The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-01

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though informed in advance o
pulled a handkerchief from hi
sat down without comment.
On five of the seven charges a
majority of the Senate voted to con-
vict Dearth. The law requires that
| two-thirds of all elected Senator's
must vote for conviction or a verdict
of acquittal returned. There are
fifty elected Senators. One Senator,
j. Monroe Fitch of Muncie did not
vote. That left but forty-nine
Senators from which to obtain the
necessary thirty-four votes and on
the second charge, thirty-two votes
were cast for conviction.
Invasion of Constitution"
On the charge that Judge Dearth
had invaded the constitution and the
bill of rights by arbitrary
suppression of a newspaper, twenty
nine Senators voted to convict.
There were twenty who voted for ac-
quittal.
A solid phalanx of seventeen Sena-
tors battled for Dearth throughout
the morning. They first fought, sue
cessfully, for an executive session
and demanded secrecy. They failed
to prevent the publication of the
final results or the names as they
answered to the roll call.
In this list Of seventeen are those
who in times past have been aligned
with the Ku-Klux Klan, the road
contracting organization and the Re.
publican State machine.
Led by NejdI
They we're led by James J. Nejdl
of Whiting. l.. G.. Bradford of South
Bend. George w Sims OF Terre
Haute and the local Senators who
have been amenablc to utility and |
machine influence.
Those seventeen never wavered |
and were just sufficient on one
count TO save Dearth from convic-
tion.
The Solid Seventeen
The solid seventeen who saved |
Dearth We're:
Charles II. Beeson. Winchester. |
member of the Cartwright faction of |
the Republican State organization. !
Lawrence f. Cartwright is the |
Eighth district chairman and has !
been in Indianapolis since the be- |
ginning of the trial.
L. G. Bradford of South Bend, who
was particularly active in pleading
for acquittal.
viii Brown of Hebron, who has |
acted closely with Hejdl throughout |
the trial
Sumner d. Clancy. Indianapolis
lawyer, who gave indications from
the start that he was unfriendly to
the proceeding.
Fred M. Dickerman. Indianapolis, |
elected by the local machine: Will
liam p. Evans, Indianapolis, attor-
ney for the insult interests.
He Switched
Floyd Garrett. Battle Ground. /
Ind, who insisted vehemently that |
the appropriation bill be corrected. !
and then switched with the organi-
zation.
Rowland n. Hill, Carthage. a con.
sistent Nejdl supporter. in charge of |
the Senate plunder committee dur. |
ing the session.
Is. r. Inman, Danville retired |
newspaper publisher.
c. Leroy Leonard, Warsaw.
Alonzo II. Lindley. Kingman. head |
of the farm bloc in the Senate.
Grin II. Markle, Elkhart, Demo
crat.
Roscoe Martin. Logansport.
James ]. Nejdl. Whiting. road
contractor, and spokesman for the |
State machine in the Senate.
Herman G.. Pell, Carbon.
William T. Quillen, Indianapolis,
Duvall attorney for the recreation
department and president of the |
Englewood Hustling Hundred.
Klan Candidate, Too
George w. Sims. Terre Haute,
Klan candidate for Secretary of
State.
Two Not in Records
Two notable figures of the trial. !
who did not get into the official
records We're w. Lee Smith. grand |
dragon of the Ku-Klux Klan of In. |
diana. who has been on the ground |
and w. A. McCleiland, unregistered |
lobbyist during the recent legislative
session for the traction interests. /
The day started with r4.:.. oy
Senator Chester A. Perkins of South
Bend, who moved that newspaper
men be admitted to the session of |
the Senate at which the vote was |
taken. His motion carried.
When the Senators went into ses-
sion Senator i. c.. Bradford of |
South Bend argued that the case
had been thoroughly aired and asked
that the balloting start.
Before q vote was ordered, Bruce
Cooper. Klan holdover Senator, de-
manded an executive session despite
the previous vote. Then on Sena.
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