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r an Bee, meg >. Fa : MreTidover. Pago #24 : | & 2 released twenty five thousand bond. This action caused by i 147 not having Kelsey Morrison as @ witness who confessed his 45 part this Killing and implicated Bryan Burxshart. No action t 16 taken in State Courts in Roan case and we are ready trial i 3 in Federal Gourts this case at amy time, Since our success -_ ah obtaining Federal jurisdiction Rean case and success trial C Cee: of Ernest Burkhart killing Bill Smith im State Courts and H ae holding Hale and Ramsey without bond have been informed by be te attorney General Short, Oklahoma that attorney for Ramsey 33 is planning to have Ramsey testify. Advise i? “I should a file on Ernest Burkhart in Henry Roan case and if opinion 24 Supreme Court will allow us Federal action against Morrison ae 25 . and Bryan Burkhart for killing Anna Brown." & 38 I cannot begin to tell you and describe to you what the Ly OR. agents went through at Pawnuska in preparing this case for trial. I i 29 Was short of agents and, therefore, I assisted in tne investigation * "20 myself and was busy from the sarly morning how's until midnight and l 31 after, Sometimes we wormed 311 night in order to have our case in 32 shape for the next morning's session. The first sixty jurors drawn - 32 from the box were dismissed due to the good work of the agents hand- 14 ling this case, as it was found by our investigation that there wera 5 25 not,out of the sixtysten good men, the rest of them being the worst : 36 Kirld of characters. an additional sixty men were drawn from the box AD and they wera investigated by our agents, wno worked day and night to i> er do so. Out of these men-I think we secured three jurors. Poon & bhun= * 39 dred men were drawn from an open venire and, of course, we had to look i. ¢ into these also, From this number we secured what looks to me like a : : good jury and went into the trial of the Ernest Surxhart case, p A2 In trying this case in the Stata Jourts at Pawhusse - ? 44 met every conceivable means of opposition. We succeeded in ofPeertung “ 4s the most of it and were able to get & case against two parties of Bill . 46 Hale's gang and they were arrested for interfering with witnesses and fo tht both released on a 35000.00 bend. Hesides all of the above and miny a 38 ether obstacles that wa had it was necessary that we guard most of our 7 49 witnesses and keep them from being harmed personally or interfered with . 8 otherwise by Bill Hale's faction. t Lae a 4 e5 . AS I advised you in my telegram, we have 4n extéllent f , 53 ch@nce to convict Ernest Burshart, The worst we can look for is & hung 5é ju@y. |ohe State authorities in Ollahome have assisted us in every way pt --., posible in these cases and through their help we have been able to keep . 56 Hale, Ramsey, and Ernest Barxhart in jail without bond. Bryan Burxhart ‘ "7 oo Se eh 59 a 6Q te Be Sree tomes eT BE Ar. ex em ieee. “~ vd heh. wt sth tos oe tes Paks ne . r