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Shilling, Marvin Manuscript Collection

Coverage: 
1931–1932
Source: 
Papers, .33 foot

Description
Attorney. Correspondence (1931–1932); legal documents (1931–1932); and newspaper clippings (1931–1932), all regarding the trial of two Carter County, Oklahoma, deputies charged with killing the children of two prominent Mexican families, including a relative of the Mexican president, Pascual Ortiz Rubio. The collection also contains a transcript of the preliminary hearing of the deputies, as well as telegrams and correspondence from Oklahoma governor William H. Murray, concerning the delicacy of the situation and the dangers of an unjust trial.