New Britain herald., 1927-07-12
IMPEACHMENT MOVE
In indiana SEEN
AS LIKELY result
Alleged Disclosures Made by
Stephenson Involving Coy
ernOr Are Discussed

ern0r Are Discussed
SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE
SESSION MAY Be CALLED
Stephenson, From His Prison Cell,
Is Quoted as Declaring That His
Statements Are Not Blackmail or
Intimidatim-Two More Checks
Are Published Today. Others Will
Follow.
Indianapolis. July II UP)-The
movement for special session of
the Indiana legislature to do what
can be done toward righting alleged
wrong being revealed by publication
of D. S. Stephenson's private docu-
ments in the Indianapolis Times was
gaining Roadway today.
Secret Meeting Held.
A secret meeting of Marion coun-
ty legislators and other men in pub
lie life interested in clearing Indi-
ana's name of what they believe to
be the smirch of political corrup-
ton followed publication of the ST.
500 check alleged to have been
given by d. c. Stephenson to Gov.
Ed Jackson. Within few days, 1t
was predicted by those interested. q
number of prominent men will join
in the movement.
No public statement was made re-
garding the meeting, but it was
learned that the conferees agreed
that Impeachment proceedings will
be in order after all the documents
have been published.
Prosecutors Stand.
Prosecutor William H. Remy gave
cut statements which some persons
interpreted as discrediting the al
legged Stcphenson-Jackso check,
but the Indianapolis Times, a
Scripps- Howard newspaper, which
published it, believed that The
prosecutor was reacting naturally in
view of the fact that he was not
consulted about the publicity.
Boyd Gurley, editor of the Times,
only way to put Indiana's house in
order" was to "avoid secrecy and
let the people know what had hap
pened while Stephenson was head
of the Ku Klux Khan"
Publicity Campaign.
This policy the Times will follow
during the next month while it pub
fishes, one after another, the origin
al documents 1t received from Llyod
0. Hill. Stephenson's attorney, Cur
ley said.
Little importance was attached
today to the photostatic copy of a
letter purporting to be a pledge
from Claude NJ. Morley to permit
Stephenson to have a hand in po-
lice appointments and assignments
if Morley was named chief of po-
lice. Morley is chief of detectives.
A photostatic copy, according to at
torneys, has little value in court.
Hill, who gave the copy to Remy.
said he did not have the original
and did not know where it could be
found. Remy ignored the letter in
his public statements, refusing to
discuss it.
Ill Feeling Shown.
III feeling between Robert II.
Moore, Michigan City attorney for
Stephenson, and Warden Walter H.
Daily of the Michigan City prison,
resulted in an open clash Monday.
when DAILY forced Moore to give up
notes that the attorney had jotted
down during an interview with Ste
phenson. A guard had told DAILY
that Moore vas taking notes.
DAILY, after reading the memoir
anda, told Moore that he could not
take them out of the prison. Moore
then wanted to destroy the notes
and DAILY replied that he would take
care of it.
Moore charged DAILY with wanting
to make copies of the notes for
certain friends"
Daily. however, kept them.
One of the statements Stephenson
made to Moore was that the alleged
Jackson-s Stephenson check publica-
ton was not an attempt to intimi-
date state officials into doing
things they ought not do"
Il am not engaged in blackmail
or intimidation scheme" Moore
quoted Stephenson as saying.
Two More Checks.
The Indianapolis Times today
printed two more Of the checks
from the famous little black box"
and notes in the handwriting of
d. c. Stephenson. former Ku klux
Khan leader now serving q prison
term.
One Of these checks, was for ST.
600 was given to the republican
state committee, the Times said. 1t
was reported as contribution by
that COMMITTEE. 1t becomes inn
portant. the Times said, only be-
cause of the note Stephenson at
tached to it, declaring that he gave
it at the request of Gov. Ed Jack
son, then a candidate.
The other check was for $500 and
was drawn in favor of Edward
Tagtmeier. an employee of Stephen
son, who was brought here in that