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Blackwell, Oklahoma, December 28th, 1930.

The Griffith sisters, Jesse and Zexia, spent their Christmas holiday at Blackwell with their parents,

Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Griffith.

Jesse was 24 years old, supervisor of music

in Norman public schools, and a former University of Oklahoma student. Zexia was 36 years old,

head of the economics department at the Conner State School of Agriculture at Warner near Muskogee. She had been a member of

the faculty there seven years. They left at 5 o'clock Sunday morning to return to the respective

schools. Their bodies were found about four hours later by C.C. Woods and his son who were hunting.

They were about 100 yards apart on the opposite sides of the road near Salt Fork River, which flows south of Tonkawa.

Both had been shot through the head.

Xexia had also been shot through her hand.

The wounds apparently were inflicted by a revolver of medium size.

Jesse's clothing was disheveled as though she had struggled with her assailant.

Neighboring farmers who drove their cows in from pasture early Sunday morning

recalled having seen a man drive away in a car answering the description

of the slain woman's vehicle. None heard shots, however. The bodies of the victims were found

near the highway, a short distance south of Tonkawa. The bloodstained automobile was found several

hours later, about 20 miles farther south along the same highway.

Their purses were found unopened in the car.

Their father was active in law enforcement, an officer said there was a possibility the slayings might have been the revenge of one of his enemies.

Griffith, a member of the Blackwell Police Force, was a policeman at the slayings might have been the revenge of one of his enemies.

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