The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-01
U.S.DISTRICT
/ ATTORNEY IS
BEFORE Jury
Noel, Former Counsel for
M'Cray, Also Called
\ sas Witness.
PLOT AGAINST EDITORS
Probe of Effort to Hush
General Investigation
IN Is Indicated.
PLOT AGAINST EDITORS

I A new slant to the probe of po-
SVitical corruption by the Marion
County grand jury was seen today,
when Albert Ward, United States
district attorney, was summoned as
the first witness of the day, remain
ing before the jury for twenty-five
minutes.
That further inquiries into the
knatter of the charge by The Times
that Ed Jackson had offered to
Warren T. McCray immunity and
$4,000 for attorney fees in return
for the prosecutorship of this county
hre being made was evidenced by
the calling again before the jury
pf James w. Noel, attorney for Nc
Gray, who was a witness Tuesday.
Calling Of Ward is believed to
Heal with the effort to suppress the
investigation and to discredit- Boyd
Gurley, editor of The Times, and
Thomas A. Adams of Vincennes,
who gave out the first of D. @. Ste
phenson's letters from State Prison.
1t is known that several months
hgo powerful forces called into their
services some of the discredited fol-
lowers of Stephenson for the pur-
pose Of getting something that
would descredit the editor Of The
Times.
An attorney directed the opera
tons and employed some OF these
former satellites of the former grand
dragon and these men offered. with
great prodigality, the influence of
officials If affidavits would be given
to show that The Times had resorted
to illegal practices to produ"e
evidence.
Held Forged Payers
These men, 1t Is known, carried
forged documents to the Federal Of.
ficials, in an effort to obtain fndict-
ment Of the editor Of The Times ana
of Thomas adams.
That the grand jury Is interested
now in tracing the source OF these
forgeries which may have been pre-
sented to the Federal authorities Is
the belief of those who have 1ol-
lowed the jury investigation.
The efforts to discredit Thomas
Adams and the editor of The Times
was particularly active just before
The Times obtained and published
the checks for $4,000 given by
Stephenson to Ed jackson and the
disclosures leading to delivery OF the
black boxes to the custody of the
prosecutors.
Adams was apprised OF the EFFORT
ht it's inception and kept in touch
with the movements made by these
former Stephenson followers in be-
half of others employed to obtain a
basis for Federal action.
It is known that Adams, some
time ago, notified the local prosecu-
tor of these efforts and complained
that State laws had been violated
for the Federal investigation.
y The recalling of Noel after his
testimony of Tuesday followed evi-
dence given by Robert I. Marsh on
Wednesday.
Marsh Was Khan Official
Marsh was the CA of the khan,
attorney for it's national extension
department at a salary OF $4,000,
and was charged by The Times with
having introduced stephenson to
loel when the former dragon re-
beated the offer made by Jackson to
McCray. Noel at that time was
ehief of defense counsel for Nc
Gray.
Noel was followed by William
Bhifferdecker, who was ousted as
clerk in the city engineering depart
knent July /, by Frat.k @. Lingen-
telter, then city civil engineer, since
resigned.
Then william Rogers, former
Khan organizer, who was a witness
before the Reed senatorial inquiry
anto Indiana politics last fall, went
before the jury.
Inman Gives Testimony
Rogers was followed by Eph IN
man, who defended D @. Stephen
hon In his murder case at Mobiles
kille. Inman left at 11:45 a. m
after having testified for halt ar
hour.
The Jurors and prosecutors held
conference the rest of the morning
Prosecutors today indicated that
ghey had made no plans to ask NC.
Cray to testify on his return to the
hffry fOdoU