Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-09-16
Gov. jackson Indicted BY Indiana
Grand Jury.

Gov. Ed jackson, Of Indiana. was in
dicted last Friday afternoon for conspiracy
to commit felony and attempted bribery
John L. Duvsll, Mayor oflndianapolis, was
named in another indictment, charging
violation of the Corrupt Practices Act.
jackson has been Governor OF Indiana
since January. 1925, and Duvall has been
Mayor of Indianapolis since January, 1925.
Both are Republicans.
Named in the same indictment with
Gov. Jackson were George v. Coffin, chair
man Of the Marion County Republican
Committee. and Robert l. Marsh formerly
law partner of jackson and counsel for
the ku Klux Khan during the grand DRAGON
ship Of D. c. Stephenson.
The return of indictments recently was
a climax to eleven months of inquiry by
three successive grand juries into charges
OF political corruption in Indiana.
Bond of Gov. jackson was fixed at ST.
500 by Judge James A. Collins, who named
the same amount for Marsh and Coffin,
The Mayors bond was set at $1,000.
The report ended an investigation that
started eleven months ago after D. c
Stephenson, former grand dragon Of the
ku klux Khan, had made charges Of politi-
cal graft from his cell in the Michiaan
City prison, where he is serving a life term
for murder.
Thomas H. Adams, Vincennes (Ind. }
publisher, received notes from Stephenson
in which the charges were made and he
played prominent part in bringing the
matter before the Marion county grand
jury.
Gov. Ed jackson is the second Governor
OF Indiana to be indicted within the last
four years. He was the first Governor to
be elected after Warren T. McCray, who
was released on August 81 last from the
Federal penitentiary at Atlanta after serv-
ing three years and four months Of a ten
year sentence for using the mails with
intent to defraud.
Governor McCray's financial troubles
which led him to forge signatures on
worthless papers which he Hoated, were
attributed to the detiation in farm values
following the war. Known at the time of
his election as one Of the largest and
wealthiest cattle breeders in the country,
conducting operations in many States,
McCray. once rated as worth over IS, OUO..
600 emerged from prison penniless, ac-
cording to his friends.
McCray was first indicted by the Marion
county grand jury on charges Of foeery,
embezzlement and larceny and was brought
to trial on those charges. The Jury dis
agreed and McCray was brought to trial
In the Federal District Court in Indian
apolis on charges Of using the mails in
connection with his admittedly dubious
methods of trying to raise funds to hold
on to his stock farms. McCray insisted he
had no intention Of defraudine anyone in
his scheme to raise needed cash.
He was convicted by a Federal Jury
after only thirteen minutes elaboration
on April oath. 1924. He was sentenced
to the penitentiary by Federal Judge A. B.
Anderson in Indianapolis six days later. |
Emmett F. Branch. then lieutenant gov
ernor, finished out his unexpired term.
According to stories recently published
in indianapolis newspapers. Jackson. who
was Secretary Of State In the McCray ad.
offered McCray immunity
from punishment for his offenses and So.
BOO TO aid in his legal defense II lie would