UNITED STATES v. MASHUNKASHEY

Nos. 1030-1032.

72 F.2d 847 (1934)

UNITED STATES v. MASHUNKASHEY et al. MASHUNKASHEY v. UNITED STATES. STAFFORD v. SAME.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

September 13, 1934.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pedro Capo-Rodriguez, of Washington, D. C., and Joe W. Howard, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Tulsa, Okl. (Harry W. Blair, Asst. Atty. Gen., C. E. Bailey, U. S. Atty., of Tulsa, Okl., and Clifford E. Fix, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., on the brief), for the United States.

C. B. Stuart, of Tulsa, Okl. (M. L. Holcombe and Clarence Lohman, both of Pawhuska, Okl., and E. J. Doerner, W. E. Hudson, and R. D. Hudson, all of Tulsa, Okl., on the brief), for Rosa Mashunkashey and others.

Before PHILLIPS, McDERMOTT, and BRATTON, Circuit Judges.


BRATTON, Circuit Judge.

Charles Mashunkashey, a restricted, full-blood Osage Indian, and Rosa Mashunkashey, a white woman, were married in March, 1923 and continued as husband and wife until October 6, 1930, when she secured a decree of divorce, rendered by the district court of Osage county, Okl.

The Secretary of the Interior, on March 21, 1928, granted Charles a certificate of competency effective April 21, 1928. After a hearing, the Secretary revoked it...

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