Madge Oberholtzer, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMadge Oberholtzer
American schoolteacher and murder victim
Date of Birth: 10-Nov-1896
Date of Death: 14-Apr-1925
Profession: teacher
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Madge Oberholtzer
- Madge Augustine Oberholtzer (November 10, 1896 – April 14, 1925) was an American woman whose rape and suicide played a critical role in the demise of the second incarnation of the Ku Klux Klan.
- In March 1925, while working for the state of Indiana on an adult literacy campaign, she was kidnapped by D.
- C.
- Stephenson, Grand Dragon of the Indiana Klan.
- Holding her captive in his private train car, he raped and tortured her.
- She died from a combination of a staphylococcal infection from her injuries and kidney failure from mercury chloride poisoning, which she took while held captive in an attempt to commit suicide.Following the suicide attempt, Stephenson's men returned Oberholtzer to her home, assuming her injuries would soon prove fatal and believing their influential leader was immune to any prosecution.
- However, his victim regained consciousness long enough to give a signed statement to police.
- She described Stephenson's assaults which led to his conviction at trial and led to the rapid decline of KKK membership in Indiana.
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