Mich Carstairs

Michelle "Mich" Carstairs (b. ca. 1910) was the younger woman who lived in Oklahoma not long after the Big Bubble burst. Her older brother was Charlie Carstairs, a farm supplier in Enid, Oklahoma. In May, 1934, Charlie refused to pay a debt to Big Stu Kesselring, Enid's crime boss. In order to squeeze Charlie into paying his debt, Big Stu find out that Carstairs' had a younger sibling. At the time, Mich lived in Ponca City.

One of Big Stu's "employees" was Jack Spivey, who, in addition to his more illegal activities, also played semi-pro baseball with the Enid Eagles. When Big Stu learned that the Eagles were going to play the Ponca City Greasemen in Ponca City, Big Stu offered to pay to Spivey to strongarm the younger Carstairs. Big Stu stated that the younger Carstairs was a brother. Spivey had some misgivings, as he rarely did this sort of work, but agreed when Big Stu doubled the price, and even gave him a ten-dollar advance so he could go to Ponca City in advance of the Eagles.

When Spivey met Mich at her rented room in Ponca City, and confirmed that she was Mich Carstairs, he decided that he really didn't want to hurt a woman. Instead, Spivey convinced Mich that she was in danger and that she needed to leave Ponca City immediately. While he couldn't provide much detail, he was convincing enough that she agreed to leave the next day.