Word: stephenson
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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From jail he has been writing letters. Two of them got past the prison authorities. He says that the murder charge was trumped up against him by his political tools who, rather than pay what they owed him, packed him off to jail. Mr. Stephenson lists among his onetime tools Governor Ed. Jackson,* Mayor J. L. Duvall of Indianapolis, and many another weaker light...
...Senators Watson or Robinson, or Governor Jackson to start an investigation of "super-government" in Indiana. Last week Mr. Adams threatened to force the calling of a special session of the Indiana Senate to consider the impeachment of Governor Jackson, if he was not allowed to interview D. C. Stephenson. Later in the week, Prosecutor Will H. Remy, who had sent Mr. Stephenson to jail, called for a grand jury investigation of Indiana's grime...
...Later, in 1924, Mr. Stephenson was ousted from the national Klan because he had violated his oath of allegiance and had been "disrespectful to virtuous womanhood." He had already organized an independent Klan, had himself chosen Grand Dragon; and then replied to his old friend, Imperial Wizard Hiram Evans: "The present national head is an ignorant, uneducated, uncouth individual who picks his nose at the table and eats his peas with his knife. He has neither courage nor culture...
...story says he collected the jewels in a pint milk bottle, took it home full. -Mr. Stephenson says he spent $120,000 to elect Governor Jackson, and later commanded him to appoint Senator Robinson, Republican, as the successor of the late Senator Samuel M. Ralston, Democrat...
...Stephenson says he spent $120,000 to elect Governor Jackson, and later commanded him to appoint Senator Robinson, Republican, as the successor of the late Senator Samuel M. Ralston, Democrat...