The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-25
OPAL, LUDIE AND
DAD C0NCILIATED
ReXroat- Kinney Mar
riage Tangle Is Settled
by Parental Blessing
SMOKE PIPE OF PEACE
Indian Maid and Husband
Welcomed Back Home Last
Night and All Is Well

u, tHs hssoDatfd press state wire,
ARDMORE. Nov 2i-Aftcr II
months OF perHous sailing, the canoe
Of matrimony launched last New
Years day by opal Rcxrolt wealthy
ChoctaV indian maid, and her lover
Ludie kinney found snto haven on
the tribal shore here last night
The pipe Of peace was taken from
It's place on the walls nt the E"Nruot
tcpec. and for q second time Papa
and Mama RcXrobt opal dud Ludic.
took deep drlughts ot lts soothing
Fragrance. aud IN the mellow light OF
the campfire on the paicrnal hearth
stone an sworc eternal love and
fealty; the unpleasant events Of the
past faded away. and once moro
peace rcigucd supreme in the Rex
roat wlgwam. The marriage OF opal
ReNroat, Ardmore Indian maiden. to
Ludie Kinney OF sulphur last New
Years day, and the subsequent flight
uf the couple from the wrath OF the
brides father. l.. r. ReNrOat. who
charged Ludic and others with con-
.gpirinR to secure the wealth Of his
daughter. furnished sensational
reading for the state intermlttonly
for many months,
The couple was finally located at
Houston, Texas, ana was returned TO
Ardmore by Buck Garrett, former
sheriff OF carter county whom the
elder RoXroat had employed to To-
cate his daughter. II was thought a
reconciliation would be effected at
rnat time between the young bride
and her father, but Mr.. Rexroat re-
fused TO drop the charges against
H.. L. a
were associated with Kinney In a.
plot to capture hIa daughters heart
and thus win tho fortune which was
hers by virtue OF possession OF rich
oil properties. As result the youth
ful couple again left the paternal
roof and took up their residence in
Muskogee suit was then filed
against KINNEY. charging him with
child desortion, he having been pre-
viously married and divorced. The
former wife who brought the charg-
es soon dropped them, however and
faded from the case.
Tangie Is Ended.
Mr.. Rexroat meantime had been
given control of Opars property |
which he had rolinquishod shortly
before their marriage through -
power OF attorney decree Issued In
local courts. He then transferred al,
the property to Mira ReXroat as
trustee and 1t appeared that truce
was far away. The exact nature of
the event that led to the settlement
of the Rexroat difficulties was not
given out by members OF the family,
but according TO Mr.. Rexroat, the
erstwtiile family troubles have been
out to the satisfaction OF
q 4 =
a few small matters is the only ac-
ton to be taken in the case. All
suits now pending VIII be dropped
and Ludie and opal, who came back
to Ardmcre from McAlester last
night with Mr.. Rcxroat and c. A.
Coakley. local attorney, have been
given the paternal blessing aud
promised a chance to make good
their oft repeated VOWS of eternal
love.
Young Kinney, who is an automo-
bile mechanic by trade, will probably
enter that business here, IL was said
at the Rexruat home last night
whore the couple expects TO live un-
I'll they can build "A love nest of their
own. Mr.. Rexroai stated that he
was supremely happy at the turn
events had taken. lie is willing TO
let DSBoheS be DNsOnes ana Is SatlS-
fled that happiness Is bound to re-
suit from the settlement for all con-
cerned.
lie stated that for the present he
would continue To oversee the bust
ness affairs of the young couple, He
gave credit for the reunion TO {, \.
Cuakley, Judge \. T, West, ana Buck
Garrett all of Ardmore. All OF them,
he said, had done their utmost to
bring peace 20 the Rcxroat house
hold