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THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR. SATURDAY, JUNE 20, iirj.5. 10 STEPHENSON BAIL VERDICT TO BE GIVEN THURSDAY DRY GOODS MEETING FATHER'S DAY JUNE 21st On These Hot Days shake at It Griffith Dean, his partner. took shake st It; Mrs. Moore took! a shake at It, then they put It to-I gether and after conferring with IT.

Klngbury. they submitted it to the girl to sign, i But it will be a different proposl-I tlon at the trial. The statement was not written by Madge Oberholtzer, but by a lawyer, who was wnployed to TO BE CONDUCTED washing clothe? becomes more of a drudge than ever before. "Why put up with old methods of washing clothes when for $99 you can I PRACTICAL PLAN coxci.rnitn from page ox. hement replies by the attornles for th three defendant.

Judge In announcing the date for his ruling, stated that he desired to refer to the citations given him by n.mlmPnt OnH first I 11 imp ua in or a nnnunerin-nL ui hj 1.. ef I pon notice of Ralph h. Kane, -f, counsel for the state, and Ira Holmes, co-counsel for he defense banish wash dav work forever with an ABC Electric Washer? Let us demonstrate the ABC and tHl you aiiout our easy payment plan. 1 lode rn A pplia ccs of Every Sort Are to He Had at Sanborn 's FIXTURES FANS JAM PS WASHERS C1EASERS HAIR DR VERS HEATERS ROSS TOASTERS VIBRATORS ETC. that they would be unable to be prcs- Tlk at Remy.

ent, Judge HH.es stated that In the If "meantime the other business of the tn order P'rfurm a owl transfusion on-the court n.UHt go on, and that in oiucr to give. in more time to Investigate. Iglrl? Ir. Kingsbury said jt waa belie would fix the date for the after- cltw mgM ()o ner KrM: that she noon of June 21." wss anemic, and done in the hope Defense IMeails Biilcide. recover.

They wouldn't In tlie closing argument for the de- have performed that transfusion If i that the tbere waa no hope for her recovery, fense Mr Inman imiicated tnai i I tn serving notice on you now that defense the three accused men. yolJ bpttor t(j when they go to trial 'before a that circumstance at the trial," lie would be that oberholtzer com- Do)rit jn t0 Mr X. :w.t X. Illinois MA lii 1017. Opp.

V. A. KIT KI.KCTKK (iOOI)S FROM AN KLKCTItlCAI. STORK Give Dad a Schloss Tie Dad's been forgotten long enough! Tomorrow he comes into his own it's Father's Day. Give him a Schloss tie of Willow Crepe or silk and wool special showing of new figures, stripes and plain colors great values at collect money.

It was showed to her one hour after Smith told Dr. Kingsbury to tell Madge Oberholtzer that she couldn't recover. Everything was corked ml primed for this dying statement. They were all there. Did Kingsburv.mean what he told the rm.m.

I rl Was ell hope for her recovery actually gone? ln)f nnti.PJ1 on vo." In the hubfWof ttlnr ready loo," Mr. Remy returned. "You can get ready for some things," enme the reply, "but you can't get ready for that." InniBn asked If there was Intention on the part of the defendants, Assuming that what was In the dying declaration were true, to kill the girl, and asked how they could get her past the guards and attendants at the I'nlon station 1 why he would give her money to buy a het, as she stated In the declaration; they would bring her home in an automobile Instead of killing her on a lonely Uke county, dispos ng of the body. her to her own deposited her on a bed In, her own room. I "As marks on her they will be accounted fur from other1 sources when the time comes," Inmun promised.

i Ooverner Mentioned. Mr. Remy, In his opening argument for the tale, brought Into the case: the hiehest official in the government He was referring the court to the occasion of the acquaint- "i nnn Miss uner- holizer, a nd build ing tip the character tlm girl who died April 14. "Your honor," Mr. Remy said, "she him (Stephenson) In the company, the Covernor of the state of Jndl-! She had met him In the com-: of responsible people and had no! to believe he would do her an; Remy charged the defense with faith and declared the only pur-I of the defendants' counsel was to milted Hlh id that there was not sufficient to wa riant toe Inn county gran.l Jury tn return an indictment against theni charging; them with murder, Kacli side whs allotted three hours at the ginning of the argument for the presentation of their case, and the opening statement for the defense, which led.

was made by Floyd Christian of Noblesville William H. Heiny. Marion county prosecutor, followed with the opening statement "for the slate, and at. his conclusion Mr. Holmes of the defense made his argument.

Mr. Cox then made his etate-ment for the stale, followed by Ralph '1 m. 1 with the 111:111 the aigunient Kim me statement for the defense. Seats lii the' front row of the spec- talor's space In the courtroom were occupied hv Mr. and Mrs.

OH-rge 'Oberholtzer parents, and Marahall Oberholtzer' brother, of the dead girl, A V. Heeler, mother of Mrs. Marshall oberholtzer, who did not at-i tend the hearing today, sat with the mother, while other friends were seated nearby rl eted on th F.ach kept their eyes speakers, and often glanced at Mepnenson bum io" nhn a TO aWsitinP tlal On the I Ol r. cMghtfoj xmidcr inl NATIONAL vJ. PARK $1 Other tics $1.50 to $3.50 charge of killing their daughter and'of Indiana sister.

Stephenson occupied a seat between Inman and Holmes at the defense table, and often conferred with his toi-nevs-or read various papers. Our-I 17-21 East Washington St. OPEN TONIGHT UNTIL NINE Ing tiie neat of the argument he laid down the documents and listened in- tenlly. then resumed his reading with apparently little Interest. He listened closely however at Mr.

Jninan's clos-j lug statement. Mr. Inman made capital of the Judge's criticism of the remark made hv Mr. Cox, when he opened his argu-'pose met of ana. jpsny reason Injury." bad Open June 1 5 to Sefit.

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I S. 'lurk liiriiuo, III. obtain the evidence on which the state relied to com let the accused men. He said they attempted to subdue the wit-; She took the poison after any attempt and said It was proved by the had ceased, while alone. The charge fad sonic witnesses were left on the Us that she took poison from ahame tt only a few moments while jBnd pain, not that her death resulted others never were called, and said theifrom anything contained in the 'res 'Wense failed to ask Mrs.

Shulz to 'gestae' of attempt. She received an nnlnl i i urtaVtla to lake all GREAT' mu Route of the New Oriental Limited Finest Train to Pacific Northwest No Extra Fare ineiit. "I felt In the kindness of my heart almost afraid to make a proper and adequate reply to the remark Mr. Cox lias seen lit to withdraw In part and then proceed to make worse," Mr. minn l' want to be fair and I feel that nJinr a a oract nr attorney I win 1 nave a i discharge that duty even though my life he taken.

I am unafraid. My conscience drives me to aid these men who have heen forced to sit through these statements without an opportunity to speak for themselves." Mr. Inman said he had received letters many whlA bp characterized as powaMly and asserting the pertioy 01 an inflamed public sentiment." "I didn't know at the time of the fire at Mr. Stephenson's home, that Mr. Cox had been employed to assist In the prosecution of this case, but if I had known It, 1 would have known better where to look for the Inspiration that caused the burning of the 'den of as It lias been called by counsel for the state." Charges "Influence." lie charged the state with attempt- ing to "influence tlie people or iianni- ton county, where they would obtain a turv to trv this case" and or trying in raras'iiscsEoCsaa: HZ 11 a 0 UR thoughfulnc.cs Indiana Retailers' Association Will Hold Annual Convention Next Week.

will be mp.halzid In' tha twelfth annua convention of the Indiana Retail Dry Coods Association held at thi" Clayponl liutnl Tuesday a ri I Wedm-aday, according to W. 1 H. Haich, business manager of the as-; so. iatlon, who is In charge of arrange- merits, The Indiana. Retail Itv iood Anno-, elation is an organization of retail, nn p'hahls of 'Iry goods ready-to-vwtr inereha nil i.sf numbering About 2hl i 1 1 -s from the highest grsd uf In" slate.

an M. I blink of i I tnr, president. The association i .1 in i I unices ri the Merchants Rank building, ipipr-nn for th" convention will, Irn-i'ile an equal proportion of set talks I'' rt 4 In! ng to the problems of toe lry goods and ready-to-wear trade! anl of open forum sessions. ion for the convention will I take place in the Palm roonrof the I hotel between in unci li! o'rlofk Tuesday morning. At 1- o'clock two; it A M.

Mltl.K luticheoiis will he given jointly by the i 1 1 livens (liddes Compnny and the! 1 1 Ibheiidloll wog Company. One of these, to lie held In the Florentine room of the hotel, will be compliment- a i to men members and vishing merchants. TI Iher, to he held at the Istoeli Country iluh, will be in iionor of uonien altendlng the con-; eiiiion, ho will be taken for a drive i thl'Mleh the residence district of the city over the boulevard system and to visit tlie John Herron art Institute. Opens With Address, Tuesday afternoon's session nf the convention will open at 1 o'clock with the address of the president and the report of the treasurer, I.ee fl. Nushaiim of Richmond.

Ren Allen nf Washington. Or. Herman 0. Morgan, secretary of the Indianapolis hoard of public health, and K. Keiley of l.ogansport, will speak.

National attention centers upon the style and merchandise review which will be presented by Chicago garment manufacturers and milliners in the Kiley room of the hotel at the annual dinner of the association Tuesday evening. Thirteen living models, all members of Alpha Chi Omega. Sorority at Butler college, will promenade In dresses, coats, hats, footwear and accessories which representative of the advance styles for amnion and winter. Tlie models will be liorothy Patterson, 1 4 03 I'ark avenue; Maigarot Harlet, Kxergreen avenue. Katlierine llarrod.

"JHUI Cen tral avenue; liorothy Rasseit, Sutherland avenue; Helen F.rber, LM'tj nine Hidge road; l.uclnda Smith, Ib'-O South Randolph street; Oorothy! Rrow I'errin, 1 a. Rei nice Winthrop avenue; Upall 1 1 tn Ashland avenue; Martha, e.lT North Irvington McClusky. 4R Rast llilrty- ttrt street; Mary Swain. North lielanare street; Katherlne Smith, prjii South Randolph street, and Kbarior Coiyoll, 11U2 Kast Washington street. Idectlon of Directors.

KI.Hction of directors will open Wednesday morning's session of the convention at o'clock. Speakers at sessions Wednesday will be (i. 1). llorias of Chicago: Don 1'. lirldge of the Indianapolis News and Arthur Rravton of I ies Moines, James P.

Woods of the research department of S. Aires I'rof. Lionel 1). IMie of Indiana university and W. Ware of the Chicago Association of I 'oniltiel e.

odic.Ts of the Indiana Retail Try Association Mr. Niblick. president. W. F.

S-hger of rem. vice tit. Mr. Nushauni, ir. as- Scout Notes.

Scouttunster Ilaskett will conduct a tesi hike for members of Tioop L'o tomorrow. The hike will along Whltt! river. Members of lo, witli Scoutmaster Smith in charge, are planning to spend the next week-end at the S.out reservation. Scicitinas'cr Koli. i son pol ls John promoted lo second class during a recent meeting of Troup 1(1, I'mrliig th" meeting of Troop Nil last cveiiioK, Michael.

Fox was enrolled. Troup "'HI trip to Turkey Run this week under the leadership of Scoutmaster Killen and While. of the troop committee will accompany the troop. Hint, Smith, Kenneth Hock and lioiiaM Clononeth won promollon to second class during the last meeting of Troop fill. Shaffer, a member of Troop 'qualifl-d for second class at the Seoul reservation this week.

Between fl ft and sixty Scouts will he needed durinc the coming X. A. convent ion. beginning on "(l. Scuts who are interested In earning service medals re urged tn register at headquarters for assignments.

Scoutmasters wlil meet at the Scout reservation this evening for the regular June business session. Arrangements will be made for those desiring to siav in camp over the week-end. The recent application for reregls-trailon of Troop contains the names of Herbert Jennings. Rruce Johnson and in Raul Johnson, new members. Robert Rutt has completed all tenderfoot requirements entitling him to membership in Troop 72.

Troop has Just completed six months' work, -in which the membership has hen doubled: seven boys have attained second class and two have b.cn promoted to first class. I WO MAY lIK OK At TO IN.MKIKS. I'll HKS'lC June 19. Hi. 0 phi ,,1,1.

an, I ''lnuile ,1. 4 enr-' peilmpa weie loin fal.iilv 'his i.fiern.,nn when sini, in i trick driven t.v r' M.ller. IT ishis old The bova suddenly from behind another aiio-ininhllo and Miller cnilld net nvnirt hitting them. Re was arrested, hew-ever, nn- charges nf driving an automobile under aga and without a chauffaura lii.tii.ie. if '4- 1 1 I I I I I in handling the hst arranecmrnts is appreciated.

i A mil. In the ineic Influence the court and talk lo fln offpV hpr f) h(l, ttl ha4 nK Stephenson's wife," he as-j They have serted. 'The law doesn't contemplate faith In the petition to he lei in nan hp, to rin io i thef, Tdefc'd iv hose names appear Hie nil rooiio houtr, "Put not one or 1 nu eairieu mange 10 ner room, because they iiiiii point io some one in the court room and say "that Ib the man." He Inquired also why the crew of the Monon train had not been called. i ne noiie oec arai on or Madge Oherholt.or Is In evidence with thanks to the defense, i he said. "They ny an pv), ntnt mllst If that dying declaration doesn't depict something done then the, state has no evidence." ninmes Def endanla.

Mr. Remy, in a plea against granting liberty to the three accused men, declared "Madge Oberholtzer would not have died If she had not been drugged and kidnaped." He said she wus surrounded with men with revolvers, and declared "when a good girl of her kind finds herself In such a predicament there Is a curtain be tween her death and the act; her act was a natural consequence of the acts ihese rlofenHunt rha lulDnmnt nhnn-i I1k V.h-- I They never made a good faith w- i -u, Into their custody; she was without money, without friends, and they were armed. "They delivered her at her home, after that terrible ride from Hammond, with a lie on their Hps and tried to get her to lie about It, too. "1 say to tills court that these men are not entitled to ball and they never will be entitled to bail until they bring In the evidence the state relies upon and present it all to this court," Mr. Keiny said In closing.

"The evidence already presented Is sufficient to up In the evidence the state relies upon and present It all to this court," Mr. n.e,.v ns. i io ewuence already presented Is sufficient to up- hold the indictments and har the wav hold the Indictments and bar the way I to ball for these defendants." Statements i of liomy that the defense wua acting In bad faith were declared cmith who said Through us your every wish is served; every detail is one of pcriection. en the hack of the nd etment against 1 1 men testified to anv she wouldn't accept I. any other Infamy of the murder of Madge Oher-b of this case.

They were way. These men had taken this girl holt 7.er. It Is Just as much a. murder I PHOKE'THF FiTfclFfJkT. HHMF 951 N.

TO DRILL JULY 4 State Guard Will Observe Defense Order by Roll Call. h'l'lloHing a wiiii i 1 w1kIi1 A ulf II. K'-rnhncr, fliljuintif (fiMifn I'i 1 ilu.M'l, hhp'I nn ni 1 1 nil ri 1 "ff' "i nut Ik. i lihc 1 tpf ft nl! Kin-i 'tintt In lorn! I Tr flny, July 4. Tii1 or'lor, tn jut rf foMfiw.i: "I 'nllM JUI'l thr In-i Xnflnrml fie ul imriz'! tn In unif'-rni f- 0 ro-; ppr-rthc run iili-y 5n'h li'iiir "ti 4, h.

niy he il by t)i' c-nniinHndirKs' fH -r -f inc or i rnm-cn-t. "I'nitf aro vc tri pa rt icipatp in any lot a 1 patriotic -1 1 1 i onHti'fit Inns. "Tin iisst'inhly of tlm unit or hf'ful-' fjHfi rt'TS mny bo as hii annui'v 'diill pnniili'tl nn1 iiml nuc-haH' Imur 1 i.s used fur in.t ip linn 1 ilh. re(juired pe of ami -n I ifttdl rii'-n re pr.sm Ur.i no! 'it tier drill l'l In lie litne jn rl ieipa i ion in l-vii wit! r' rd Jn- st rip-Hon." I'M rerrnlh" tn i f-'frtied ttif WhC 1 tint be-; i nf limit') Mni no fpa i a ion would Im nmde for cneral mohii'a- on tn reeir nf the day in In i n. It I rMehrattnns will be held In 9 mie rtt je.

i fl nd imvnj. CITY WILL REBURY BONES OF UNKNOWN A pile nf human boneo, nml Mulls, i many Hum from unmarked grnw0. will lie buried by tlie niy. ii ju.nouiic-d by illiam H. Kteem-in.

meinbt i of tlie boanl of wfiks, after jt was Unit steam jtlmvnh "worktmr on the A pi-en- ion projt'rt liad iiiii rthed numtii of in i ii eepla wn couieiery, Kentuiky aeinie aixl hite river. K)iea 'tthii: beiiiK mi tbe illrt be used hHrkflll ttie K'-ldtieky eiipe lirldn. tllla in li fit att yes- Ilotitbd tiie of wui'h- that 1 i is Hie rt v' duly to the rpniolii" from the nprn.d ura-rn. Tb bone-? be in anoii.cr nnie- i trn, A number of f. '1 in 'ns buri'd in 'he i'hkP ry durini; the rh 11 u'ur.

Many of thi'v hot oq unrf iiimoil from hr cenietr-ty nirn when i'i'f''n Mill was on ii A i i mln-t' I bow 'pnd aitout flo dpn ivarkinu the pbo-e a feme I i a ni'itl n' by the po eminent t-i th5 liotiof nf the poblieiH interred there. Mr. 1'Yeciiinn said the b'ltd niem-; Ueff. Would Mppreriate the efforts of who rould 1st in tlm tdentlllcali'in of tlie un eS in the coiiietery from bit li the bon have taken, lie said if authentic id-m- i titleatiuii of any of the remains ho tnade, tin' board HI see that the in Ve is niiiik-'d wleli lilt: lion's a i 'j r.duiried. i OBERLIN COLLEGE HONORS INDIANAPOLIS DOCTOR 1 ir.

Scil i i Kiiniiclw. IUI Ivi.st 'l'hir- tl'elltll Stieet, h'lS he. '11 hoiiHraiy master of alls d-m1-at the Illllet I 1 1 1 1 el of Uhel'lln colli Ke. Ilb. llill, it wa HlineUllCe'l e.s.

I'f. Kiadliale of the II, ,1:, of tie att'iiui cooitii' ixenises IhM'e iilld I I Ic i I 111 fortieth reunion of 1,11 In receiving the a rd 1 r. Ilunnrl.s cinnii'iiilcl fr hi end philanthropic work in this city for the last thinv-seen years. For years 1 'r. Runnels sen of the industrial home for 11, blind and is lie donor of the me at North I i 1 i 1 1 i Mr, -'I.

i i its MT ri mi A June 1 i The li ,1 it. hm ni' la i liK i Isit 1'vti tint- tins iiirt nf lij liiHaeeiinu fit 1 1 1 14 ii i Id lus nn 1 tie in pus. Imi.d: it; fifty White W.T" 1 1 I'll ,1 and il li i I 'aUsUi iumi' hi1 tint vp Shady Nook Resort l.OMi LAKH Krellenl Balhlnp; I hikI Itnat inij I1; i' Clean Cottages with Screened Porchas i i I roni $12 lo $lrt I'cr Week Chicken Dinners Our i Specialty Siindny nnd parly (linners by I advance reservation. i i AecomiiKMlatlonSi for Sutiuner i i Hoarders O.V MS or write to SHADY NOOK RESORT llelmer, Indiana. Thane through South Mllforil.

V. a A vas iwA ana aw 0 MAIN O.nnTTrTT DELAWARE 3680 JQIOIi I THERN 111 VO STREET articles by long- which the Jtlncss made to appear as grand Jury wit- nesses, but not one of them appeared the Brand till V. They charge 'bad faith' and that we didn't expect to have these men let to ball," he said, "and that we did not put all the witnesses we could on the stand. They know we are not compelled to go out Into the world to find witnesses on whom the stale is relying to convict these men, but that wo have a right to know wlial witnesses by What is wiiiici. on v.c, indictment.

lie answered the question of the slate's counsel as to why the Ham- niond hotel clerks were not put on tlie stand by saying that their only pur pose In calling these men as to Men- tifv the page from the hotel register "Actual Conditions in Europe and Egypt 10 Years After the War" bereft of everything good In life, that there was nothing but the grave left, nothing to do but escape it all and take poison. If It hadn't been for these men Madge Oberholtzer would have been with her family on the Monday that this happened." Then In mocking tone he proceeded: "Then that bottle of milk -the Idea of giving any credit because Stephenson got a bottle of milk and gave it to that girl. "Great Scot "Then they wanted her to assume the name nf the man who destroyed her. Not for her protection, but for Stephenson's. Shame on the proposition.

That showjo what kind or a girl she was. Sh rrTusert It, and like any other brute with its hack tn the wall, he was trying to protect himself, "My Rod, what a story there Is In that dying declaration and it doesn't seem to make a (tent In some people. "There is a strong case of guilt In this case. It Is first degree murder, for It was all done by desitrn. "It Isn't even worthy of debate.

Wn were willing to submit 'without argument, but the other side Insisted on arguing. "These men shoulld not be let to ball, but they should be brought to trial as soon as Ihe docket of the Hamilton Circuit court will permit." I.OSKS SCIT FOR J.lfl. Ti, C. Stephenson lost yesterday in a court battle with Joseph P. Rell orer said tn have been loaned Bell.

Stephenson had brought proceedings against Bell In the Justice nf the Peace court of 0. P. Rehinger and received a. favorable verdict there. Bell ap.

pe led the case. The ruling; In favor of Rell was made hy Judge IJnn D. Hay of Superior court, Room 2. Obituary. STUART WALKER'S MOTHER DIES AT CINCINNATI Word was received here yesterday of the death of Mrs.

Tillle Armstrong Walker, mothar of Stuart AValker, playwright and theatrical producer, in Cincinnati, following heart attack. She had been 111 ten days. Mrs. AValker was born In Augusta, and was the widow of Cliff S. Walker, lumber man of Cincinnati and Covington, Ky.

Mrs. AValker accompanied her son on all his theatrical trips. Funeral services will held today at the Christ Episcopal Church in Cincinnati. Mrs. AValker had many friends In Indianapolis, having stayed here for several miyiths during the period whn the Stuart Walker Stock Company was In the city.

MRS. MIXNIK JOHNSON RICH. Mrs. Minnie Johnson Rice, 23 years old, daughter of Mr. and Ms.

Edward S. Johnson, 47 North Oxford street, died yesterday morning at the home of her parents, following an Illness of more than six weeks, during most of which time she was a patient at, Sunnyslde hospital. Mrs. Rice was born In Indianapolis and had lived here all of her life. She was educated In the public schools.

Surviving are one son, Paul, 2 years old; her parents, Mr. and Mra. Johnson: one AVIU Ham E. Johnson, and four sisters, Mrs. Ward Jones, Mrs.

C. C. Murphy, Mrs. Crl AVolfe and Margaret Johnson, all of Indianapolis. Funeral serv.

ices are to be held at the home of her parents Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Burial will he at Anderson cemetery on Kast Tenth street. MR; AI.MIBA THI BSTOX. Mrs. Almira Thurston, 77 years old, died last night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Oliver Broyles, at Rum-mitvllle, following a short illness.

'She was the mother of Rr. H. S. Thurston and Dr. A.

H. Thurston of this city. Funeral services will be held at the Summitvllle Christian Church Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Thurston had been a resident of Indianapolis several years before removing to Summitvllle.

MISS EI. I. A DOAV-XIXO. W. C.

Downing, general agent and superintendent of the Indianapolis division of the Pennsylvania railroad, received word yesterday of the death of his sister, Miss Mia M. Downing" at Richmond. Miss Downing was a frequent visitor in Indianapolis. Funeral services will be conducted at the Held Memorial Church kt Richmond Monday morning o'clock. Interment will be in the Karlham cemetery at Rlrhmond.

H. C. Downing of Richmond, another brother, also sur vive amiooie boo i that was offered her. lllamen (ilrl's Sllenee. "Her own act and her secrecy concerning It, until too late to assist her, 'caused her death, and the subsequent fh.Bt 1 wouiu ne or nine moiin-oi i k-- yiew, for the Intervention of her own act and silence thereafter were responsible.

"Thes-e. defendants stand In no different position than the banker who refuse a loan to a distracted applicant who commits suicide or He disappointed or betrayed girl who dies by her own hand because her lover has deceived her. We can not expand ttu-general rules of law and order to accommodate this case, no matter how great the excitement may be or how great our sympathies." The arguments of Mr. Cox and Mr. Kane for the state were couched with denunciations of the accused num, and each, as he hurled accusation after accusation at the trio, looked directly at or walked toward the three men seated I i.LI.

at T1P Merense counsel lame. why who k(1 rtprlvw, nf their liberty?" Mr. Cox asked. "It Is for the protection of society. A man I llf nf fellow msn Is i dangerous-he may kill another.

It Is JISn.il fr nnn tn understand the In the eves of Ood snd man as though this man had shot hr down Intending to kill her. "The law is nnj a dead thing; the law lives: It grows with changing conditions and he who kills under strange circumstances is as much ft murderer as though he stepped In front of the murdered and shot him down with a revolver. Calla Stephenson Benst revere good womanhood, and kn(JWS tnat Mgdge Oberholtzer was trapped in this house of crime which was purified by fire forced to drink a drugged Jrlnk taken to the I'nran station, placed Jn PlJlman compartment and there subiected to a beastlallty and brutal Hy no beast of the Jungle ever knew abused shamefully until her body rke), bv of this less an i)fn an(1 jp than bPast. I think ppWlat her frame of mind, am gong Xtt make a statement pronHblv should not be made )f that man ever harmed a jhter of mine, no man-made law wrnlld prevent me from taking his of. I thouarh one of nm her to take poison e.

v. i and woman In the courtroom i knows It's true. "it Is un.iuii.-a l.ABa men should be admitted tO l'lal liberty on nan. A church-like hush fell over the courtrooms as Mr. Kane arose to con- tua orp, iiii i lui luc If these men are guilty they not only have forfeited their liberty but they forfeit their lives," he said In loud, firm tone, "for they have become a menace to society." He said this case" does not start with the taking of the fatal dose of poison in tlie(hotel at.

Hammond. Sy TnUnn la Link. "That Is merely a llnk In the chain of circumstances." he said. "You may search the pages of the outrages of medievalism and you won't find any more barbarism than Is displayed In this case. These men boasted they were a law to themselves.

If there ever was a time which demanded the protection of society; where It became necessary to protect people from Jark-tls and vandals, now is the time, and this Is the case. They treated this girl as thought she were an animal place her in a garage, In a civilized community, two blocks from her home, and hold her a prisoner, and then hope to escape punishment for their conduct." As he outlined how tha future, of Madge Oberholtzer had been blackened: all that was desirable in life runer wiped out In sin and degradation: as he used the terms "arch fiend." "vandal." "Jackal, "minions," and other scathing terms, there was many a moist eye among the women in the audience. Mrs. Oberholtiter Tjurled her face In her handkerchief, while the father of the dead girl hid his grief behind his straw hat. "Holmes blandly says she was a free agent." he said, "when she got the pvison.

In such humiliation aha felt i on which the. names of the defendants Uj hv Mr. Holmes, who fol-! were lo appear. rim register! page was Introduced with the st a te i low cd and said that never In his legal demanding identification, he charged, experience had he "run up against an and tlie necessity of using the it- I indictment containing the names of nesscs had passed. witnesses that never appeared before.

the grand Jury." lllii Slate Counsel. "How did the grand Jury know about Mr Rcmv had charged also that the this ease?" he asked. "Rid the gra nd defense failed to have Mrs. Eunice these Indictments on suf-1 I flclent evidence? He might even pre- I Sunday's Star fnmnrrow begins a series of special i drew the dying declaration of the girl I them had held her hands and the days before it was signed. had poured the poison down her evidence on which the Indictment throat Just as surely they compelled Shultz, roomer in the Oberholtzer home, point out the man who took the dving girl home on the morning of March IT.

Mr. Inman accused the state of beini; derelict incross-exainl- nation by failing on the same proposi- tlon. land's greatest journalist who ever wrote for the Whv didn't vou have her point out'''. -win ma. imhick iook me gin no un man who toon ner in, me--this man American press.

For the first time lie discusses facts not previously permitted from Kukoino. You sav it was be- I 10 ovfr or cause we were afraid lo have her llls 'amison the girl, by Gentry. 1 say that you failed because you were arrail. lie Sa I'Olllllli. II 1 rei't IV at Mr.

Remy. Mr. Inman devoted of Ids ar- publication as press dispatches. You will enjoy these terse, dramatic stories of life and gument to showing that all the doctors placed on the stand had de. lared that Ith "7 Miss Oherholt.er had died from the lonslble tor her taklr bichloride of effects of the poison she took in he Hammond hotel; that the coroner's! "They are entitled to ball he Id.

verdict she died from mercuric believe there was truth Ir, the poisoning, self-adminlstered: of Mr. Stephenson to Meut. iestlmonv of the physician, and ror. McMurtry the arresting offlcer, when oner was tnat Ihe girl lice could n-t I llP b.n frnT'' have been saved because of time! MdK Oberholtzer own art was that elapsed het won the time V1 her death. took the potion until It became known Mr' charged a.

the first conditions about world knows but little. Beginning in tomorrow's Sunday Star. I returned. He ild there had been no ev idence connecting Kllnck or Uentrv with the I say these men are enniieci io ball. I say further they never should have been Indicted." He contended the nu i kmv ner luev iito nr Nun, glrl was a free gent for over six id'eaRcr in me C.n XOOIt I n-ienT, Wlin- out the aid, counsel or connivance of the aroused, he seld.

"She was a free agent and as responsible for her acts a. the defendants would be for theirs. She concealed the fact that she took the deadly poison until it was too late to save her life. The state can not urge that she would have re- -overed had med fat aid been ad- nlnistered after 4 o'clock of the day I Viot oho would hlvD rAnftv.M. tl.

The dose was a fatal one, for If the tablets contained 1.8 grains, six of them would equal 10.8 grains and she did absorb a fatal amount, for she died, and there can be no possible way for the state to show even, bearing In mind the rapidity with which this poison Is absorbed, that it was not all absorbed before she first told she had taken the tablets. "There is no connection between the attempt charged In the Indictment and her death. The attempt did not proximately cause her death, She received no wound during the alleged attempt which resulted In her death. She did moi tan me poison durlnj any ttack. to the men she accused and proof had been submitted tha' Ibvi injuries on her body vvei not sufficient.

lo pi, the girl's death He charged that In the foirto count In Ihe murder indictment the state "fired a shot con charge at public opinion," by covering so much ground, and that the first count, which charged that the bodily Is an i poison both iau.oe.1 her denth, was 1 1 The Indianapolis Sunday Star not took poison, nor la there any pos Always First Ahoays Always Complete Fair blasted when, the doctors t-st I ex I hr dea'h. Points at Cox. "There is not a sc'ntllla of ovMerjr! against Kllnd; or He.itiy, hol.l them?" be elm, re. I. "You," at Mr.

Cox, "want this man convlcled only because yu.i want It done, an i when you Atiiw the girl's ow.i statement mat It was sulcid and nut murder." Asa J. Smith, an Indianapolis attorney, who admitted on the witness stand that he prepared the dying declaration signed by the girl, came. In for denunciation by Mr, Inman. He declared thai "smirri tooc a In The Star your business message will reach half a million people who have money to spends.