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live suorruuea oy sani vv. nayes, P( c ratio state chairman.i»' . t v?-4etc -•..In wiring his acceptance of the fosition, Summers promised thegovernor he would not use the influence of the chairmanship to forward the interests of any candidate, and said he considered the appointment as “an opportunity to do the state a large service in assisting the setting up and putting into operation the run-off primarylaw.”Summers withdrew from the race for the state chairmanship this spring to assist in the appoint--jjiiHnt of Judge Hayes. Moss was^appointed to the board of regents„ of t,he University of Oklahoma af-~t*r' his resignation from the eloc-~ tloyv board.^j:,V: ^■■ • • • ... 'tARRESTS THROW JVO NEW LIGHT ON„ DOUBLE MURDERJT- (Continued from F'age One)HP•Mli-Wike'g home. Seeley resides in Washington, Conn.— Friends Rally In Aidi*.NEW MILFORD, Conn., April—Lf*)—Friends here today ral--Jied to the support of P. (J. Seeley£pnd John L. Wike, against whom c harges of munlrr have been filed*jn connection with the deaths ofg^Ceorge R. Smith and David F. Jjmith, brothers, in a Muskogee, Okla., hotel.The general lelief here is that Jjeeley and Wike, who were asso-i^exates of the Smiths in the bank*■ pt New Milford Security eom-§any, are innocent, and that Okla-pma mortgagors who were indebted to the company may haveSeen responsible.Ralph Seeley of New York, a n of P. C. Seeley, left for Mu* iTfogee^ Inst night to aid his father. Jfcfikp”telephoned relatives that he jllil not understand thnt he waltzing held for murder, lot only a-material witness. '^ State’s Attorney Walter Hoi* I Jjsme of Litchfield county wiredcounty attorney at Muskogee-Impressing his willingness to eo-J5?erate in the investigation.It was said here that Wike tried 5o persuade the party front mak-^Ihg the trip through that section. 3»vfng there were manv “hard” aracters and thnt “no one could 411 what they might do to a fclSr..“5T Thrrp '•also was a report that _ JXIotncnne in Oklahoma” had j Sjhught to delay the visit, which '■Spas to check up on mortgagee lyvld there and in other nearbyThe trip originally was set for •4ft*t fall, but postponed at the sug--IWMtion of Virgil L, Coss, the Mus-jjgjpgce agent of the company.Relatives of David Smith said jat he had had a premonition of ath and, as a safeguard, had incased the accident insurance on 'jfiis automobile. It was also agreed the men that they should carry.minimum of money in traveler*’ •Specks.y Thirty-five residents of Sharon.gpika'a home, have signed an affi-flvit as to his good character and dcgranhed it to Muskogee for in-*3?eduction at his hearing.
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Miami Daily News Record
Miami, Oklahoma, US
Tue, Apr 29, 1930
Page 12
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