Mis-statement of Facts - news article
This little article appeared on page 7, Renfrew's Record, Alva, Okla.., Friday, November 18, 1910. You need to read the Daily Oklahoman of Sunday, Nov. 13, 1910 to see exactly what they printed. I got to thinking that people of the community only see what they want to see. Did Miller's wife know about the pregnancy? -- Did she refused to give Judge Miller a divorce?
The following Alva special in the Daily Oklahoman of Sunday, November 13th, is a willful mis-statement of facts or a case where the correspondent was not looking for facts. The facts are that three of Alva's most responsible physicians on their oaths testified that Mabel Oakes was strangled by the scarf around her neck by the hands of another person and the mass of the people of this city and surrounding community believe that the opinion of the physicians is the correct theory. We may also add that public sentiment largely agrees with the judgment of the coroner's jury as to whom that person was.
The following is the special in the Oklahoman:
Accused to Solve Mystery of Death. - Oklahoman article
Alva, Okla., Nov. 12 -- N. L. Miller, the justice of the peace who is in jail charged with the murder of Miss Mabel Oakes, announced today that when he was called to trial he would be able to produce the man responsible for the girl's condition. Miller admits he was in love with the girl and says he intended to get a divorce and marry her. Around the neck of the girl when her body was found was a light scarf which was not wound tightly, but which the coroner's jury says caused her death. The jury found that she was strangled. Miller could easily have removed the scarf had he strangled her with it and few of those in Alva who saw the body believe the girl came to her death in that way.
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