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ee Mp eee Ee Red eoh Dc Lett ie tert Arn eee eee en ER aren a mo. Roan's body on the front seat of his car. <A bullet hole in nis * head jndtoated that the bullet entered just ‘back of the lest sor erged just over the right eye breaking the windshield “gic wags strewn Jor about 20 feet back along the car tracks c: Of giass were still iytng on the hood of the car. 4 Peet OF A OF de Ge tet ha oi 2 ~—s- Roan was lying on the front seat with his feet just of : 1D ine pedals. and his head, with his cap under it, resting on. the 13% right hand aide of the geat. The position of the body piatndy: . tndtioated that Roan had been driving when shot. fhe body had apparently, been dead for approzimately ‘40 a “days. It had first been frozen: stiff, but had begun to them and : es ~ ‘decompose at the time it was found. It was observed that Jrom wp Socomres 26 to February 3-or 4, tt had been very cold 80 Roop Rust eaegs been killed about January 26. ont ; 215" ; 22 pee Shortly after Roan's death, Bill Hale presented por ~ 23. yt; payment a $25,000 tysurdnce policy on the dife of Henry Roan, The. 24°* ~~ dngurance company refused to pay the indemnity on the grounds of 252: fraud.and misrepresentation and Hale instituted a suit in Federal 26 “° “pourt. In this connection an'eramination of the various court. 27. records discloséd‘that Roan had petitioned the District Court of : 2885.7 Osage County for the appointment of a guardian and at that time he: 29° : owed Hale $6,000, the balance due on a house in Fairfaz. There wae 39°, fo evidence of other ‘indebtedness. Lo oa Roan had no enemies except one, Dave Belnape, a worthless =. _gort of white man who had been associating with Roan! s wife for. some time and who married her a few months after Roan's death. . Hale attempted to capitalize on this enmity by circulating a rumor that Belnap was responsible for the death. It was later RECESSAGrY >. we for Agents to conduct an erhaustive tnvestigation to prove Beinap & o Enno cent. ae aa Other false rumors and statements by Hale and his many a friends and henchmen caused Agents to make needless trips to. ae Caltfornta, Wew ierico, Old Mezico, Kansas, Colorado, eras and. | PArtzona, . “ - W. &. Smith, the husband of Rita and the brother-in-law - “of Anna Brown, was living in a@ comfortable home with his wife and. eg gaits servant girl named Nettie Brookshire. Smith had continusd his active investigation of the murder of Anna Brown and had a ~ . bitter altercation with Hale, due not only to his letting it be known that he had evidence tnvolving Hale in the murder of Anna, . but also because he demanded that Hale pay him $6,000 he allegediy. owed Sim. Hale “refused to pay. as ole _At about 2350 A.M, on March 10, 1923, less than t100/ che RO ont ng oseer Henry Roan's body was found, Smith's home ct Fairfax: “Sy was olished bj an explosion. His wife, Rita, and their 17-year= Hold white servant, WNettte Brookshire, were killed instantly, their 9<~ ‘ "sFictitious Fae AE eo Be at nee RE ye err ge see? Mee RE DS be