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Denied a pardon in 1926, Stephenson started talking to the Indianapolis Times, revealing names of officials who had accepted bribes and payments from the Klan.
The Times investigated the Klan in the state.
The state indicted several high-ranking officials, including Governor Ed Jackson and the head of the Republican Party in Marion County.
Other local officials resigned when facing charges.
The Times investigation revealed widespread political corruption which contributed to destroying the Klan in Indiana and nationwide.
By February 1928, Indiana Klan rosters had decreased to 4, 000, from a peak of more than 250, 000 members in 1925.
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