Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-23
CREEK INDIAN
GIRLOWNER OF
RICH OIL LAND
Fact She Was Not Il Saved
Her From Swindle Last
October.
MANY TRY FOR LEASES

MANY TRY FOR LEASES
HUTCHINSON. Kas., April 2S.-Mrs.
Roy Parker, pretty Creek Indian, has
the choice of following the advice Of
three races OF persons-white. Indian
and negro.
And thereby hangs not only tale
but also vast riches locked up in the
ground under AIrs. Parkers holdings IN
the Usage oil lands OF Oklahoma.
Frantic representatives of the thres
races came together in Hutchinson this
week after 4,OOo-mile chase over the
continent
At stake is fortune in oil properties.
Principals in the case were Mrs. Par
ker, Mrs. Parker's relatives, Mrs. Par
ker's alleged enemies and the police au-
thorities Of several cities.
With Mrs Parker is her negro hus-
band, Roy Parker.
The young married couple live at We
woka, Okla. Following her many weary
miles have been her negro father-in- law,
some Of Der tribesmen from oklahoma,
ell operators anxious to take leases on
her lands and kilograms, letters and
al peals galore.
The young woman says she is quite
worn out by it al and doesn't really
care what becomes of the old land, any
how. just so they let her alone. Her
husband, however, still has a sharp eye
to windward.
BECAME OF AGE
ONLY LAST MARCH.
Mrs. Parker became p years old in
Marcia
For that reason the fight of all the
elements to the dispute became more
intense and the various parties conferred
their efforts on the young woman more
than ever.
For this week she became her own
master. ready and able TO do whatever
she likes with Der land.
The months Of shadowing and trailing
of the girl was for the purpose Of get
ting her consent when she became OF
age.
\ swinde was attempted by two oil
men last October. according to the young
woman's lawyers.
Leading the Indian girl TO believe she
was signing a lease to a few acres of
her land two men substituted for the
lease warranty deed and the girl, I'M
knowingly, signed 1t, according to Law
yers.
This would have given the men the
entire and sole possession Of the land.
had it not been discovered that mis-
take had been made in the girls regis-
tered birth certificate. fled at Muskogee,
supposed to be.
Sac would not be of age until the
last of March.
Then the scramble started. IS it be
came 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 tbe lease, companies as
large as any operating in that part or
the country.
FATHEB-IN-LAW
GOES IN PURSUIT.
One Of them induced the girl and her
her husband to leave home and take
trip to California paying all railroad
fare and expenses and hiring agents 20
follow the pair and see that they cnn1~
into contact with no disturbing ia
duences"
George Parker. the father-in-law, q
negro, alleged this was q virtual abdue-
ton. when he heard Of it. and although
be was old and had never been on
railroad train in his life, he hired
friend to accompany him, and set out IN
pursuit Of his daughter.
He believed the oil men would try foul
play Il they could not ger his daughter
to sign any other way, he said
Flying trips In automobiles and trains,
secret and intercepted kilograms, changed
hotels. mysterious messages figured in
the 1000 mile race to California and re-
turn.
The elder Parker caught the young
couple in Hutchinson,
What the final outcome OF the affair
will be is still a question.
Various persons. including the elder
Parker's wife. had been looking for mem
bers Of the parties at various places all
over the country.
a message was received from Mrs.
Parker by Hutchinson police, asking for
the arrest of her husband.
He was not arrested, however.
He attributes the telegram to oil men,
who were trying to get him into trouble.
He says they signed his wife'S name
to it.