Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-14
GREEK INDIAN GEnl, OWNS OKLAHOMA
 LAND RICK IN (!L
Many Seek Leases OR Holdings of Wealthy Young
 Women

~~NNAA'' Roy Parker, pretty Creek Indian, ha. the choice of following the advice ot three races of persons-white, in dian and negro. And thereby hang not only tale but also vast riches locked up in the ground under Mrs Parker's holdings in the Osage oi lands of Oklahoma.
 Frantic representative of th three races came together in Hutch. inson this week after a 4O00-mile chase over the continent. At stake is a fortune in oil properties. Prin- cipals in the case were Mrs. Parker Mrs. Parker's relatives, Mrs. Par keiss alleged enemies and the police authorities of several cities.
 With Mrs. Parker is her negro husband, Roy Parker. The young married couple live at Wewoka. Ok la. Following her many weary miles have been her negro father-in law. some of her tribesmen from Oklaho- ma, oil operators anxious to take . leases on her lands, and telegrams letters and appeals galore The young WOudI o!lC IS uulIG worn out by it all and doesn't really care what becomes of the old land, any how, just so they let her alone. Her husband, however, still has sharp eye to windward.
 Become of Age in March.
 Mrs. Parker became 21 years old in March. For that reason the fight of all the elements to the dispute be- nfa bn parties centered their efforts on the young woman more than ever. For this week she became her own mas ter, ready and able to do whatever she likes with her land. The months was for the purpose of getting hci consent when sine became of age.
 A swindle was attempted by two oil men last October, according to the young woman's lawyers. Lead- ing the Indian girl to believe she was signing a lease to few acres of he1 land, two men substituted for the lease warranty deed and the girl. unknowingly signed it, according to lawyers. This would have given the men the entire and sole possession O. the land, had it not been discovered that mistake had been made in the girls registered birth certificate, filed at Muskogee, and that she was not of age, as she was supposed tc be- She would not be of age till the last of March. Then the scramble started, as it became noised around among oil men that the land was valuable and the girl would consent to leasing it.
 Three companies entered actively into the contest for the lease, compa- nies as large as any operating in that part of the country. One of thcp7 induced the girl and her husband tc leave home and take a trip to Cal iforna, paying all railroad fare and expenses and hiring agentsAto follow the pair, and see that they came into contact with no disturbing in-l fluences."
 Father Went in Pursuit
 George Parker, the father-in-law. a negro, alleged this was a virtual abduction. when he heard of 1t, and although he was old and had never been on a railroad train in his life ! he hired friend to accompany him and set out in pursuit of his daught- i CT. He believed the oil men would t'v foul play if they could not get his daughter to sign any other way. he said.
 Flying trips in automobiles and trains, secret and intercepted tele. grams, changed hotels, mvsterions messages figured in the 40O0-mle i race to California and return. The elder Parker caueht the young. cou nle in Hutchinson What the fina' outcome of the affair will be is stil question.
 Various persons, including the cl der Parker's wife. had been lookinn 1 tor members of the parties at vari i ous places all over the country. 4 message was received from Mrs Parker by Hutchinson police, askine tor the arrest of her husband. He was not arrested, however. He at tributes the telegram to oil men 1. Who were trying to get him intc [ trouble. He says they signed his Wlfe's name to it.