The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-21

Elliott, former cyclops of the Mar
ion County Klan.
If argument upon the evidence
was reached this afternoon, 1t was
expected that the case will go to
the jury late Thursday. If argument
is not begun until Thursday morn
ing, 1t was regarded as possible that
the jury may not get the case until
Friday morning.
Bare Mystery Meeting
Another development was dis
closure by State cross-examination
of Frank Cones, board of works and
county council member, a defense
witness, that Cones attended a
mystery meeting" of Duvall friends
at Police Chief Claude M. Worley's
office Monday night.
Others there were Worley, Fred
Connell, safety board member; Otis
Dodson, Republican faction leader;
Jesse Hutsell, fire chief; and Harvey
Grsybill, one Of Duvalps attorneys.
Purpose Of the meeting was not dis
closed.
The defense introduced a number
Of character witnesses for Duvall
and four witnesses against the
reputation for veracity of Constable
Frank Sipe, who had testified for
the State that Duvall offered him
the city market masters Job for
5000.
The State, in rebuttal. put Court
Reporter Norman E. Metcalf upon
the stand and had him read con-
flicting testimony of Fire Capt. Os-
car L. Hupp and Alonzo Jeffers,
Klansman, given before the county
grand Jury and in the present trial
about whether Duvall promised he
would favor the Klan in his ad-
ministration.
Charles w. Kern, school board
member, was the first defense wit
ness Of the morning.
He testified he attended the Klan
mass meeting at the E. Tenth Street
M. E. Church community house, at
which the Rev. George s. Henninger
testified Duvall pledged himself to
give at least so per cent Of city ap-
pointments to Klansmen, but de-
clared he heard no mention of per-
centage of appointments at the
meeting.
He told Of some Of the questions
read the group of candidates by
Henninger and said after the read
ing some of the candidates answered
IT do" and "I will" and some NO."
but said he did not see anyone raise
his left hand, the Klan voting sign,
in the row In which Duvall sat.
Go Behind Curtain
On crosse examination he admitted
that after reading of the questions
the candidates gathered on the plat
form in two groups and q curtain
drawn between those who had an
swered II do" and those who had
voted no or made no answer.
|. There might have been some
mention behind the curtain of per-
centage of appointments to go to
the Klan, he said.
Clyde Robinson, county treasurer
elect and Marion County State
Bank president. testified to receiv-
ing a $4,000 check and note direct
ing him to give the $4,000 to w.
G. Buser, the mayors brother-in-
law, from Duvall the night Of Nov.
8, 1925.
The next day the money, which
Buser has testified he turned over
to william II. Armitage at once,
was paid to Buser, Robinson said.
The mayors wife, modishly
dressed, in the two minutes she was
on the stand, calmly denied that she
ever had met William H. Freeman
or that she could remember him
ever having been at their home.
The State refrained from cross
examination. Mrs. Duvall stepped
from the witness chair and took a
seat beside the mayor. This was
her first appearance at the trial the
court having ordered that all wit
nesses be excluded until they had
testified.