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File:D. C. Stephenson Grand Dragon of the Klu Klux Klan in Indiana, c 1922.jpg

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English: D. C. Stephenson, Grand Wizard of the Klu Klux Klan in Indiana and other northern states during the height of Klan power in the 1920s. Committed the rape and murder of Madge Oldserburg in 1925 and was arrested and given a life sentence. After his pardon was refused, he outed all the Klan leadership, forcing resignation of nearly half the office holders in the state of Indiana.
Date 12-2-1922
Source IndyStar newspaper, Decemeber 12, 1922 issue
Author Unknown

This photo was copied from Indiana Legends, By Nelson Price, Published by Emmis Books, 1997, ISBN 1578600065, p. 100. The image caption says it is from a December 12, 1922 IndyStar newspaper article.

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