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Osage Indian Murders — Part 21

25 pages · May 11, 2026 · Broad topic: Murder · Topic: Osage Indian Murders · 25 pages OCR'd
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John Gregg informed agent thet the took referred to was 2 notebos x that” tay Smith atone tim: claimed to have made notes in while hiding under Gregg’s bed in aris and listening to. John Gregg and another man talk. John Gregg states 16 tooK mm! thang the book to the, Federal men and Ray Smith admitted the notes in the.’ a3 i a posi abd: that he ‘dia not ‘hear John Cregg or sayoue make the. _statesiite ae : ee. FOR, Gree atates: si Frank's 1 , >. woe ; & f See oe rr = 7 See OTH Te coe * _ = : “ cal es a ‘ ca “* ne "ty 9 sotel reom at Huckins Hotel between Grammer ant Hale to the effect. tues Get gt} furnish Hale a man to bump Roan off so Hate could get the $25,000.00, 8534) € that R.-R. Smith hed heard this abile attending the inauguretion An. 1923 a wl ‘City. Bick. Suith edn ttéa- ‘today }that de. had made ‘theb statement fut ser. why: he aid this. The talk I ‘heard’ ‘potteen Egls ana, Gremer ¥as whes.% “Dohind themon: the ‘atreet, just - north oe. tha: sogine” "poten, | ‘toward the ae 3 Depot. “I heve haver told that deford today, bit that is mhen' I Heard Vals’ tay “ait sc he, Hale, was ready for a good man for that Indian desl, and Grermer gaia, ” + 4 Fight, I°11 send John’. They talked some more about it, but I did not hear it 1 ae 7”. og cone as ‘When asked if-he,-h. h.: ‘Smith, believes, they rere talking abou $s <o p26 z i ing Henry Roan’. for Hele, Ba, Re Smith'stated he, coas ‘believe tha “was thy: AE Ror: telctng abouts” BS My ARR Ee or ; . > Sih th is Jugs 50 48 ‘Ray. Satth ‘and a8. ‘Hoy smith. He. seems,’ . Be the truth ona ‘way ‘or ! sone eH» wot hake’ a every r pee tag . gor side, upon erops-exemingtions oo - : oa ae , Ernest ‘Burkhart, states that ‘the dey ne was last turned over to hag hal by the Governor of Cklahoma, to be used as a Government witness in this case, im beptember, 1928, Dick Crepz, snother Government witness, infcrmed him, Burkhert, _ 155 J. I. BSoward, Hale's attorney, had offered him, Dick Gregg, $10, 000.00 42 he, Creag: would ¢at Ernset Surkhert and take him to Old Mexico, and neither Dick Gregg Burkhart be present to testify for the Governzent when Subject Hale's case was on |. aegis that Ecvard had stated further t Gregg shat the Government egents and at. tagpeys would not keer their promises and that Government witnesses were being ari bY5 poe Covergment to vestify egainst Hale by whi skey and expense honey, and vost J , aks “ae 8 o 2 Shem wer convicts or. SX-CONViCtS» 4 af aes ae Ba, ALTE Snes Pry ys. We “ee wie eM or oe ee ri ae eee eas Tynbat, Burkhart also. atates that, while fn - the OkLaaona Pert tenti ary: ry 3" epece se ) ok, flosely, asacol ated. ‘with’ oe oe Roward,. attorney, had’ e Buhber: “ar: 4 ics tees: With B rehert;: ‘in whteh Poqk “‘Gnformed ‘Burkhart | ‘that he, - Pock, ‘Was - work: ng: “fx “ Riera ‘and that Howard wanted Burkhart to changs his ‘testimony in the Hale ec 2S of tue | adi murder, and that Koward hed furni shed Pook, for Burkhart's g@uiiasce, notes sia nj giaay: onanigbe(h Was PP ee TEePh OE RRR og Tt + oa Ty ‘ test Mw! or ie : . C6 bun San a a Hin an ae pene tide ae ate ee ein RE, / ~~ a . es Seay ere ey Samaras Te RE NE FS AP RE me RS 8
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