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aa lata Lo er ae \ i 4 F: t f i i } j 4 Li ; : 5 i i t k t t i Thad Ua ee ne be nna Brom, ‘and that Hale vould not hesitate to kill the rest of Lig shildren. a short time prior to his mrder Smith had had 6. vi oLen® ah reation with Hale relative to a $6,000.00 indebtedness which Suifh— net was dus him by Hele. Shortly after this altercation, on. the. righ, éh ‘10, 1925, .the house of Yilliam &. Smith was blown up by having ae give-gaiion keg of nitro-glycarin exploded undor it, biowing the honss te" _ atoms end killing Rita Smith, wife af W. B. Smith, ard Nettie Brookshire _@ White servent girl instantancoualy, and horribly mangling tha body of "william B. Smith, who lived a few hours, however, and stated his belief. ‘that Hale had had him killed. + 9 " we a: amas, developed through: investi gation by Barcau agents shat - * qilLiem K. Halo had hired John Ramsay und Asa "Ace" Kirby to murder” * | William B. Smith and his wife and had _Subscquently paid Ramsey approxims . » $1600.00 Tor porfoming tha tur ager, ThesG facts vere proven & ey Mount of. ‘a confession obtained from John Ramscy himself, us oll as the eorf. sion’ of Ernest Burkhart, who pointed out Smith's houss*to Ramsey ond Kirby, ... acfine undcr inetructions from Hale, and who soucht out Rumsey on the day of this mirdcr to inform him that William K, Hole and Heary Grammer, in*: order to allay ‘dispicion, vere going to Fort Werth, Taxcs, to a cattlononts conference, und that William @. Smith and his wif. should be murderd that: night. It doveloped further that Williem E.Hale had attarpied to hire : the notorfais outlaw, Al Spencer, to commit this rurder, but Speneor at Vhewe m tre tn nove. ° or . FOPUSG, stating wat while he had no compunction at robbing oa trein of » f32 . bdvlowing a safo and killing individuals in such en attcanpt, he had not ‘sunk “ me so low as to murder bclploss individuals for money. After Spencer's a refuscl Hale attmpted to hire "Blackio" Thomnstn, Dick Grogg, mmf his. . °. Puther, John Greggs, to marder “illiam Smith und his family, n11 of whom a . + mused. ; Ao it . “illiem K, Hrle beemmo afraid thes "acu" Eirby, whic payee tea. 4n the mrder of the Smith fmmily as sot out above snd whe uctunl y placed. tio five-gellon can of nitro-glyceria undor th. Griith heuss and an it. oe, mould mike known H-le'ts connection with these murders, mc necordingy: persuadod Kirby to ottampt the robbery of n erwery stcruo nam the Krrarg Oklahoma Strte line, cssuring Kirby thet th2 ouner of the gresory strc | pessossed cartsin velunblo gans. Tho over of tne store ums in turn inf ormiod of tho exnct hour of the contomplir.tod robbery and “s Kirby foreed sutrrnes inte the grocory stor: through the winden, groctec him with seve srek Loads ef | buckshot from mn shotgun, thereby remeving a witness whe could have inplieats ao). Hale -and his associates. . Sos rt ae em me eee we seca 2 te ink, hed ~ Ss ila Tle aap Mo aalt “ - o