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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 Hammond ...
David Curtis "Steve" Stephenson (August 21, 1891 – June 28, 1966) was an American Ku Klux Klan leader, convicted rapist and murderer. In 1923 he was appointed Grand Dragon of the Indiana Klan and head of Klan recruiting for seven other states.
D.C. Stephenson Trial: 1925. Defendants: Earl Gentry, Earl Klinck, and David Curtis Stephenson. Crime Charged: Murder. Chief Defense Lawyers: Floyd Christian, Ira W. Holmes, and "Eph" Inman. Chief Prosecutors: Charles E. Cox, Ralph Kane, William H. Remy. Judge: Will M. Sparks.
2 de abr. de 2023 · In a new book, Timothy Egan traces the Klan’s expansion in the 1920s across American political and civic life. Then its leader, David C. Stephenson, committed murder.
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.
Biografía de David Stevenson. Historiador inglés, David Stevenson estudió en Cambridge y es profesor de la London School of Economics, siendo especialista en la I Guerra Mundial, campo en el que ha publicado numerosos artículos y ensayos.
In November 1925, Stephenson received a life sentence for his role in the death of Madge Oberholtzer, whom he had brutally raped. He served 31 years in the Indiana State Prison at Michigan City before his release in 1956. While in prison, Stephenson leaked damaging information to the newspapers about his involvement in state politics.
