The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-16
S6-Page Document, Filed in
i Circuit Court, Asks
II 119 Questions.
SITS JACKSON SUPPORT
Attorney General Seeks to
k. Bare Expenditures in
EA State Campaigns.

aiom demands to know about 119
matters concerning Ku-Klux Klan,
and today went after the in
formation by filing 36-page docu
ment, asking that number of queS-
tions, in the Marion County Circuit
Court.
1t was the second move in his
campaign to have the Klan ousted
from Indiana, and was filed in con-
nection with his suit asking that
the Klans State charter be revoked,
on the ground it has failed to carry
out the patriotic" purposes for
which it was chartered.
Gilliom calls upon Hiram w.
Evans, imperial wizard of the Klan;
Joe Huntington, grand dragon for
Indiana, and other ofticiels to an
Swer-and to answer under oath.
Quizzes on DuvaH
Through the interrogations he
strives to throw light upon how the
Klan supported John Duvall for
mayor of Indianapolis in 1925, how
it welded influence to have only
Klansmen or Klan-approved candi-
dates elected to Office in Indiana,
and seeks to reveal the machina-
tions of the organization at the
Democratic national convention in
New York in 1924. When, according
to Evans, the Klan was responsible
for the nomination for the presi-
dency of John w. Davis"
who was the candidate for Gov
ernor of Indiana in 1924 that the
Klan supported?" is a question
hurled by Gilliom, who cites from
Exhibit 2, the January, 1928, issue of
Worlds Work, having an article
written by Evans entitled, 1.-THE
Ballots Behind the Klu-Klux Klan."
How did D. G. Stephenson, In
diana Klan chief, now serving life
term for murder in Michigan City,
make the Klan a political issue in
1ndiana?" Gillionl also asks. Other
questions include:
did Stephenson make an effort
to influence Indiana Klansmen to
vote for slate of candidates COM
prised of both Democrats and Re-
publicans in the 1922 general elec-
tion?"
Queries AOn Lynch Ballot
"Did he in the same election try
to influence Klansmen to vote for
the Democratic opponent of Patrick
j.. Lynch, Republican nominee for
the Office of clerk of the Supreme
Court?"
z. T. DUNCAN, Democrat, was
elected.
Did the Klansmen vote in con-
cert for the opponent of Lynch be-
cause he was a member of the Ro-
man Catholic Church?
Does the Klan or its officers in
tend in any way to engage in any
activities in the State calculated to
infuence selection of delegates to
the next Democratic State and ma
tional conventions?"
Gilliom also asked if the Indiana
Klansmen hired Senator Thomas
Hef1in, Alabama, to make speeches
in Indiana during 1927 for the pur-
pose of creating sentiment among
Democratic voters against the nomi-
nation of Alfred E. Smith for presi-
dent by the next Democratic ma
tional convention. If so, he asks,
eHow much did the Klan spend in
this State on account of Heflin's
epeeches?"
Other questions asked we're:
did the Klan operate in BIZ
partisan manner in Indiana in 1922,
1924, 1925, and will it do so in 1928,
TO elect candidates favorable to its
prganization?"
Asks About Expenditures
"How much money did the Klan
spend in Indiana, since its admis-
sion, for the purpose of exerting po-
sitical influence in the primary and
general elections?"
"Is 1t the attitude Of the Klan
that an American citizen who also
is loyal member of the Roman
Catholic Church is incapable of
complete patriotism to our coun-
try?"
why do Klansmen wear robes
and disguise their faces and is this
q requirements"
Does the kind of patriotism that
the Klan practices or teaches re-
quire secrecy and undiscloSed iden-
tity on the part of the members,
and if so, why?"
BY direct questions, Gilliom seeks
to learn the manufacturers price on
regalia and emblems sold Klansmen,
whether it was imperative that these
supplies be purchased from the
smperial wizard, and what per-
centage he added for his own profit.