Show POLITICAL DEALS BARf BARED 0 IN LETTER Of air KlAN D. D C. C Stephenson Serving Term for Murder Murd r Claims Million Dollar DolIar Intrigue CHICAGO CHICAGO Oct 6 AP AP Contin Contin Continuing his fight tight for tor audience with with- D.C. D. D C C. Stephenson tep enson now now serving a life me term for tor murder in the Indiana state prison Thomas H. H Adams Vincennes Ind md publisher today re released released released re- re leased a letter he said had been smuggled from the institution in which the former Ku Klux Klan leader asserted he could prove political political political po po- po- po intrigue involving nearly a million dollars The letter attributed to Stephenson Stephen- Stephen son Ral said the writer had evidence to prove that a prominent Indiana politician owed him In connection connection con con- with with- campaign expenses Mayors of three Indiana cities and forty lesser politicians similarly were Indebted to him hurt the letter charged It also contended Stephenson Stephen- Stephen son Is held practically incommunicado cado to to prevent his expose of po polItical political po- po deals in Indiana in recent years ears Adams chairman of the executive committee of the Indiana Republican lean lican Editorial association was in Chicago after heln being denied permission sion to interview Stephenson at the prison n In Michigan City Ind md yes yes- Later Latel he departed for In- In The publisher has de declared de- de dared he will carry his fight to the people of Indiana In an effort to compel Governor Go Jackson and others oth othi- ers era to let Stephenson talk If given an opportunity to talk taIL according to the letter Stephenson will prove that he spent Corthe for Cor forthe forthe the election of one prominent In Indiana Indiana Indiana In- In diana official with the un understand understand- that he would r receive three Continued on page 6 C. 1 POLITICAL DEALS BARED IN LETTER FROM KLAN LEADER Continued from page I 1 times that when the man took office He lie said he also alsa would produce a written agreement with the mayors of three large cities In iii Indiana binding them to repay me meon meon meon on a ratio of three to one for al almoney all money mOtley I had advanced In their be behalf behalf be half and further agreements are In my possession where these same men agree to allow certain individuals individuals to name all appointments The letter purported to have been written by Stephenson also declared de declared declared de- de he was being cruelly treated at the prison was dented denied the right of selecting attorneys to perfect an appeal for a new trial and that he had been framed In connection with Ms his Indictment for the murder of Madge an Indianapolis oIls olis girl early In 1925 The standing long-standing fight between the Indiana highway commission and some politicians politicians' also was mentioned mentioned mentioned men men- In the letter Stephenson charging that ho was being made to suffer because he refused to help frame the roads body Because I hold the documents e s and because I have the knowledge set out in m the foregoing men who owe me their very existence exist exist- ence their ence-their their meat and bread their high position all that they have and all that they are these are these men so Indebted t to tome had me me-h me had d me framed and sent to prison for tor life beca because se it it was cheaper than pay for their debts Stephensons Stephenson's letter ette declared Even after atter he had been convicted convict convict- ed last November Stephenson said he was assured everything was all aU allright allright right and that he would be re released released released re- re leased within a month |