owe
me a fortune, is my belief-men who
robbed me of my property. Is it
expedient to avoid paying me to
penalize me forever? Are We chat
tel slaves that we are not allowed
TO tell the truth? Is il not a terri
BILE alternative of being buried alive
behind gray. grim wall of Indiana
Prison simply because some one is
afraid of the truth?
Appeals to Press
At the same time Adams issued
an appeal to the press of Indiana
in which he charged intimidation on
the part of what he terms the
"Walb machine" and specifically
states that pressure has been
brought to bear upon J. Frank Nc
DermOnd. Jr., editor of the Attica
Ledger and president of the Repub-
lican Editorial Association.
In his dramatic appeal, Arams
says:
THE most desperate undetermined
measures are being, resorted to by
the Walb machine to put a monkey
wrench into the working of our
probe committee. The latest is an
attempt to frighten J. +. McDer-
mond, editor of the Attica Tribune.
and president Of the Republican Ed
itors' Association, into deserving me
and my associates by an effort to
show that my acts as chairman of
the executice committee and chair
man of the probe committee are not
straight and have not been or.
dered by the whole association.
Walb Machine Desperate.
1T is to such desperation that
the Walb machine is driven to stihe
the truth.
Republican editors can see now
the drift and power Of the invisible
force that caters to a super-oath
that strangles truth for evil pur-
poses, even to the end Of bartering
free speech and free press in In.
diana, DEGREES that the truth is no
defense
AN indianapolis paper has Gun.
ningly smuggled truth for many
months. Seventeen of the great In.
diana newspapers had sessions all
day on this investigation and ex.
posture at the Claypool Hotel. April
%, and fourteen held session on the
eleventh of May, vainly fighting for
you and for the right to get the
troth. Only one withdrew.
"A State-authorized probe was
denied and we had to go on and I
was authorized to act as chairman.
The indianapolis newspapers, with
the exception of The Times, never
recognized any of your meetings. Is