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Laredo Weekly Times
Laredo, Webb County, Texas
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In Fort Worth, Texas, on July 10, Federal District Attorney Zweifel receives a $23,289 check from indicted J. K. Yett and Dr. G. B. Miller to repay investors defrauded in the Wichita-Smackover Oil company via unauthorized solicitations.
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ZWEIFEL RECEIVED CHECK TO
REPAY INVESTORS IN
TEXAS OIL CON.
By Associated Press.
Fort Worth, Texas, July 10.—Federal District Attorney Zweifel today received a check for $23,289 in a letter with the request that it be returned to a certain group of stockholders in the Wichita-Smackover Oil company. The letter was signed by J. K. Yett, under indictment in connection with reported illegal oil operations, and Dr. G. B. Miller, at one time interested in the company. The sum is said to have been received in stock subscriptions in reply to letters bearing the names of Miller and Yett said the latter did not authorize the letters to prospective stockholders, therefore he desired the money to be returned.
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Fort Worth, Texas
Event Date
July 10
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check for $23,289 to be returned to stockholders in the wichita-smackover oil company
Event Details
Federal District Attorney Zweifel received a check for $23,289 in a letter signed by J. K. Yett, under indictment for illegal oil operations, and Dr. G. B. Miller, requesting it be returned to stockholders. The sum came from unauthorized stock subscriptions via letters bearing the names of Miller and Yett.