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t. ». Voiss. ov. 9-17, 1923. i . | that about midnight of May 21, 1921 BRYAN BUREHAR? an@ ANNIE BROWS cane ote MANDY CLAREMORE'S house at Grayhoree in a ear together, and =, - $% BRY4N BURKHART borrowed from MANDY CLAREM@RE a amall calibered gun that - belonged to HALL GOODSE, MANDY CLaREMORE'S brother. That MANDY CLARE- a MORE stated that BRYAN BURKHART has never returned this gun, and HALL 3 | ; | coor, femme for Some reason, ‘probably fear, has never aeked for it vask} - (the hole in ANNIE BROWN'S head indicated a smali caliber gun). | Ll. -ggpihe MERCER stateé further that his further information from his ag | wife is that later that same night MARY BLACKBIRD end MANDY CLARIORE 4 saw BRYAN BURKHART an@é ANNIE BROWN together at the spot were ra ANNIR BROWN'S body was later found, and that MARY BLACKBIRD and MANDY |. CIAREMORE had stated that they were at the place where the murder was » 2 committed, and mew all about it, but would not tell. | . 2. MERCER states that he has not been able to learn definitely _ ! ae ANNIE BROW: just pefore or just after or at the time that ANNIE BROWS was killed, but that it is one of these three. J. MERCER state oe or further tint both HARY BIACKBIRD and MANDY CLAREMORE are very dissolute a that the ossge | te Indian women are very fond of all white mn, while the Osage Indian men) - 4. are ail very fond of all white women. —_ ae ae ae ‘ MERCER states further that these Indian women mentioned talk in their own tongue among themselves, tut will not tell or talk such thing to white people, and that he is firmly convinced that the only way to make MARY BLACKBIRD and MANDY CLAREMORE talk is to arrange with the