As the newspapers reported itThe 1926 D. C. Stephenson bribery charges against Indiana officials

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Friday, October 8, 1926

The 1926 D. C. Stephenson bribery charges against Indiana officials · the challenge to the Governor

As printed: Challenges Governor to Permit Interview With Stephenson.

ContextD. C. Stephenson was the Indiana Ku Klux Klan leader convicted of murder in 1925 and now serving a life sentence; Ed Jackson is governor of Indiana and John L. Duvall mayor of Indianapolis. Thomas H. Adams is a newspaper publisher pressing charges of bribery against state and city officials.

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