Later Life
After serving three years in the federal penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, he was paroled and returned home in 1927. While in prison, the Indiana Klan fell apart as their schemes were revealed by the Grand Dragon after he was convicted of rape and murder. McCray resumed his business which had recovered and repaid his loans. He remained reclusive in his home, even after being pardoned by President Herbert Hoover in 1930 after Republican party leaders informed Hoover of the Klan's role in McCray's conviction. McCray remained on his farm where he died on December 19, 1938. He was buried in Fairlawn Cemetery in Kentland, Indiana.
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