Talk:Madge Oberholtzer

message: I'm just wondering how much of this article is based on Cross of Fire rather than the factual accounts. I've no idea how close the film was to the reality. --MacRusgail 17:22, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cross of Fire 

message: Contrary to what used to be indicated in the article on D. C. Stephenson, Stephenson was affiliated with the Democratic Party from 1920 until 1924.  He of course became Grand Dragon in November 1922.  His switch to the Republicans came when an opportunity opened to leverage his position as Grand Dragon to take control of the Republican Party, almost two years into his leadership of the Indiana-area Klan.  His attack on Oberholtzer occurred in March 1925, less than a year after he affilitated with the Republicans.  For most of the period during which he was politically powerful, he was a Democrat.  To suppress mention of his affilitation with the Democrats is simply an exercise in bad historiography. —12.72.68.229 10:09, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Really who cares. The Tweedledum-Tweedledee nature of American politics is pretty pathetic. --MacRusgail 17:10, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Various sorts of people will care, amongst them some who are neither Republican nor Democrat, but simply want Wikipedia to be as accurate as possible. —12.72.68.209 23:19, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stephenson and the two Major Parties 

message: Is it me or do the first 3 paragraphs beneath the header "Events of the case" seem somewhat out of order, or merely slightly muddled?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by U91731 (talk • contribs) 19:02, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not you.  I just revised the section, hopefully for the better.  Thanks for bringing it up.  --CliffC (talk) 23:25, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Events of the case

message: The single paragraph of "Early Life" and the first three paragraphs of "Events of the Case" are completely redundant, reiterating essentially the same information several times.  18:56, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Redundancy

message: The opening states she was killed by infection, when its actually unknown and poisoning was more likely. This ends up sounding biased because there are basically two schools of thought. Doctors testified to both in the case. Please edit.
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/stephenson/stephensonaccount.html
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thread_title:  Poison/Infection 

message: Why is this page listed under Cannibalised people? I couldn't find a clear reference to cannibalism in the text, other than that Stephenson bit her.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.185.54.54 (talk) 14:19, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question 

message: "The next morning, she convinced Stephenson to call Shorty and tell him to come to the hotel so she could purchase a black silk hat."  Who is Shorty?  Stephenson's chauffeur, perhaps?  He should be properly identified in the article.  71.235.184.247 (talk) 22:04, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shorty 

message: The last sentence of the article says that "In 1961, Stephenson was arrested in Tennessee at age 70 on charges of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl, but the charges were dropped on grounds of insufficient evidence." But the linked document says that in 1961 he was arrested in Missouri for assaulting a 16-year-old girl, then was convicted but subsequently paroled on condition that he leave the state. Not sure where the Tennessee references come from. I don't know whether it's better to replace it with the facts about this Missouri incident, or find a citation for the Tennessee incident and list both, or what. spoko (talk) 20:43, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stephenson 1961 assault arrest