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DOUBLE MURDER’Imaeddraed! Companions of Two Slain ■ a Brothers Held in Muskogee f*si inHotel Under GuardRING MAY YIELD CLUEI Diamond Found on Prisoner Resembles Gem FormerlyWorn by One VictimMUSKOGEE, April 29.—UP)As the result of an unexplained rv'i of belief on the part of investigating officers, two travelingcompanions of George and DavidSmith, Connecticut capitalists, today were charged with the murder of the easterners, found shot to death in a hotel room here Saturday night.P. G. Seeley 'and John L. Wike,companions of the Smiths, whoher dri wh aleusepaidittoto are cmipai in frii gal beiofi viethr3macoiJ.fivfatdrlt;gakil?athlt;deiraiwere brothers, formally were charged with murders late yesterday. They have not been placed in jail, however, but are under guard in their hotel room- Before the filing of murder charges police announced the prisoners had been released.Frankly puzzled by the case andat a loss as to a possible motive] for the double slaying, officer3 still | were further preplexed by the discovery early today of a diamond ring in Seeley’s possession, which they said resembled a ring former-worn by one of Uk Smith brothers. The officers were careful to point out that the ring had not been identified as the property of | ^ one of the slain men. IUnable to Shake Stories j Prior to discovery of the ring, Phillip K. Oldham, assistant county attorney, issued a statement saying he was going into the case ] via with an open mind.”There is probable cause for these men being implicated, and for this reason I think it advisable that a hearing be held,” his statement concluded. He declined to elaborate on the probable cause” j in| for their being implicated. jSeeley and Wike both ' we ’e ar» severely grilled yesterday and last! Frnight, but officers paid they were] *h j unable to shake cither of their! ni| 1 stories. j anSlain Men Not Bobbed i jui Earlier in the day officers had j Mi expressed belief that revenge, and not robbery, was the motive for the double slaying, but they said they had no foundation for this belief other than the fact that a small amount of money, carried by the j hy two brothers, had not been touched when the Smiths were slain.The four men registered at the hotel here Saturday, Wike and Seeley occupying a room adjoining that in which the Smith brotherswere killed.Wike told officers two men came into the roomshortly after 9 o’clock | p‘r Saturday night and that a fight started immediately. Wike said he was bound and gagged and robbed of $8 he carried in his pocket. Seeley was in his room at the time, but did not hear the disturbance, he told investigators.George Smith, whose home was in Cornwell, Conn., was in Oklahoma checking up on mortgagessold here by the defunct New Milford, Conn., Security company, of which he was secretary. David Smith lived in Charon, Conn.,thiTlisliauliereinuteitolfrisirtoithchfoFiiniMcocutit(Continued on Page Two)teiKim
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Miami Daily News Record
Miami, Oklahoma, US
Tue, Apr 29, 1930
Page 11
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