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It may te well to mention at this time that upon the death of Rita " Smith and Anna Erown, sisters, thoir oil royalties or headrignts + Bl... Woude have gone to the cutsce of their slater, Mollie Burkhart, Ernaset | 5g (fae sigur nat’ s wite, end Hale. would & reve, eventually, ‘gained . fontrol, of THOBS. ar 0. ee ~ Reade SSA TBe” so fot ma - a _ ‘ ES . ; . . 2. The Cor reyarani's inve esvigation dsvelopei with reference tc the Churles 3 += Whitehorn mircer that his wive was of yuestionable cheracter and hed on 4 severei oces.ions key company with the perties who were last seem in 5 company with Whitehorn. The Government, not having jurisdiction in tnais ‘6. ense, did not follow this cage to conclusion, oth3ar than the cvestioning Deer of Battie Whitehorn, wifs cf Charles Whitetorn, who toldtwo or threa- ~~ ae -aifforvent stories with reference to the laat time she had scen her Pyabardl) 19. Charles Whitehorn, and the parties’ last seen with bime “O. woe ; SE —— oan One very motitegble thing iitho (overnnment's investigation of the ols Mo ve murder casés ic that there hed not been one single murder of Csuge Indians ¥, : z 2 - gince Directo: Eoover first as igned ae ut co. R. Burger on theses cases, 4 “4 Neither hes trere boen a muyder of en Ccage Indien WiceE suspicious circu | :3 stances, anc se. Tahrins, than First sascsistunt Uni Stetes atvorn , 6* General Ree whe “Cr on eee wssisted in the prosecution of Vie iis Hele.ane Joho Rec » luahrizg commented that thic was ome of the.) _.. bigges 1 * hetnal ¢ cases, the Gove rnment hed ever triad, ‘boing the nost 7d * somplica ted und rece iring more precaution and pe tiencs. in investigation’ © to obtuin necessary racsulte for a enccessful prosecution than any case ; coming under hia observ: :tion in thirty year PB} In view of tia feot that W. K. (2422). Hale was the owner of a big x: noah: - See consisting of thirty thousené seres, wall steeked, reputed to be wortn 7 15 $1,000 ,009.00 et the tine of thie investigation was started, and the fact Wig o_o that there hed been several mureeree cxused necple to openly denounse fe 7 Bill Pale as being th: wi.ectigator of the wurdere of these Indians ta date ro - benefit fissnaclally therefrom. For instance, Bill Smith openly denounced | " ' _ Bill Hele as raving Henry Roan and Anna Brown murdered, and two deys Bh oe ¢ later his house was bicswn up, the exnlorion killing Smith ound hie entire © Famapy including binsel!, wife ani servant girle + ” fae ety 4 . ”