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The trial and conviction of Stephenson, calling America's attention to the sinister hypocrisy of the organization, marked the high tide of Klan membership, which dropped within three years from 10 million to a few thousand. The case also established that a defendant who committed a criminal assault that caused the victim to commit suicide could be tried on murder charges.
Grand Dragon of Ku Klux Klan. (Aug. 21, 1891-June 28, 1966). Born in Houston, Texas, Stephenson moved with his family to Maysville, Oklahoma, in 1901. He was active in the Socialist Party in Oklahoma and served briefly in the U.S. Army during World War I. After moving to Evansville, Indiana, in 1920, he became involved in Democratic politics.
It centers on the rise and undoing of D.C. Stephenson, a grand dragon of the KKK, and the rape and murder of an adventurous young woman named Madge Oberholtzer, who, as she was dying, described the kidnapping and rape that would lead to Stephenson’s arrest and trial. “It’s a fabulous story. A monster takes over the state,” says Egan ...
Madge Oberholtzer. Madge Augustine Oberholtzer (November 10, 1896 – April 14, 1925) was an American woman whose rape and murder played a critical role in the demise of the second incarnation of the Ku Klux Klan. In March 1925, while working for the state of Indiana on an adult literacy campaign, Oberholtzer was abducted by D. C. Stephenson ...
STEPHENSON v. STATE: Trial Summations. November 12-14, 1925. Prosecutor Will Remy. Closing Argument for the Prosecution: William Remy. We have had a fair trial and these defendants have had a fair trial. No one In the history of jurisprudence ever had a fairer trial. Gentlemen of the jury. . . Madge Oberholtzer is dead.
22. Aug. 2015 · But by the time Ralston finally died in October 1925, Stephenson was standing trial for the murder of Madge Oberholzer. Still, Stephenson expected some sort of return for his substantial investment in Jackson. After his conviction, he waited patiently for the governor to grant him a pardon. But by the fall of 1926, his patience was wearing thin ...
17. März 2019 · Stephenson is arrested on assault and kidnapping charges. April 14, 1925: Madge Oberholtzer dies, either from infections caused by the bites of D. C. Stephenson or from the effects of taking bichloride of mercury. April 20, 1925: Stephenson is arrested a second time and charged with the murder of Madge Oberholtzer. June 25, 1925
