Stephenson Bail Fight Tomorrow in Murder Case
State presses murder charge against former Ku Klux Klan leader and aide as bail hearing looms tomorrow. Prosecutors seek stringent conditions amid ongoing court battle.
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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1925
Page
1
Parents and Brother Testify in Stephenson Murder Case
Preparations for a legal battle continue as attorneys on both sides prepare for a Noblesville hearing Tuesday. Eight defense witnesses include Miss Oberholtzer’s parents and brother, Dr Kingsbury, Mrs Shultz, attorneys Smith and Dean, and hotel manager Permiss. The defense seeks admission of bail and to bring in Miss Oberholtzer’s alleged dying statement and a hotel register page to support her account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Miss Oberholtzer
Hotel
William H. Remy
Hotel Register
Hines
Stephenson
Hammond
Indianapolis
University Ave
Riverside Beach Theft Warning From Recreation Chief
Edward E. McBride, director of recreation, warns swimmers at the Riverside municipal bathing beach to use checking facilities or risk losing money and clothing. He notes recent thefts have involved those who neglect the lockers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Edward E. McBride
McBride
Service Hearing on Bail for Stephenson Gentry and Klinck
The Indiana circuit court at Noblesville opens a service hearing on bail for D. C. Stephenson Earl Gentry and Earl Klinck charged with the murder of Miss Madge Oberholtzer. The Times leases a courtroom telegraph wire for exclusive use by Times correspondents Blythe Hendricks John Niblack and Ruby Weil. J M Moore, Times photographer, will photograph proceedings. The case draws unprecedented public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. Stephenson
Earl Klinck
Earl Gentry
Madge Oberholtzer
Fred E. Hines
Hamilton Circuit Court
Nobles
Noblesville
the Times
Times Office
Timees
Blythe Q. Hendricks
John L. Niblack
Ruby Weil
Times
J- M. Moore
Indiana
The
Emerson Heights Presbyterian to Build New Church Unit
Emerson Heights Presbyterian Church discussed plans to erect a new church unit next year costing about 35000 dollars. Rev. H T Wilson of Monticello Indiana has been invited to become pastor of the new congregation after the first service in the portable building at Tenth and Wallace Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson Heights
Coal bids received for Indianapolis schools 1925 26
The Indianapolis school board at a special meeting reviewed bids for coal supply for the 1925 26 school year. The board also considered purchasing extra ground at School 72 Troy Ave and Carson road. Bids were referred to the finance committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Troy Ave
Carson Road
Finance Committee
Attempted Dynamite Purchase Reported in Tacoma
Police checked two men around 23 who tried to buy powder and dynamite at a hardware store near East Side State Bank in Tacoma. A clerk recalled they whispered their request and were refused. Officers obtained the license number of their car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Side
Assassination Report Shocks Macedonian Autonomists Leader
A Sofia message to Central News says Pantscho Michailoff, head of the Macedonian autonomists, was assassinated in the streets last night. the killer escaped. The Macedonian area of Bulgaria shows renewed calls for independence after years of quiet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
London
Sofia Mesto
Central News Today
Pantscho Michailoff
Storage bill refused blocks city plan commission car upkeep
City controller Joseph L. Hogue refused to approve valet charges for a national conference in New York and now withholds a $24 storage charge for two months of a commission car kept by Vaught Automobile Company. He urged storing the car in the city garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
Joseph L. Hogue
New York
Vaught Automobile Company
Hogue
Mayor Shank Signals Mayoral Backing
Mayor Shank hints support for Walter Myers in the upcoming mayoral race while noting Duvall has not sought his backing. He suggests it is too early to decide and warns that backing Myers could align him against many of his political associates including William Armitage and Joseph Hogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myers
Shank
Duvall
Walter Myers
William 4H. Armitage
Joseph L
Hogue
Nomoe
Chicago Gangsters Face Deportation After Police Raids
More than 800 foreign born gunmen were jailed in Chicago after police raids following the killing of two officers and wounding of a third. Authorities say many are Italians tied to the Genna brothers. federal officials pledge deportation for violators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
Dever
Robert E. Crowe
Genna Brothers
Antonio Genna
Mike Genna
Genna
Troops Mobilized as Riots Rage in Cape Breton
A special train carrying 300 Royal Canadian Dragoons with 86 horses and 5000 rounds arrives in Cape Breton where rioting and arson tied to the coal strike escalate. Raids on liquor stores in the mine war area spark intoxication reports and a large troop detail moves from Sydney to the New Aberdeen colliery power station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Halifax
N. S
Royal Canadian Dragoons
Cape Breton
Sydney
New
Aberdeen
Indictments Return Murder Charge in Marion County
Edward Bolden 30 and Joe Pfenry White 31 are named in grand jury indictments. Bolden faces first degree murder and assault with intent to kill in the April 8 shooting of Gilbert Hooks 22 who intervened in an argument. Also charged are Louise Price 822 E Walnut St Alex Kennedy 2352 Ralston St and Charles Holland 754 Kinney St with assault and battery with intent to kill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Bolden
Fifteenth St
Marion County Grand Jury
Gilbert Hooks
W. Highteenth St
Hooks
Bolden
Joe Pfenry White
Cora St
Louise Price
E. Walnut St
Alex Kennedy
Ralston St
Charles Holland
Kinney St
Box Maker Dynes Inherits From New York Millionaire
RYMOND DYNES, 19, a box maker at Marietta Glass, receives a $3 150 draft from executors of Hart B Brundett estate through Fletcher Savings and Trust. Brundett left Dynes a sixteenth of a $1 000 000 estate about $70 000, to be held in trust for his widow Mrs Brundett. Dynes will obtain from $2 000 to $2 500 yearly income and has supported his mother, Mrs Clara Moreton, since leaving school after sixth grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rymond Dynes
East Michigan Street
Marietta Glass Company
Fletcher Savings and Trust Company
Hart B. Brundett
New York
Brundett
Dynes
Clara Moreton
Husband Drops Alienation Suit in Marion County Court
T B Fisher of Chicago filed a $25 000 alienation of affection suit in Marion County Circuit Court against Robert M Cass 52 of 44 West Fall Creek Blvd The suit was withdrawn as Fisher stated the allegations were untrue He said a reconciliation occurred with Mrs Fisher formerly Miss Florence Lily Sneed of Knickerbocker Lodge and 1541 Central Ave Indianapolis arriving from Kingsport Tenn
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
T. B. Fisher
Chicago
Robert M. Cass
West Fall Creek Blvd
Fisher
Marion Circuit
Robert Cass
Cass
Ficher
Florence Lily Sneed
Knickerbocker Lodge
Central Ave
Indianapolis
Kingsport
Tenn
Foreigners in China appeal for aid after rioting
In Shanghai on June 15 authorities received appeals for protection for about 600 foreigners, mainly missionary women and children, from Kuling near Kiangsi. They feared their supplies could be cut amid last week’s anti foreign riots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Shanghai
Kuling
Kiu Giang
Retreating Yunnanese Forces Beaten and Slaughtered
Hong Kong reports seven hundred Yunnanese soldiers, unarmed and deserted by fleeing comrades, killed by Cantonese mobs after Cantonese forces entered the city. Hundreds suffered brutal deaths by beating and crucifixion as retribution lasted for a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Hong Kong
Foreign legation quarter fortified amid tense rumors
Peking reports machine guns and barbed wire fortifications at the legation entrances as rumors of anticipated violence sweep the city. The diplomatic corps holds a special session to consider possible further measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Peking
Legation Quarter
Bell Telephone Case Dismissed in Indiana Suit
Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliam dismissed the state's bid to revoke the Indiana Bell Telephone Company's charter. The case, heard in Johnson circuit court before Judge Fremont Miller, ended via consent to grant new trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur L. Gilliam
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
Fremont Miller
Johnson Circuit
The
Bell
Gilliam
Mother to Repeat Girl's Story in Noblesville Hearing
Mrs. Madge Oberholtzer is subpoenaed to testify at the Noblesville hearing on the murder charges against D. C. Stephenson Earl Klineck and Earl Gentry. She says she will travel despite the heat to oppose bail for the defendants and to preserve the case for society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Oberholtzer
D. C. Stephenson
Earl Klineck
Earl Gentry
Madge Oberholtzer
Noblesville
Ind
City Council Delays Police Hire and Hospital Bond Vote
An ordinance to hire thirty to thirty five more police officers will not be presented tonight but may come at the next meeting in two weeks. The council may authorize transferring funds to the engineer department to resume street and alley improvements. Majority council members are expected to yield to minority views and approve the $385 000 hospital surgery unit bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shank
Train frightens horse near Illinois Central crossing
A train passing over the Illinois Central Elevation at South Streets and Capitol Avenue startled a horse driven by 75 year old James Brennan for the Little Sisters of the Poor. The wagon overturned injuring Sister Alfost who lost three fingers, Sister Vilganne with facial cuts, and Brennan with internal injuries. All were taken to St. Vincent Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Sts
Capitol Ave
James Brennan
Little Sisters of the Poor
Vermont St
Alfost
Vilganne
Brennan
St. Vincent Hospital
Robberies In Nashville Area Net $1200 In Bizarre Thefts
Sheriff Parks predicted early arrests in three linked robberies totaling 1200 dollars. Cass McDonald home near Georgetown lost 200 dollars, Dr. W. T. Selfridge lost 500, and Findley Lemon 500 while driving. Indianapolis police asked to watch for a suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Special
Nashville
Ind
Cass McDonald
Georgetown
W. T. Selfridge
Findley Lemon
Indianapolis
Double funeral for Mr and Mrs Uriah Kring at Bre men
Times Scheoi reports a double funeral in Elkhart ind June 15 for Mr Uriah Kring 74 and his wife Katherine Kring of Bremen. Each died within half an hour of the other. Burial took place in Warsaw ind.
Accused Deaths Trial Hinges on Typhoid Question
William D. Shepherd in Chicago court faces cross examination over Dr. Amante Rongetti’s testimony about typhoid germs and a bacteriology course. The defense seeks to challenge Rongetti’s competence and past record while Isabelle Pope readies to testify about Billy McClintock’s murder and Shepherd’s interference with her engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Shepherd
Chicago
Billy McClintock
Crowe
Shepherd
Criminal Court
Indianapolis
Amante Rongetti
William Scott Stewart
Rongetti
Stewart
Rongett
Isabelle Pope
Thomas J. L. Lynch
Lynch
C. C. Farman
United Press
Billy
Robert E. Crowe
Miss Pope
Isabelle
Polar Planes Ready For Polar Ice Rim Scout
Two planes tasked to scout the polar ice rim for traces of the Amundsen-Ellsworth North Pole filers are prepared to start. They completed trial flights, but cloudy weather in Spitzbergen delays the launch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Preas
Death for Dr. Thomas W. Young in Beverly Glen slaying
Los Angeles dateline June 15. The State will seek the death penalty for Dr. Thomas W. Young confessed slayer of Mrs. Grace Grogan Young a Beverly Glen couple. District attorneys vow speedy trial, deny insanity defense, and pursue indictment to obtain execution for the so called scientific murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Aress
Los Angeles
Thomas W. Young
Grace Grogan Young
Keyes
United Press
Dr. Young
Beverly Glenn
J. Belton Kennedy
Europe
Aids
Pat Grogan Jr
Olive King
Young Grogan
Shepherd McClintock
Chicago
Weather snapshot from Minnesota morning readings
Hourly temperature readings from Minnesota show 6 AM at 81 degrees, noontime around 88, with afternoon values near 85 and 79 at later hours. Readers observe a warm day with steadily rising temperatures and a peak near noon.
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