The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-31

Miss Mildred Meade, former
Stephenson aide.
JULY 21-Recover bodies of two
boys drowned in White River and
lost for two days.
JULY 23-State tax board cuts
farm valuations 5000. 373,095
JULY 25-Prosecutors get "black
boxes" and examine contents. The
Times publishes $4,000 McCray
bride offer by Jackson.
JULY 27-State Superintendent
Miller made head Of indianapolis
schools.
JULY 30. F. Wild g. Co. Bank
closed by State examiners. Steph-
enson questioned by Marion County
grand jurors here.
AUG. 3-Ku-Klux Khan women
hold national convention here and
parade Claude M. Worley ousted
as chief of detectives.
Aug 4-Worley resumes his old
position of special investigator for
Marion County Criminal Court.
AUG. 5-Hiram Evans, national
K. K. K. head, addresses Khan wom-
en- here.
AUG. 6-Secretary E. S. shumak-
er Of the Indiana Anti-Saloon
League gets sixty days at State farm
and $3.50 fine for contempt of SUI
preme Court.
ANG. 9--Lindbergh visits city on
air tour
AUG. 12-Miller takes oath as In
dianapolis school chief and holds to
State job.
AUG. 23-Bandits take $4,000 in
Forty-Second Street State Bank
hold-up.
AUG. 26-Grand jurors quiz
Stephenson in prison cell at Michi-
gan City.
AUG 29-Grand jurors question
William P. Evans regarding McCray
bride attempt and L. CT. Julian, Ste
phenson lieutenant. State tax rHte
remains at $104.
AUG. 30-The Times reveals Sec
ond McCray bride attempt by Rob-
ert l. Marsh and Fred B. Robinson.
McCray paroled.
AUG. 31-McCray leaves Atlanta
Prison. Marsh before grand jury.
Also Fred B. Robinson.
SEPT. 1--McCray home. Safety
board members resign as Duvall
makes Worley police chief and Po-
lice Chief Claude M. johnson city
controller.
SEPT. 2-Civil service board quits.
Worley takes Office as chief.
SEPT. SCHOOLS ask accent tax
increase. Roy P. Wisehart takes
office as State superintendent of
public instruction. State fair opens,
Inns charging he is prosecuted. No
action taken on letter.
MAY 12-Attorney General Arthur
l., Gilliom attacks legislative pay
boost to $40 in brief filed in appeal
to Supreme Court. Court upholds
pay.
MAY Ex-Governor Jackson's wife
at point of death.
MAY Stephenson asks Gov
ernor for parole to arrange murder
case appeal. Denied Acts of 1927
officially proclaimed.
MAY 17-Mayor Duvall and
brother-in-law, City Controller Will
liam G. Buser, indicted by grand
jury on charges of election corrup-
ton. Placed under $4,000 bonds.
SEPT. 6-Jackson denies McCray
bride offer in letter to Boyd Gurley,
editor of The Times. Police and
flrenen voted pay increase.
SEPT. Grand jury indicts
Jackson, Marsh and George v. Cot
fin. Marion County Republican
chairman, for attempted McCray
bribery
SEPT. 8-Criminal Judge James
A. Collins sets Oct. for arraign-
ment of Governor and others.
SEPT. 12-Chamber of Commerce
assails city pay roll boosts.
SEPT. 13-Ray Fletcher, former
policeman, arrested for fourteen
robberies, 100000 loot.
SEPT. 14-Arthur Jordan gives
Butler University $625,000, making
total gift to school $1,00O,000
SEPT. 15-Duvall jury chosen
and trial gets under way.
SEPT. 17-United States Senators
linked in Shumaker contempt case,
as allegedly attempting to in
a,,a,,oo C,,,0ro,,oo Court
SEPT. 19-Duvall takes stand
and tells of taking $4,000 Armltage
bride.
SEPT. 22-Duvall sentenced to
thirty days in Jail, fined $1,000 and
declared ineligible to Office for five
years by jury.
SEPT. 23-Duval refuses to give
up mayorShip.
SEPT. 24-Lew Shank died sud-
denly.
SEPT. 26-Mrs. Duvall made city
controller by mayor and johnson
chief of detectives. Jackson changes
death sentence of Wallace Nc
Cutcheon, IT, Negro, to life i'm
prisonment.
SEPT. 27-Grand jurors sift Vir-
gil Vandagrifft'S, works board pres
ident. oil rejuvenator deals.
SEPT. 29-Civic clubs ask Duvall
resign.
OCT. 1.-The Times exposes pay
ments made to former State Treas
urer Ora J. Davies for huge State
funds deposited in the defunct
American Trust Company Bank