The Tree: Will Not Fall Far from the Apples

This, the tenth book in a series written about corruption in Oklahoma and their attempts to take all from anyone they wish. Look just inside of the front cover and you will see my previous nine books, all true crime and all centered in Oklahoma.

It is well known that as Oklahoma achieved statehood the murderers, thieves, and scoundrels were forced to step-by-step adhere to the new state. Some never did. Recall the community (if one would call it such) the Bloody Bucket, aka The Bucket of Blood, located on one side of Ada, Oklahoma. There was a tavern there called the Corner Saloon, it had its own cemetery behind it for those who perished within. At that time, (1907 to 1909) another act sprang to life, the art of "Indian Skinning", as it was called. The action was to get the Native Americans (one at a time) very intoxicated then bribe, threaten, or intimidate them into selling the quarter section (160 acres) they recently were given. This, for little or nothing, sometimes as little as twenty to fifty dollars. The government of Oklahoma had granted each Native American a quarter section of Oklahoma land. A recent movie named "Sarah's Oil" depicts some of what transpired back then.

Since that time the actions have been modified and growing to this day. Passing the era of the sixties, the then Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court, N.S. Corn, was caught and convicted. Compare to modern day events written in this and other books and you will see how it has grown and the Bloody Bucket has now spread border to border. One man attempted to bribe his ex-brother-in-law with $50,000 to get him to walk away from his sister so this group could kill her. The ex-brother-in-law refused, the bribe failed and from there, the man turned to the Oklahoma State Senate, and well, apparently, they took the bribe!