Stephenson Loses in Three Motions

From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, December 12, 1925:  D. C. Stephenson, former Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon now serving a life sentence in Indiana State Prison for the murder of Madge Oberholtzer, appeared in circuit court at Noblesville today where his attorneys filed motions asking his conviction of second degree murder be vacated and a new trial be granted.  After hearing defense arguments from attorney Floyd Christian, Special Judge Will Sparks overruled the motions as Stephenson, his hair cropped short prison style and attired in an ill-fitting dark gray prison suit, seated at a table in front of the courtroom, puffed out his ruddy hued cheeks, blowing through his lips, as he shook his head.  When court adjourned, prison guards escorted Stephenson to an awaiting automobile for this return to prison.  An appeal to the Indiana Supreme Court is anticipated.  

“Stephenson Loses in Three Motions,” The Indianapolis News, 12 December 1925, p. 1:1