Stephenson Trial Set June 2

From The Indianapolis Times, Friday, May 15, 1925:  D. C. Stephenson, Earl Gentry, and Earl Klinck will go on trial in Marion County criminal court, Tuesday, June 2, for the murder of Madge Oberholtzer (a change of venue to Hamilton County Circuit Court delayed the trial).  Before a crowded courtroom this afternoon, Judge James Collins overruled a motion by defense attorney Eph Inman to quash the indictment.  Stephenson who once declared, “My word is law in Indiana,” and the other defendants then stood before Judge Collins to hear the reading of the charges after which the judge asked, “Now how does each defendant plead?”  “Not guilty,” Stephenson said in a clear, loud voice; his co-defendants repeated the same.  Judge Collins set the date for the trial and Stephenson, Gentry, and Klinck were returned in handcuffs to the Marion County jail.  

“Stephenson Trial Set June 2,” The Indianapolis Times, 15 May 1925, p. 1:7

Plan Precaution for Gun Toting Permits

From The Indianapolis Times, Saturday, May 2, 1925:  “Every precaution will be taken to prevent the issuance of permits to carry revolvers to irresponsible persons,” Marion County clerk Albert Losche said today.  Pursuant to a recent law, applications to obtain permits to carry firearms will be available from the county clerk by the middle of next week.  Applications must be signed by two resident freeholders and householders and they must take an oath that the applicant is a suitable person to carry firearms.  Each permit will cost $1 (2023:  $18) and will be good for one year.  Anyone giving false information is guilty of a felony and anyone giving firearms to a minor is guilty of a misdemeanor.  Retailers are prohibited from displaying firearms or advertising their sale in store windows.  Police Chief Herman Rikhoff declared the law encourages gun-toting.

“Plan Precaution for Gun Toting Permits,” The Indianapolis Times, 2 May 1925, p. 1:2

Warren Central Name of New High School

From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, April 18, 1925:  This evening will be a house warming and formal dedication program for the new and attractive Warren Central High School, designed by Indianapolis architects Harrison & Turnock, located at East Tenth St and the Fort Benjamin Harrison Rd.  Following the invocation by Rev. Howard Spangler, Cumberland Baptist Church, and the appearance on stage of all sixty members of the Warren Township school system, gifts will be presented, the most important of these are a multigraph machine from the senior class and a stage curtain from students of the former Shadeland High School.  Speakers include Frederick Schortemeier, Indiana secretary of state, and Henry Noble Sherwood, Indiana superintendent of public instruction.  Musical numbers will be given by the school orchestra, quartet, and glee clubs.  A chicken dinner will be served by the Parent-Teacher Association.

"Warren Central Name of New High School…,” The Indianapolis News, 18 April 1925, p. 20:1