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Osage Indian Murders — Part 14

35 pages · May 11, 2026 · Broad topic: Murder · Topic: Osage Indian Murders · 34 pages OCR'd
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seal * ‘THI CASE ORIGINATED AT oidahona city, Oil Be REPORT MACE BY: MEPGRT MADE AT; DATE WHEN MAGE: PRA POR wte MABE.) : oe Oklahoma City, dla. {-5.27 | 5-4 =27 FeQe Grimes, Bre: ere g “ At Oklahoma City, Oclahamm, on dotober 2, 2926, WW Ks male and. Tobe oe Hams ey were convicted of tha murder of Henry Roary | an Osage Indien, and en: ‘the’ een periods of. their natural Liv oes ort ~ The facta of the case are that W. KX. Hale aided, abetted, assisted,’ mo dounselled, solicited, ard precured John Ramsey to Ki11] Henry. Roan. ‘he actual Et ing was done by Tamsey, in a anyon, quite 8 little distance from the road. § the * Indian waa lured to the place by whiskey, and while he sat in hia par, » Tamed, eho Bim in the back of the heads — gS = a = Hatwey made & aauplete confession, setting forth that the orime eae aotually oamitted by him, ant was done at the aclicitation of W Ke Hale, ‘who pala Ramsey $500, in cagh and gave him a Ford Roadster for aamitting the mrder, “> The : motive wags to enable Male to collect a $25,000.00 life insurance policy which Hale. held on the life of Roan, and which, at tha time of the murder, had beon in fome about two years. The confession of Ramsey was oorroberated in all fotallee. Be 7" . The murder of Henry Roan waa one of @ series in whith the eh otim were a ES ey ‘oaage Indians. Both W. Ke Bale ami John Hemsey are now charged with murder By the! oe a ie State of Oklahoma in ommmestion with the murders of ys Be Smith, Rita Smith, his waite and Bettie Brookshire, their servant, #ho were Killed by the explosion of fourteen SF | maak quarts of nitroglycerine placed under the house while they slept." Ramsey” alee P made 8 complete cafession in thie case, admitting that he had helped sammit fee Pat s Orime, and timt it wae dons at the eolicitation of We Ke Hales ot. e aaa A. Bruest Burkhart, &@ nephew of ¥. FE. Hale, was algo charged ia the state of Court with the murdey of WW. Ee Guith. He pleaded guilty, after making a Gonfeasion | | Sorroborating Hamsey, and is sow serving a life sentence in the Oklahoma Penitentiary EPPROVEDAND sy AMR . POW AREY Seadiad. aur 3 in CHAReS, VeAAHINGTOR COMES OF vHhe REPGRT FRRAESHED Te: sale : eur aes I | 2 Ciclahons, 8, OFF 5 ty ig BP CAM i £g- 333. BOREAL PE SE RISAT BY DERARTMENT GF JUSTIN,
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