KKK GRAND DRAGON ARRESTED ON FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGE
Indianapolis, Indiana (JFK+50) On April 20, 1925, Associated Press reports a former grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, D.C. Stephenson*, was arrested today on the charge of first-degree murder.
An indictment was handed down last Saturday by the Marion County grand jury charging Mr. Stephenson with the murder of Miss Madge Oberholtzer, 28 years old, of Indianapolis.
Two other men were also taken into custody and indicted along with Stephenson in the crime.
Bail will not be allowed the three men.
JFK+50 NOTE
After release from prison, DCS lived in Jonesborough, Tennessee & was hospitalized with the VA in Johnson City. This is rather disconcerting because my daughter got her undergraduate degree at ETSU in Johnson City & served as Miss Historic Jonesborough in 2011.
*David Curtis "Steve" Stephenson (1891-1966) was born in Houston, Texas & became grand dragon of the Indiana KKK. DCS was tried & convicted for the abduction, rape & murder of a state education official in 1925. The case brought the end of a 2nd wave of KKK activities in the 192os.
SOURCE
"Stephenson Arrested On Charge Of Murder," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., April 20, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
