Oklahoma's Moman Pruiett: A pioneer in criminal defense
The most eloquent courtroom speech he ever made was only nine words long, a pioneer Oklahoma lawyer who won acquittals for 303 of 343 accused slayers he represented once said.
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The most eloquent courtroom speech he ever made was only nine words long, a pioneer Oklahoma lawyer who won acquittals for 303 of 343 accused slayers he represented once said.
He first came to Oklahoma soon after the opening of the Cherokee Strip and became a deputy sheriff, but previously was sentenced to prison for bank robbery (but escaped).
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On this day in 1935, a fire extensively damaged the historic Brady Hotel, a building that played a prominent role in the early history of Tulsa and Oklahoma.
Tulsa's city jail was "worse than the black hole of Calcutta," Kate Barnard told the Tulsa World after a surprise visit to the "dungeon" in 1914.