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State (1925) Stephenson was tried for and convicted of the abduction, rape, and murder of Madge Oberholtzer, a state education official. His trial, conviction, and imprisonment was a severe blow to the public perception of Klan leaders as law abiding. The case destroyed the Klan as a political force in Indiana, and significantly ...
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- Madge Augustine Oberholtzer, aged 28
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Karen Abbott. August 30, 2012. David Curtis Stephenson, Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, 1922 From “The Dragon and the Cross.” On March 16, 1925, in the muted morning light of a hotel room in...
The Stephenson trial was headed for Noblesville, Indiana and the courtroom of Judge Fred Hines. Also facing charges for the murder of Oberholtzer were Stephenson's companions on the notorious train trip, Earl Klinck and Earl Gentry. The defense's first attack was aimed at Madge's dying declaration. In a hearing before Judge Hines, the defense ...
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 ...
An account of the 1925 trial of an Indiana Klan leader for the rape and murder of Madge Oberholtzer, with images, chronology, links, and other materials pertaining to the trial.
14. Nov. 2018 · In November 1925, D.C. Stephenson was on trial for murder and the chief witness against him was the murder victim herself, who on her deathbed had dictated her account. For once in his...
D. C. Stephenson Trial (1925) In 1925, the Indiana KKK was the largest state branch in the Klan's "Invisible Empire." The conviction in November of that year of D. C. Stephenson, the powerful grand dragon of the Indiana Klan, for the murder of Madge Oberholtzer led to a dramatic decline in the organization's membership and political influence ...
