Volume 6 , Issue 31

Moman Pruiett - He Made It Safe To Murder...

If you scroll on down the Mailbag Corner to Moman Pruiett... you might find an interesting fact that was written in a biography of Pruiett, He Made it Safe to Murder. The book is only available through the author's grandson. One of my readers sent me an Order Form for the book.

What fascinates me about this famous criminal attorney back in the early 1900s is something in the book that was written about the Opera House Murder in which Nelson L. Miller was acused of killing someone he had an affair with to cover up a botched abortion. The Law Enforcement League hired Moman to work for the prosecution because they were afraid he would represent Miller and get him off. Pruiett won the case for the prosecution by fooling the defense into thinking there was a witness available who would testify against Miller. This forced the Miller to testify on his own behalf and allowed Moman to cross examine him.

Looking at the clock I see it is almost 3:00 o'clock a.m. CDT, in Oklahoma. Way past this NW Okie's bedtime. So.... before I let you off the hook here, check-in next weekend for some Northwestern State Teacher College sophomores of 1938. A reader sent me an URL for OkGenWeb/USGenWeb Project - Woods County Oklahoma -- scroll down and Click on Woods County Query to take a look at some pictures, items pertaining to the NSTC Class of 1930 and 1938. Why it is so fascinating is because my mother - Vada Paris - was a sophomore at NSTC in 1938.
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