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.
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