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Osage Indian Murders — Part 4

73 pages · May 11, 2026 · Broad topic: Murder · Topic: Osage Indian Murders · 72 pages OCR'd
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+ We. Ke HALS ET AL Page 5. F.S. Suith 2/8/26 th Brown was tot with them, and I revert cat Live again.” . v4. see were re . Guthris, Oklanoma woe February 1, 1926. - Dewey Eslph tc = ank S. Smith in the presence Murpoy and Fa 200 eb ¥ we a bot) Oy SA de ed Bt Ca am wt mw ho *~ = = wo = - ) ae € ESS a2ter veins warned by Mre smith that I ado not have to make a ‘statement, and any statement that I make can and may be used reins .me in the ‘prosecution of the case concerning Wnich such statemaat i made, and with no promises having been made ne of immunity rrou pro- _ secution, I now make the following free als voluntary statemect. ve A 7 ta tle “My name is Dewsy Selph. I was living with my wite at Pavwhusia during Mey, 1925. I had just got bacx from Uoloredo. Kelsie Morr’- .807., Wo Was in the ‘Pewhbuska County dail, sent word to me to come toa ‘the "Jail avd ese him. I went to the jeil enc Sev velcie. selsie asked me if I would do hit a favore I told nim I Wousd. Es seid - thay he felt thst I was the only one he coLia trust to do it. Leal. sie said that he wanted to make some arranzencnt to set shut (shed) of Latherine, his wife, because she knew too wach about the Acne Brown murder desl. Xeisie said that he would give =a a note to Bill Hale and trat Hele wuld fix the arranzscuents for getting shat ee SP PP i fae fod abot iv A -5 of Eatherine. Velsie did not offer me any nine ta help ni. get 36.3 gnrt of Eatherine, but said that Bill Hale vrotld foot the bili, Waai- og eee ‘{t was. Kelsie gave me the note to Bill Hele, whith faid that “Iwes a friend of his, Kelsie's, and that Hai: od trust me to x the ?®ull extent. I aia not tee this note to Exle the same dey isl- «0 816 Morrison gave it to me, but it was a Lev Gavs ister thay © Wen 41 to Fairfax and found Bill Hale in a pool heli, where - zave him the 32 mote. As I remember, I bélicve it was the latter part of iin. or 43 fisst dey or eo in June, 1925, that I gave Ysle the uste. When Eale a. 44 rend the note Yeleta Morrison gent hin he esecd ms {2 tr wavited to - i ot ee ee es i a as 45 help do the job, and I told him yes. Bill Hale told ce to zo on beck 46 to Pawhucka, ani that Le, nale, would send a teilow to ses me sbou 17 «the plans. 49 Two or three days later, when I was not at home in Pawhuisha, 2 °39006fellow game to cy house in Pavhuska and ieft © note for me ts call 3. him when I*came home. He left me an uddrecs ts c2U1, a hoes, Wh ie 2 I do not remerder now, in Tonkayva, Okla. Tuiis Zello.. gave the name 2 of-Rittle $§ Skecst. When T seme home I galled the address he lam but TR eke wae ae a ee ere gould not get him. I called asain the next iey end sot hin, and “he told me he woujd be over in Pawhuske to seo ma. ZF told hin I 36° “would either be at the Pappan Hotel or Americsn Cate. He came over 5? that same day. I Met him at the American Cafe. Wie commenéed to lar 5a our plans where we would teke Katherine Liorrison. we decides tast x ia ad ai 1B ian ape Spy ome Se re
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