Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-01
indian HE|RESS
IS SOUGHT HERE
PEARL COMBELOBEE HAS FORT
uNE AWAITING HER IN
CHiCKAsiiA.
A tale or NATIVE LAND
Father Left Estate Co Daughter, Who
II Unknown, and Is Held as u
Myth by Those Who Know.

IL Pearl Compelobee in Tulsa? A
report was heard Yesterday that this
mysterious Indian heross, for whom
fortune waits at Chickasha was
cnsconsod In the family Of some In
dians few miles northeast of Tulsa
Also the rumor was passed around
that detectives We're here on the trial
of the hcircss. Whether or not these
reports bee true, the fact remains that
reuH Compelobee If she lives Is the
central point of one OF the most sem
timcntal stories ever emanating from
an oklahoma court of justice.
If Pearl really is in the land of the
living an will present herself to Judge
Williams she viii receive title to 100
acres of fine land located mile west
Of Chickasha and worth probably ST.
500, but so far Pearl If there is such
a girl has manifested no eagerness to
come into her Inheritance.
A brother and sister of PEARLS IA
ther. Martin Compeloboe. having al
ready claimed the land, sold it and
presented a deed to the court for ap-
proral, but Judge Williams thought
1T proper to give the girl a chance to
come into her own and IL holding the
case under consideration. 1t will
come up in the county court this
month
Evidence Is Conflicting.
It is an Indian land tale and II is
said that the fine Italian hand of the
white man is seen along the trail of
the Investigation, and in the quest
for Pearl. So far the evidence Is
conflicting and what the outcome
will be is problematical but the court
is leaving nothing undone to protect
the interests of the orphan Indian
girl.
Martin Compelobee, n full blood
! Indian, died mt Rich Mountain, Ark,
August 7, 1871. Before passing in
| the realm Of the Great Spirit he
managed to make record which
was anything but crcdtable A large
part of his life seems to have been
spent in prison. lie was released
from the Kansas prison three years
ago and before his career ended he
was twice more sent up" being re-
| leased the last time from the state
prison at McAlester hut few months
before his death. Dying. Martin left
property to his daughter Pearl and
named ]. e. Dyche, former district
Indian agent here, as his executor.
VIII Cuts No Figure.
"The will really cuts no figure In
the case" says Judge Williams. be
cause only under certain conditions
can n will be made legally by full
blood and these conditions We're not
complied with in this case. If the
man left daughter, she Is the heir,
regardless of Will" For one thing
n fuuhlood's will must be made be-
fore United States commissioner.
\ few days after Martin Compelo-
bees will was filed here, real es-
tate agent from McAlester appeared
on the scene with Columbus Compelo-
bee, brother of the deceased and Mrs
Susan Thomas, n sister. and asked
the court to approve a deed to 10C
acres of land, the homestead of Mar
tin Compelobee, west of town. The
deed conveyed the land to real es-
tate man, was dated August 10. 1911
and named $4,000 as the considera
tion. They We're Informed that the
court would not consider the matter
until the case had been thoroughly
| investigated and disposed of.
Allcge Her Myth.
The position of the agent and tho
brother and sister of the deceased
was that Pearl. the alleged daughter
was a myth. having no real daughter
in fact, and that the brother and Sis
ter were the real heirs of Martin, and
If the purchaser of the land wanted
20 part with his money on the kind
of deed, which they We're able to give
Il was not a matter that concerned
the court. Judge Williams, however
called their attention to the fact that
an order approving the deed decided
that the grantors We're the legal heirs
and then they said they We're willing