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Osage Indian Murders — Part 2
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me several. 1 s. I tried to get help at 2 farm house and people +
A y:” I was later tsken to the Lershal and veyor of Terber for - ore
Shought I was crazy when I told then about peinge etiscied by "a
A doctor at Garber, ege about forty, office upstairs two doors 4
of = baiber nicknamed Peaches, exemined me ect that time. I left Gerber nex
In Jerusary 1920, i was shot ot between Tawhusk and vershins, when I hak |
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LE empty Mose LO Fee a pellon of hooch. Severei of 5 :
were together and all had been drinking. ‘then I stepved out of the car, some’:
one shot twice ot me. A boy by neme of Hoover, who worked for the sity of rem
huske, and formerly boarded at our restauront, was with me. I think ne wee":
im on the deal and some of HALE'S crowd was trying to "get" me, _ Hhen attacked, -
Iwas left clone and nad to walk back to Pawhuska without hat or coat. “his was
on a Sunday night in Jamary of 1925. Roy Janess, City Letective, Raw me the
next morning and he later*turned ma over to the rallg city, ‘ebraska, suthori~.
ties, who waurted me for breaking jail there. ‘hile en route from South Dakota”
in .2rch, 1924, I wes married te Amnea cutler et Teviweske and we lived at 813
orth Cisckah avenue, where she still rune a resteursnt. ly vife is oontliar:
with these facts as . have narrated herein. a
James Griffen, a Therokee Indian et Zhechotah and Jellaqueah, told me HAL tried i
to get him, in 1921, to kill some of these I dieng and I think he mows consider
‘able about these Osnce Indien mirders. :
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This is all { mow concerning aforesaid murders. I have told nothing mt the |
bees eh . .
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| Nelson hes been confined at the Fenitentiary ext Lincoln, [ebrasm, since |
'§ 1925. ye was quite indefinite as to exact conversations with HALE and the Surkharts »
and was very rembling et tines. Agent secured all information he could from Telson,
but not havine any report of the facts in this case, Agent had no means of checking
up its accuracy, It should be noted that velson is very desirous of being returned, ie
to Oklahoma for Purpose of testifying in this trial.
os meen refused to sim a nig stetement; sayince he would sirn notsin
this while sonfined in the penitentiary end nad no ueans of trotecting Pinself.
n oath as te te tretifilness.
| ever, he sri ia he woes willing to tate a
acent was unable to cccurately judce Lelson's exact mentsl cond
Warden Jevangich, of the Eteate tenitentiary, does not place much credence
fulness of .elson. ~
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anis G:se Vill be considered @lased 2t this office, wnless furtie
desired with _e@lson.
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