Looking for the Man that Shot My Paw
Main Street Duke Oklahoma So I walked into a bank in downtown Duke, OK and told the ladies, my grandmother and I are looking for the man that shot my Paw. Ok, it didn't really go down like that, but we did end up in a bank, asking questions about a murder that occurred 88 years ago. Family history has always taught that my great grandfather was murdered, but until this Christmas visit, I didn't have the full scoop. An off hand suggestion to go to the site of the murder led to a family history adventure that couldn't have been bought. Thomas Burnes Criswell and Family (Great Great Grandfather and Infant Great Grandfather) Sitting in the family room at my grandparent's home in Oklahoma City this conversation came up as family history has a habit of coming up between generations. Although I knew my great grandfather had been shot, the new nugget of information was that a man's throat had been cut that day. In addition, i...