Article Archives: 100 Years Ago

100 Years Ago: June 13-19

June 12, 2025 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Times, Tuesday, June 16, 1925: A copy of the dying declaration of Madge Oberholtzer, for whose murder former Indiana Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon D. C. Stephenson and his co-defendants Earl Klinck and Earl Gentry are charged, was given to the defense at today’s bail hearing for … Read More

100 Years Ago: May 30-June 12

May 29, 2025 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, June 5, 1925: The building committee of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of Indianapolis, has accepted the design for the most monumental Scottish Rite cathedral in the world. The plan by Indianapolis architect George F. Schreiber is of an immense, three-story Gothic structure … Read More

100 Years Ago: May 23-29

May 22, 2025 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, May 27, 1925: All historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway records were shattered yesterday during qualifications for Saturday’s 500-mile gasoline derby. Leon Duray aboard his Miller Special won the pole with an average four lap speed of 113.196 miles an hour besting Tommy Milton’s 1923 record of … Read More

100 Years Ago: May 16-22

May 15, 2025 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Times, Friday, May 15, 1925: D. C. Stephenson, Earl Gentry, and Earl Klinck will go on trial in Marion County criminal court, Tuesday, June 2, for the murder of Madge Oberholtzer (a change of venue to Hamilton County Circuit Court delayed the trial). Before a crowded courtroom … Read More

100 Years Ago: May 9-15

May 8, 2025 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Times, Friday, May 15, 1925: D. C. Stephenson, Earl Gentry, and Earl Klinck will go on trial in Marion County criminal court, Tuesday, June 2, for the murder of Madge Oberholtzer (a change of venue to Hamilton County Circuit Court delayed the trial). Before a crowded courtroom … Read More