(written by associate justice John W. Spencer) in this case were lengthy. By the end of Cox’s term, he was chief justice of the Indiana Supreme Court. He was described as “one of the ablest of the many able jurists of the State.” Post court Although Cox voted against the Democrats in the "Marshall Constitution" case, he was respected enough to still be selected to be a Democratic candidate for re-election in 1916. However, Cox did not win re-election, as the entire ticket of Democrats lost in the state election. He practiced law in Indianapolis, and a city directory for 1918 shows that he maintained an office in the City Trust Building. He eventually joined the law firm of Woollen, Woollen & Welliver, and the firm was renamed Wollen, Cox & Welliver. Cox lived in downtown Indianapolis (Center Township) with his wife and two sons. In 1924, he was elected President of the Indianapolis Bar Association. During 1925, Cox was involved in a trial that received national attention. The Noblesville, Indiana, trial is known as the “D. C. Stephenson” case, and involved wealthy and influential Ku Klux Klan leader D. C. Stephenson and the brutal rape and death of Madge Oberholtzer. Stephenson was well connected politically, and was famous for claiming “I am the law in Indiana”. Cox was one of the chief prosecutors in the trial, and was quoted in the New York Times denouncing Stephenson as one who “holds himself above the law” and as a “destroyer of the virtue of women”. The details of the rape outraged many members of the Klan, causing them to leave that organization. Stephenson was found guilty of second degree murder. Unable to get the pardon he expected, a vengeful Stephenson began naming politicians that helped him gain power. His revenge caused jail time for the Indianapolis mayor and the resignation of other government officials. By 1930, Cox had moved to a country estate and farm on the northeast side of Indianapolis (Lawrence Township). A grandfather by that time, his household included himself, his wife, one of his sons and wife, a grandson, and a domestic assistant. Cox was still practicing law with Charles B. Welliver as late as 1932. Death By the time he was 75 years old, Cox had been married over 50 years. He had three grown children and four grandchildren. He was a member of the First Congregational