Richard Timmons swears his house isn’t haunted. He hasn’t encountered any ghosts in the 25 years he’s lived at his 100-year-old Mesta Park home. But, if his walls could talk, they would tell quite a story.

In 1922, the house was owned by former Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Jean P. Day and his wife, Aubye. The middle-aged couple were pillars of Oklahoma City society and were well-connected to the highest circles of power in Oklahoma politics.

According to accounts from The Oklahoman’s archives, on April 3 that year, Judge Day headed home from work and pulled up to his home and saw one of his closest friends, Lt. Col. Paul Ward Beck, waiting for him on the porch.

Beck was the commandant of Post Field at Fort Sill and one of the most prestigious airmen in the country. He was one of three officers selected to become the first military pilots in 1911, qualifying as a “military aviator” in July 1912.