New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 13, 1927, Page 5

LANLEADER S e ACTIVEINCELL Indianen Sacoseds in Keeping & Indlanapolis; May 13 (P—When state prison gates swung shut in 1925 on D. C. Stephenson, Indiana prepared to forget the 44-year-old adventurer who had been for a brief but vivid day its most spectacular eitisen. A life sentence for murder, in con- Bection with the abduction and death of an Indianapolis girl, had cut short the role of Hoosier War- wick in which the blond and chunky “Steve” had cast himself. But 18 months have passed and Stephenson is the livellest lifer In- dlana ever had. Already he has made more trips outside the prison than most convicts make in & life- time. His activities, real or ru- mored, attract as wide interest as when he ruled the Indiana Ku Klux Kian. He has taken with him to his eell the atmosphere of mysticism and power which he began to cre- ate seven years ago, when he left a job as bond salesman and coal dealer in Evansville to rise with the fortunes of the Ku Klux Klan. He startied his 300,000 Hoosier sub- Jects of the imperial realm in those days by dropping from the skies in &p airplane to address their mid- night meetings in his regal vest- ments. Colleagues spoke mysteri- qasly of his spy and propaganda system by which he could set afoot in every Itallan county, between noon and supper time, whatever order he wanted spread. N The mood of mastery he created then has kept him. from being re- garded as an ordinary prisoner. Officials of the penitentiary have denied him visitors and have pun- ished him in solitary confinement. The prison board has ruled that no life inmate may be liberated by par- don or parole within 15 years of in- carceration, hoping to allay rumors that “‘Steve” would shortly be re- leased. Three guards have been dismissed for smuggling notes from Stephen- #on to friends outside the walls. Prison authorities have resisted In vain writs demanding his presence in court. * Thrice in 18 months Stephenson has been outside the prison in the garb of a free man. Twice he ap- peared in court to press for free- dom. Once, with the eyes of the state upon him, he was taken to Indianapolis to testify before a grand jury about alleged political corruption. The jury was told that Stephenson could and would talk of wrongdoing in high places, but it got no information from the man who remarked, when he was con- victed of murder, that he would “talk when the time comes.” Ostensibly he is today without money, friends or power. But Joosierdom generally harbors the bellef that Stephenson is not yet re- duced to the status of “an ordinary liter,” and. that he will be back on the front page more than once be- fore he fades from Indiana's con- sciousness. Candidate Acquitted Of Newspaper’s Charge New York, May 13 (P—Willlam E. Bkillman, republican candidate for assemblyman last year, was acquit- ted in Brooklyn yesterday of sending false infotmation against himself in & telegram to the Brooklyn Eagle during his campaign. It took the ury three minutes to reach a de- cision. The Eagle was the complain- ant. His defense was that the paign was “‘dull” s0 he sent th gram, libeling his own chara am- s joke. He said he signed tlie mes- sage “Kracke,” to see how Port Ap- praiser F. J. H, Kracke would take the joke. WHITE ANTS CAUSE SERIOUS DAMAGES Nebrasta and Kunsas Buikiings Are Injured Lincoln, Neb., May 13 (UP)— Termites, destructive and dreaded insects, have laid siege to many buildings in scattered sections of eastern Nebraska during the past six months, and the department of entomology, University of Nebraska, has had its attention called to the ravages of the insects, commonly re- ferred to as “white ants.” Greatest damage in Nebraska was done at Julien, where a achool build- ing was nearly demolished by the insects before their presence was discovered, and where cyanide gas was resorted to in an effort to ex- terminate them. A second visita- tion has been reported, but is be- liesved to be due to eggs already laid in the lumber, and not a seri- ous outbreak. : Termites work on untreated lum- ber in frame buildings, and bore en- tirely from within, treuently, before discovered. IT dis- covered in time, the entomology de- partment at Nebraska university be- | lieves the insects can easily be ex- terminated. In Kansas, according to govern- ment reports, the insects have laid waste entire flelds, and infest the Atlantic_seaboard from Richmond, Va., to Florida, although the species there differs somewhat from that in the north. Creosote and cyanide gas are| usually employed in combatting them, although the best precaution against them is use of treated lum- ber in’ building. Termites are destructive only ‘when found in great numbers, and this is the first time within the memory of old inhabitants of this state, when they have been present in such quantity. CRIMINAL LAWS PROVE FAILURE This I§ Opinion Expressed by Justice Talt ‘Washington, Justice Taft asserted that adminis- | tration of thg criminal laws in re- cent years hgd been a “failure.” Addressing jmembers of the Amer- ican Law Iititute at their annual | Mr. Taft.| said, “No lower of his country can | meeting here yesterday, have gone h the last three or four years without having heen stirred deep in his heart over the failure of the administration of our | criminal law.” “I am no pessimist about that, however, some people may think,” he add “but I think one of the grounds for being optimistic in re- gard to it is the deep feeling that has evidenced itself all through the country. “If you offer, as you are going to, an admirable code to the legislatures of the states, you will find there are majorities in every legislature who will be delighted to be instructed and to be helped In putting in a code that shall be effective and that shall come from a source of impartiality and of knowledge that may not be | doubted.” Eastem Millinery Co. 133 MAIN ST. 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