Volume 9 , Issue 7

Searching For 1910 Murder Trial Exhibits

Where do they store the old 1910 murder trial exhibits for Woods and Woodward County, Oklahoma? Do they still exist? Searching for photo of Mabel Oakes (exhibit "B").

This week we are continuing with some additional research into the "Old Opera House Murder" of 1910. We are searching for an exhibit (exhibit "B") that was used in the 7 September 1911 Woodward County, Oklahoma Case #714, concerning the murder trial of Justice of the Peace Nelson L. Miller for the death of Mabel Oakes. This Exhibit "B" was also mentioned in the 600-page transcript for Miller's 26 April 1913 Appeal No. A-1618. The special prosecutor, Mr. Tincher, hired by George Oakes questions, hands Mr. Oakes a photograph and marks it as Exhibit "B" and asked him if this was a photograph of his daughter, Mabel Oakes. George Oakes replies that it is.

When we were getting copies of the transcripts and court filings, there were no exhibits that we could find. Do these 1910 exhibits still exist in either of the Woods County Case #612, or the 7 September 1911 Woodward County Case #714? Does anyone out there in Woods or Woodward County, Oklahoma with any connections to the the county courthouses that could do a search for these old exhibits of 1910? OR... Maybe you could lead us to a person, place where we can obtain a photocopy of the 1910 Murder Case Exhibits! Thanks for any help you can send this way!
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