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Published Every Evening (Excej Morning by Miami News-RecorMuskogee Bandit Pair Shoot When Connecticut Men Resist Holdup Demand THIRD GUEST GAGGEDiMurderers Escape—Amountcf Loot, If Any, NotDetermined by PoliceMUSKOGEE, April 26 — lt;A)—David S. Smith and George Smith, brothers, both of Connecticut, were shot to death by two robbers in a hotel room here tonight.John Wike, who was traveling | with the Smith brothers, wasbound and gagged, and a fourthmember of the party, W. H. Seeley, who was in a bathroom adjoining the room in which the killing occurred, was unharmed. .Seeley and Wike also are from Connecticut.Seeley told officers two young men, dressed in brown suits, entered the room and attempted to rob the Smith brothers and shot them to death when they resisted. They then bound and gagged Wike and fled.Police Start SearchOfficers immediately started a jsearch for the pair, but had fennd 110 trace of them 45 minutes after the shooting.David Smith and Wike were from Sharon, Conn., George Smith was from West Cornwall, Conn.,and Seeley was from Washington,Conn. All were loan brokers, traveling through Oklahoma onbusiness.Other persons in the hotel declared they heard no shots. The two brothers were believed to have had considerable money with them. It was not learned immediately, however, whether the robbers obtained any loot.
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Miami Daily News Record
Miami, Oklahoma, US
Sun, Apr 27, 1930
Page 25
Full Page
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