Volume 17 , Issue 26

One Hundred Years Ago, 4 August 1915, Wednesday

One hundred years ago today, 4 August 1915, The Tulsa Daily World was reporting on their front page the following headline: "Accounts Short, Says Creek Judge," via Sapulpa, Oklahoma, August 3, 1915.

As the article states -- That Charles Aubrey, wealthy Creek county farmer who killed himself several weeks before, was short nearly $5,000 in his accounts as guardian for a number of Indian minors, was the belief of County Judge Vic S. Decker, who had just finished an investigation.

Judge Decker was unable to give out any definite information at this time but new developments were expected within a short time.

Aubrey was found dead in his home south of Sapulpa, May 1915. He had shot himself with a revolver. He left no explanation of his suicide and it was thought that ill health had prompted his self-destruction.

It was necessary to audit his accounts before new guardians were appointed and this was said to have established a motive for Aubrey's suicide. He was a pioneer citizen of Oklahoma and well-known throughout the southwest.
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