Down the blade came, the Pete Stanfield murder

Choctaw County Genealogical Society On Saturday, Dec. 8, 1928, in Oberlin, the farming community was enjoying a clear, 60-degree evening, feeling the Christmas spirit and celebrations to come, along with preparing for a country dance at a local barn near Lake West.

Pete Stanfield (29) and Clyde C. Snead (24, nephew) were working at the Stanfield family farm that day and looking forward to getting c…