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™~ WM IP ul de le A 1 “| t A Director ~ Parse #2, . + 3: attorneys for the defense, vefore they started in with tne tric: of 14 Ernest Burkhart, had the District Juise to issue an oricr allowing ; 4 5 no one to sea him except his attorneys and immediate a cabers ef nis 7 16 family and this court order was adiered to stristly. Earzhart states 19 that he‘fouind that this was one of the biggest barriers in his way : ce to get word to someone outside of nis attorneys as to what he really t : ae wanted to do. , ‘ i oy - Taking stocx of whet transnired during tre triai of 39 Ernest Surkhart at Pamnuska, and from wnat I andérstenc tnese crocved oh attorneys are doin:z at the present time, they are ~Oin; to nave toned 24 up ot the time of tne triai of Hale and Nansey at Pawrusita, woish is ; ; 25 scheduled now to tuce placo September 20th, some of the wildest iterie.. ‘ 26 imaginable. Por instance, I understand th they ey have an ex~banz raboer by a ‘27 the nane of Henry Cornett, now doing 35 years in tne Oxishove State me > Rate Penitentiary at McAlester for bank robbery, and who formerly preteni~ 4: 29° ed to sive us some information in connection, witn these Osage wurders, re 30 to swear that Roy Bunch had Henry Roan killed. I am hoving this story, 24 es well as the many others, investigated and Speciai agent Srith, toe : 32 gether with Attorney General George Short, is going to “MoAlester Prison 32 soon to interviev Tormell ana eet from nim, if possible, @ truthitul 24 story as to who proposed that he Svcar to snese Lies in court 14 I 25 believe tnst we will be able to cet 2 truthfal staterent cat cl ni 36 “AS a matter of fact he has told us many ti.as that he imew nochine Az whatever about these Osage murders vut thought, due to nis wide ac- “Rt” quaintance in the Osare County, thet he could probably give us some 39 information. All of these statements, of course, were made before ‘ these crooked attorneys got hold of him. Sons of the attempts of $1 these attorneys to have people nerjure themselves have been inves= 42 tigated and a renort from Srecial asent Frank Snith sets forth the , oa same and is being mailed you today. 44 ‘45 The Sounty Aevorneys as I have previously informed you, 46 is calling 4 special Grand J ury at Pawhuska in order to endeavor to ‘47 indict tnose immlicated and disbamient proceedinys are being arranzed 38 for by the state prosecutors. whan either Hale cr Ramsey go to trial r 49 at Pawhuska on Septenber 20th of this year, I expect there will de 59 dined up all kings of perJjured testimony. “’e wiil, however, do our fe est to meet the same, if you cuttorize our continuance for th: state 5? prosecution, whicn I sincerely trust you will do I would iike, hov=! 53 ever, to see the cases tried in Federal Court first, where we can try | 54 and! be almost certain of conviction for both Hale and Ransey ty using - pet Burkhart and Matt Williams as witnesses. ‘Ye nove been unable thus fary St - conn : 59 - 60 gaz ow Raped tatifa Sideways ed 4. re) : " ens yf ok