haʊˈɛvɚ, ɐnˈʌðɚ lˈɔŋɪnvˈɛstᵻɡˌeɪɾᵻd ænd mˈʌtʃpˈʌblɪsˌaɪzd kˈeɪs, wˌɪtʃ hiː pˈɜːsənəli sˈuːpɚvˌaɪzd, hæd æz ɪts ɡˈoʊl ðə wɪθdɹˈɔːl ʌvðə nˈuː jˈɔːɹk stˈeɪt tʃˈɑːɹɾɚ fɚðə kˈuː klˈʌks klˈæn, wˌɪtʃ ðɪ ˌɔːɹɡɐnᵻzˈeɪʃən hæd mˈænɪdʒd tə klændˈɛstɪnli ɐkwˈaɪɚɹ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti θɹˈiː.
However, another long-investigated and much-publicized case, which he personally supervised, had as its goal the withdrawal of the New York State charter for the Ku Klux Klan, which the organization had managed to clandestinely acquire in 1923.