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 The Editor's Bag District Judge, granted a restraining order on the petition. The parties litigant were of African descent. The

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petition was prepared by J. R. Miller, Esq., of the law firm of Hughes & Miller of Sapulpa:

IN THE DISTRICT COURT, WITHIN AND FOR CREEK COUNTY, IN THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT, OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA Ella Broom, Plaintiff, aintiff, ) v. J- No. 2445 Defendant. } Henry Brawn, Defendant. PETITION Most noble Judge, Hear the plaintiff, Ella Brown, Who donning her best, has come up town, Not as of yore, on work is she bent, But imploring justice, defendant won't repent. And these constitute her cause of action, Enough? Yes to drive her to distraction. First The plaintiff at the age of just nineteen, Was as fair a damsel as ever was seen. T'was then the defendant, dashing Henry Brown, Wooed and won her in old Muskogee town. On the twelfth day of November, Nineteen hundred and four, The gallant Henry called at her mother's door. He vowed his love for her should never fail, And he would tote in juicy possums by the tail. He would furnish her things to her heart's content, So long as he had a dollar, dime or cent. With such wonderful eloquence Sir Henry pled, That Ella consented and straightway they were wed. Two years in Muskogee lived Mr. and Mrs. Brown, When they heard of Sapulpa, the magical town. To the wonderful City they started by rail, But to them the train's pace seemed slow as a snail. The marvelous Sapulpa was reached at last, And six more years have faded into the past. In Creek County, Oklahoma, plaintiff has lived more than a year, The year next preceding, now do you hear. To this one time happy home of yore, Came prattling children numbering four. Of these, three survive unto this good day, Namely, Venore, Jessie and Ona May. The first a girl of six, second a boy of four, Third a baby girl 'bout a year or little more.

Second Plaintiff further states, that during all this time She has been a loving wife, keeping dutifully in line; Not so with the defendant, Henry Brown, He has been a rounder in the good old town. Scattered his affections to the Oklahoma breeze, Staying out late at night, doing as he please.