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Osage Indian Murders — Part 29
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Anta Brown' Ss "noay was chopped up into small j zfecas,
t the discovery of the fact thnt sha had been murdered. All of
: were developed from the questioning of Kel sey Morrison, himself ,
" stentially corroborated as to the details of the murder by his wits, =
_ fatherine Cole Morrison, and by Matt Williams, u bootivager, who stated fray
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at “Henry, Roan was a pic turoniue full-blood osuge Indian, siz, ceot
_ tall ond @ fine-looking specimen. He wore his hair in plaite down his bas
» Roan. was ean inveterate drunkard, who stayed avay from his home for vocks a’
_ @ time. gbout a year prior to the murder of Henry Roan, Willism K.icle hes
s taken out a $25,000.00 life insurance policyyen.Roan. Johr, Remecy midis”
friends with oan by moans of Roan's fondness fér‘whisky and took Hosn out
“on ‘several occasions, ostensibly to furnish him liquor, but in reality to.,
murder him. Upon each occasion, hovever, Ramsoy lost his nerve, but
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finally persuaded Roan to drive to the bottom ef a canyon cat of sight“.
; 28%. 4. of tho nearby road, vhere he shot Roan through ‘the back o! the heud ‘with
, 29° wee & 45~calibor pistol thich he hod obtained fram the ayooneh of Henry Gramer.:
Tnis murder occured on Jgnguary 26, J 1928 Vk investisction by \e
Bureau agents d¢eveloned that William K. “Hale hi hircd namsey to commic this” j
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33%. murder, buying Ramsey a $500.00 Ford car prior to tho mrdcr cs a pars |
34," “ payment for the deed and paving him $1,000 in cash after tie murder had
a35.% * - teen committed. It was devcleped that Henry Grermor had furnished John |
236 _ at Remsey to Halc as the killer. Roun's beady ves discov.red severrl jisvs +
37: - later sitting in an uprieht position in his car frozen stiff. The tacts
i { Surrounding the murder of Roan vere proven by John Hamseiv's ovn none 3510N.,-
' as well as by the confessicn of Ermmsst Burkhart, nephev of Yillier ©. Hele,’
_. Who as present at all negotiations relative to the murder of Born.
John Ramsey did not evan knov Roan's name at the *ime he rrurdoare,
.. Rim, but had simply hed Qoan pointed cut to him on the streets of Fairfax, .
ee Oklahoma, by Tilliam K. Halo as the Indian thom Eole vanted Killed, Hale
4s Bo vas a self-appointed pall-becrer at Hoan's funerc], and Rumsey, the esturl
- , gMrderer, upon viewing the body of Roan, pretended to be deeply africicd,
whe . Henry Roan vas the only onu cf the fivc individuals proved to |:
ae have beon murdered at tho instigation of Williom K. Hale who was killed on “ey =
*. postricted In: d, thoraby giving the Writcd States jurisdiction cvar
. Reants murdcred body was found upon tho restricted nome ee “ad ee
al tmont of Rose Littls Star, a full-blood Osage, “hose Indian
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