Kansas City, Oct. 25 - (P) - An amazing tale of political intrigue in Indiana, through which ran the names of Senator James E. Watson, Republican candidate for re-election, and high officials of the Ku Klux Klan, was related here today to the senate campaign funds committee by Ralph B. Bradford of Crown Point, Ind. Bradford admitted that he was anti-Klansman, and that most of his testimony was obtained second hand. The witness made charges of wholesale political corruption in Lake County, particularly in East Chicago and Indiana Harbor, during the Republican primary last May, and asserted that there had been a general "shaking down" of bootleggers and dive keepers by peace officers working in the interest of what was described as the Watson organization. Senator Reed, Democrat, of Missouri, the committee chairman, who stil was carrying on the inquiry by himself, also was told that it was "wel known among the Klansmen of Indiana that Senator Arthur R. Robinson was a Klansman." After the hearing here had been closed to be reopened at St. Louis probably tomorrow, Senator Reed announced that if Senators Watson and Robinson desired to refute the new evidence presented to the committee, they would be given opportunity to do so through affidavits. Bradford and Wallace C. J. Granger of Logansport, Ind., were the chief witnesses today. Bradford testified that he had been informed by Walter F. Bossert, of Indianapolis, that Senator Watson had sat in on a conference of Klan officials at Washington at which the resignation of Bossert, as Indiana grand dragon, had been forced by Dr. Hiram W. Evans, imperial wizard of the Klan. Besides Senator Watson and Dr. Evans, others at the session included Joseph Huffington, in charge of Klan political affairs in Indiana, and the mayors of IIndianapolis and Evansville. Bradford said he had been told of this conference also by James Bolin, then secretary to Bossert. Both Bradford and Bossert charged there had been a deal whereby Bos-sert was to be deposed because he insisted on keeping the Klan nonpartisan and that W. Lee Smith had been made grand dragon in his place so that the Klan would "go down the line" for Senator Watson. Describing a meeting at Indianapolis last January at which Smith was elected, both witnesses charged that the session had been "packed" so that Smith could be "put over," and said that Dr. Evans, who personally proposed Smith's name, had a rising vote instead of a roll call of the delegates as required by the Klan constitution. A letter purporting to have been written by Mrs. Lora Foote, realm commander of the women's organization of the Klan in the Hoosier state, was produced by Bradford as evidence of which the document described as "the lowdown on the recent shakeup in the Klan." Dated January 10 at Indianapolis, the letter said Dr. Evans "personally favored" Joseph Suffington for the Grand Dragonship, but that "Smith was next in line." "Joe Suffington has been given control over Indiana political affairs which, of course, pleases us all," the letter continued. "That means our man Watson will have clear sailing with the Klan." Bradford told Senator Reed that his information about the holding up of bootleggers and dive keepers in Lake County came from officials in the prosecutor's office. He added there had been no arrests because the county sheriff did not work with the prosecutor, but that a complete report had been made to E. C. Yellowly, chief of the prohibition field agents. Estimating that the Watson organization must have spent at least $75,000 in Lake County alone, the witness added that after the primary all the state and county officers in Lake County who held office by appointment and who had opposed Senator Watson in the primary had been removed from office. Senator Reed announced that it would be impossible to follow up these new leads on Indiana's tangled political situation before the election. He plans to close the hearing at St. Louis tomorrow if Mrs. Vivian Tracy Wheatcraft, vice chairman of the Indiana state Republican committee,

Kansas City, Oct. 25 - (P) - An amazing tale of political intrigue in Indiana, through which ran the names of Senator James E. Watson, Republican candidate for re-election, and high officials of the Ku Klux Klan, was related here today to the senate campaign funds committee by Ralph B. Bradford of Crown Point, Ind. Bradford admitted that he was anti-Klansman, and that most of his testimony was obtained second hand. The witness made charges of wholesale political corruption in Lake County, particularly in East Chicago and Indiana Harbor, during the Republican primary last May, and asserted that there had been a general "shaking down" of bootleggers and dive keepers by peace officers working in the interest of what was described as the Watson organization. Senator Reed, Democrat, of Missouri, the committee chairman, who stil was carrying on the inquiry by himself, also was told that it was "wel known among the Klansmen of Indiana that Senator Arthur R. Robinson was a Klansman." After the hearing here had been closed to be reopened at St. Louis probably tomorrow, Senator Reed announced that if Senators Watson and Robinson desired to refute the new evidence presented to the committee, they would be given opportunity to do so through affidavits. Bradford and Wallace C. J. Granger of Logansport, Ind., were the chief witnesses today. Bradford testified that he had been informed by Walter F. Bossert, of Indianapolis, that Senator Watson had sat in on a conference of Klan officials at Washington at which the resignation of Bossert, as Indiana grand dragon, had been forced by Dr. Hiram W. Evans, imperial wizard of the Klan. Besides Senator Watson and Dr. Evans, others at the session included Joseph Huffington, in charge of Klan political affairs in Indiana, and the mayors of IIndianapolis and Evansville. Bradford said he had been told of this conference also by James Bolin, then secretary to Bossert. Both Bradford and Bossert charged there had been a deal whereby Bos-sert was to be deposed because he insisted on keeping the Klan nonpartisan and that W. Lee Smith had been made grand dragon in his place so that the Klan would "go down the line" for Senator Watson. Describing a meeting at Indianapolis last January at which Smith was elected, both witnesses charged that the session had been "packed" so that Smith could be "put over," and said that Dr. Evans, who personally proposed Smith's name, had a rising vote instead of a roll call of the delegates as required by the Klan constitution. A letter purporting to have been written by Mrs. Lora Foote, realm commander of the women's organization of the Klan in the Hoosier state, was produced by Bradford as evidence of which the document described as "the lowdown on the recent shakeup in the Klan." Dated January 10 at Indianapolis, the letter said Dr. Evans "personally favored" Joseph Suffington for the Grand Dragonship, but that "Smith was next in line." "Joe Suffington has been given control over Indiana political affairs which, of course, pleases us all," the letter continued. "That means our man Watson will have clear sailing with the Klan." Bradford told Senator Reed that his information about the holding up of bootleggers and dive keepers in Lake County came from officials in the prosecutor's office. He added there had been no arrests because the county sheriff did not work with the prosecutor, but that a complete report had been made to E. C. Yellowly, chief of the prohibition field agents. Estimating that the Watson organization must have spent at least $75,000 in Lake County alone, the witness added that after the primary all the state and county officers in Lake County who held office by appointment and who had opposed Senator Watson in the primary had been removed from office. Senator Reed announced that it would be impossible to follow up these new leads on Indiana's tangled political situation before the election. He plans to close the hearing at St. Louis tomorrow if Mrs. Vivian Tracy Wheatcraft, vice chairman of the Indiana state Republican committee,

Kansas City, Oct. 25 - (P) - An amazing tale of political intrigue in Indiana, through which ran the names of Senator James E. Watson, Republican candidate for re-election, and high officials of the Ku Klux Klan, was related here today to the senate campaign funds committee by Ralph B. Bradford of Crown Point, Ind. Bradford admitted that he was anti-Klansman, and that most of his testimony was obtained second hand. The witness made charges of wholesale political corruption in Lake County, particularly in East Chicago and Indiana Harbor, during the Republican primary last May, and asserted that there had been a general "shaking down" of bootleggers and dive keepers by peace officers working in the interest of what was described as the Watson organization. Senator Reed, Democrat, of Missouri, the committee chairman, who stil was carrying on the inquiry by himself, also was told that it was "wel known among the Klansmen of Indiana that Senator Arthur R. Robinson was a Klansman." After the hearing here had been closed to be reopened at St. Louis probably tomorrow, Senator Reed announced that if Senators Watson and Robinson desired to refute the new evidence presented to the committee, they would be given opportunity to do so through affidavits. Bradford and Wallace C. J. Granger of Logansport, Ind., were the chief witnesses today. Bradford testified that he had been informed by Walter F. Bossert, of Indianapolis, that Senator Watson had sat in on a conference of Klan officials at Washington at which the resignation of Bossert, as Indiana grand dragon, had been forced by Dr. Hiram W. Evans, imperial wizard of the Klan. Besides Senator Watson and Dr. Evans, others at the session included Joseph Huffington, in charge of Klan political affairs in Indiana, and the mayors of IIndianapolis and Evansville. Bradford said he had been told of this conference also by James Bolin, then secretary to Bossert. Both Bradford and Bossert charged there had been a deal whereby Bos-sert was to be deposed because he insisted on keeping the Klan nonpartisan and that W. Lee Smith had been made grand dragon in his place so that the Klan would "go down the line" for Senator Watson. Describing a meeting at Indianapolis last January at which Smith was elected, both witnesses charged that the session had been "packed" so that Smith could be "put over," and said that Dr. Evans, who personally proposed Smith's name, had a rising vote instead of a roll call of the delegates as required by the Klan constitution. A letter purporting to have been written by Mrs. Lora Foote, realm commander of the women's organization of the Klan in the Hoosier state, was produced by Bradford as evidence of which the document described as "the lowdown on the recent shakeup in the Klan." Dated January 10 at Indianapolis, the letter said Dr. Evans "personally favored" Joseph Suffington for the Grand Dragonship, but that "Smith was next in line." "Joe Suffington has been given control over Indiana political affairs which, of course, pleases us all," the letter continued. "That means our man Watson will have clear sailing with the Klan." Bradford told Senator Reed that his information about the holding up of bootleggers and dive keepers in Lake County came from officials in the prosecutor's office. He added there had been no arrests because the county sheriff did not work with the prosecutor, but that a complete report had been made to E. C. Yellowly, chief of the prohibition field agents. Estimating that the Watson organization must have spent at least $75,000 in Lake County alone, the witness added that after the primary all the state and county officers in Lake County who held office by appointment and who had opposed Senator Watson in the primary had been removed from office. Senator Reed announced that it would be impossible to follow up these new leads on Indiana's tangled political situation before the election. He plans to close the hearing at St. Louis tomorrow if Mrs. Vivian Tracy Wheatcraft, vice chairman of the Indiana state Republican committee,

Kansas City, Oct. 25 - (P) - An amazing tale of political intrigue in Indiana, through which ran the names of Senator James E. Watson, Republican candidate for re-election, and high officials of the Ku Klux Klan, was related here today to the senate campaign funds committee by Ralph B. Bradford of Crown Point, Ind. Bradford admitted that he was anti-Klansman, and that most of his testimony was obtained second hand. The witness made charges of wholesale political corruption in Lake County, particularly in East Chicago and Indiana Harbor, during the Republican primary last May, and asserted that there had been a general "shaking down" of bootleggers and dive keepers by peace officers working in the interest of what was described as the Watson organization. Senator Reed, Democrat, of Missouri, the committee chairman, who stil was carrying on the inquiry by himself, also was told that it was "wel known among the Klansmen of Indiana that Senator Arthur R. Robinson was a Klansman." After the hearing here had been closed to be reopened at St. Louis probably tomorrow, Senator Reed announced that if Senators Watson and Robinson desired to refute the new evidence presented to the committee, they would be given opportunity to do so through affidavits. Bradford and Wallace C. J. Granger of Logansport, Ind., were the chief witnesses today. Bradford testified that he had been informed by Walter F. Bossert, of Indianapolis, that Senator Watson had sat in on a conference of Klan officials at Washington at which the resignation of Bossert, as Indiana grand dragon, had been forced by Dr. Hiram W. Evans, imperial wizard of the Klan. Besides Senator Watson and Dr. Evans, others at the session included Joseph Huffington, in charge of Klan political affairs in Indiana, and the mayors of IIndianapolis and Evansville. Bradford said he had been told of this conference also by James Bolin, then secretary to Bossert. Both Bradford and Bossert charged there had been a deal whereby Bos-sert was to be deposed because he insisted on keeping the Klan nonpartisan and that W. Lee Smith had been made grand dragon in his place so that the Klan would "go down the line" for Senator Watson. Describing a meeting at Indianapolis last January at which Smith was elected, both witnesses charged that the session had been "packed" so that Smith could be "put over," and said that Dr. Evans, who personally proposed Smith's name, had a rising vote instead of a roll call of the delegates as required by the Klan constitution. A letter purporting to have been written by Mrs. Lora Foote, realm commander of the women's organization of the Klan in the Hoosier state, was produced by Bradford as evidence of which the document described as "the lowdown on the recent shakeup in the Klan." Dated January 10 at Indianapolis, the letter said Dr. Evans "personally favored" Joseph Suffington for the Grand Dragonship, but that "Smith was next in line." "Joe Suffington has been given control over Indiana political affairs which, of course, pleases us all," the letter continued. "That means our man Watson will have clear sailing with the Klan." Bradford told Senator Reed that his information about the holding up of bootleggers and dive keepers in Lake County came from officials in the prosecutor's office. He added there had been no arrests because the county sheriff did not work with the prosecutor, but that a complete report had been made to E. C. Yellowly, chief of the prohibition field agents. Estimating that the Watson organization must have spent at least $75,000 in Lake County alone, the witness added that after the primary all the state and county officers in Lake County who held office by appointment and who had opposed Senator Watson in the primary had been removed from office. Senator Reed announced that it would be impossible to follow up these new leads on Indiana's tangled political situation before the election. He plans to close the hearing at St. Louis tomorrow if Mrs. Vivian Tracy Wheatcraft, vice chairman of the Indiana state Republican committee,

Kansas City, Oct. 25 - (P) - An amazing tale of political intrigue in Indiana, through which ran the names of Senator James E. Watson, Republican candidate for re-election, and high officials of the Ku Klux Klan, was related here today to the senate campaign funds committee by Ralph B. Bradford of Crown Point, Ind. Bradford admitted that he was anti-Klansman, and that most of his testimony was obtained second hand. The witness made charges of wholesale political corruption in Lake County, particularly in East Chicago and Indiana Harbor, during the Republican primary last May, and asserted that there had been a general "shaking down" of bootleggers and dive keepers by peace officers working in the interest of what was described as the Watson organization. Senator Reed, Democrat, of Missouri, the committee chairman, who stil was carrying on the inquiry by himself, also was told that it was "wel known among the Klansmen of Indiana that Senator Arthur R. Robinson was a Klansman." After the hearing here had been closed to be reopened at St. Louis probably tomorrow, Senator Reed announced that if Senators Watson and Robinson desired to refute the new evidence presented to the committee, they would be given opportunity to do so through affidavits. Bradford and Wallace C. J. Granger of Logansport, Ind., were the chief witnesses today. Bradford testified that he had been informed by Walter F. Bossert, of Indianapolis, that Senator Watson had sat in on a conference of Klan officials at Washington at which the resignation of Bossert, as Indiana grand dragon, had been forced by Dr. Hiram W. Evans, imperial wizard of the Klan. Besides Senator Watson and Dr. Evans, others at the session included Joseph Huffington, in charge of Klan political affairs in Indiana, and the mayors of IIndianapolis and Evansville. Bradford said he had been told of this conference also by James Bolin, then secretary to Bossert. Both Bradford and Bossert charged there had been a deal whereby Bos-sert was to be deposed because he insisted on keeping the Klan nonpartisan and that W. Lee Smith had been made grand dragon in his place so that the Klan would "go down the line" for Senator Watson. Describing a meeting at Indianapolis last January at which Smith was elected, both witnesses charged that the session had been "packed" so that Smith could be "put over," and said that Dr. Evans, who personally proposed Smith's name, had a rising vote instead of a roll call of the delegates as required by the Klan constitution. A letter purporting to have been written by Mrs. Lora Foote, realm commander of the women's organization of the Klan in the Hoosier state, was produced by Bradford as evidence of which the document described as "the lowdown on the recent shakeup in the Klan." Dated January 10 at Indianapolis, the letter said Dr. Evans "personally favored" Joseph Suffington for the Grand Dragonship, but that "Smith was next in line." "Joe Suffington has been given control over Indiana political affairs which, of course, pleases us all," the letter continued. "That means our man Watson will have clear sailing with the Klan." Bradford told Senator Reed that his information about the holding up of bootleggers and dive keepers in Lake County came from officials in the prosecutor's office. He added there had been no arrests because the county sheriff did not work with the prosecutor, but that a complete report had been made to E. C. Yellowly, chief of the prohibition field agents. Estimating that the Watson organization must have spent at least $75,000 in Lake County alone, the witness added that after the primary all the state and county officers in Lake County who held office by appointment and who had opposed Senator Watson in the primary had been removed from office. Senator Reed announced that it would be impossible to follow up these new leads on Indiana's tangled political situation before the election. He plans to close the hearing at St. Louis tomorrow if Mrs. Vivian Tracy Wheatcraft, vice chairman of the Indiana state Republican committee,