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J. Re Burger 12-27-28 #6 Osage County in 1922; that Cornett was selling a lot of whiskey at that time and he, eek Wilkerson, often saw people at Cormnett's house south of Burbank, Oklahoma, in Osage county, buying whiskey from Cornett; that he remembera seeing Henry Roan, Curley Johnson, Mary Roan, Roy Bunch, Bill Taylor and a “lot of othere” thus buying whiskey from Cornett; that sometime in the fall or winter of 1922 he saw Henry Roan, mry Roan, Roy Bunch, Bill Taylor, Curley Johnson and some others whose names he did not recall at Cornett’s house; that he, Wilkerson, was at the branding pena and saw these people coma, but did not see any one of them leave; that he did not see Roan there when he saw the others and does not mow how or when any of them left; that he remem- bers when zoan's body was found but does not vetall whether it was two days or two months before the day Roants body was found that he saw these people there, GUY WILKERSON stated further that Hale had him subpoenaed as a defense witness and Hale and Henry Cornett tried to induce him, Wilkerson, to testify that he (Wilkerson) saw Curley Johnson follow Henry Roan in hia oar when Roan left Cornett's place the evening of about December 26, 1922, and to testify further that he, Wilkerson, saw Roy Bunch, Mary Roan and Bill Taylor leave Comett's place by the south and east way from Cornett's house, and that Roy Bunoh and Mary Roan and Bill Taylor reached the road running south to Fairfax a little ahead of Henry Roan's car, and Curley Johnson in his car was behind Roan so that as the three cars drove south towards Fairfax that evening, Curley Johnson and Roy Bunch in their cars had Henry Roan in his car between them, [Agents drew a diagram of this as shown by Frank Pock, heretofore reported, and Wilkergon just glanced at the diagram and stated; "Yes, -— that is the way Cornett and Hale wanted me to swear it happened, but I told them I did not see any such thing and would not testify that I did"). Wilkerson stated that Cornett and Hale, at Pawiuska jail, urged him to testify as they requested, after he told them he saw nothing as they describede Guy Wilkerson was a very unwilling sub- ; jeot for interrogation and only answered when pressed, and then as briefly as possible). 4 Tot p KELSEY MORRISON, State Penitentiary, McAlester, Oklahcms, stated that Gay Wilkerson had told him that Cornett and Hale wanted Wilkerson to corroborate story of Roan leaving Comett's that evening, aa stated above, but that Wilkerson said hae saw no such thing and would not testify that he did. Morrison alea stated that Henry Cornett bragged to him that he, Cornett, was the beat evidence framer that ever was, or words to that effect. O. Cy WEBB, Fairfax, Oklahoma, government witness who left Fairfaz awed Dasember 5, 1926 at night and wae reported to be intending not te be present to tee- . tify for the Government and who agents had kept located in the meantime, returned to foe Fairfax December 17, 1928 and on December 18th was interviewed and stated that on Fe December 5, 1928 he was the complaining witness against one Jess Warren, charged with =—- carsing over the telephone; that on that date, Walter Gray, attorney st Fairfax and Bill Hale partisan, personally advised said 6. C. Webb in substance as follows; ‘Now, Vabb, you know I am your friend and like you and never gave you any bad sdvice, This case today (Varren cage} is going to be a Hale and anti~Hale case entirely. The pest thing for vou to do is to leave here and not be here to testify in the Hale trial. Stay away till it is over. You know I am your friend and am advising you for your own zoode" an \ iv Tit eae " y = ail.