Arrest On Suspicion of Accepting Bribes
On the evening of March 22, 1922, Governor Robertson submitted to arrested in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. Earlier that day a grand jury which investigated the failure of state banks in Okmulgee country, named Governor Robertson and Fred G. Dennis, former state banking commissioner in an indictment.
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