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16. März 2005 · In the summer of 1995 Noblesville, Indiana, site of the sensational 1925 homicide trial of Ku Klux Klan leader D. C. Stephenson, again drew national attention after the discovery of Klan records dating back to the 1920s. In March, Don Roberts, a local building contractor, chanced upon a trunk in the barn of a property he had recently acquired.
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This book explores the career of D. C. Stephenson, grand dragon of the Indiana Klan, his rise to power, and his eventual conviction for second-degree murder in 1925. Grand Dragon traces Stephenson's background, still shrouded in mystery due to Stephenson's own colorful but imaginary accounts of his early years.
Stephenson's scandal was one of the factors that contributed to the decline of the KKK in the mid-to-late 1920s. From Alva W. Taylor, "What the Klan Did in Indiana," The New Republic, November 16, 1927. The story of Indiana's undoing centers in the amazing story of Stephenson. He will make Sunday-supplement stuff for a long time to come.
The Stephenson trial was moved to Noblesville in Hamilton County where a jury was selected and the trial began in late October and the first half of November, 1925. Stephenson himself never testified. Remy brought in Madge's mother and the doctor who treated her, both of whom described the extent of her injuries. She had a deep bite mark on her cheek and many more down her torso.
Further, both the per curiam and the individual opinions agree that the alleged acts of Stephenson in refusing or withholding aid cannot be considered a part of the offense of murder in attempted rape. In view of the foregoing, it is clear that the defendant was entitled to have the jury understand that he could not be convicted on the charge of murder in an attempted rape unless the jury ...
In six hours on November 14, the jury found Stephenson guilty of murder in the second degree and recommended life imprisonment. Gentry and Klinck were found not guilty. Stephenson immediately began a series of more than 40 proceedings to try to gain a pardon, a new trial, or release on parole. In each, an entirely different set of lawyers represented him. At last, in 1950, he gained parole but ...
