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See Oat cal! simmer aces “ON ne pane a SA Yours very traly, oe {Sigmea) 7. BE. White Specisi Agent in Charges State ienitentisry, Lincoln, Tebr. tnterviewed nebert Il. 3. Rutherford, alia J. B. Nelson, fnmete 'mch questioning by Acent, the following statement was secured: STATESEN? OF 2OsaRT Kk, B. SUTHRAVORD, . alias J. EB. WELSon. : I em part Therokes and Cange tnateng. being half white, ly father was To Rotherferd, Attorney; of Tirkeres, ahoma, iad seen. nite seciient z 7 wee wart June foth, 18al, 2 formeriy Lived at, cerey, “Tsahington ¢ ~ eser on uitd Treek, in usere Connty, near revnuge., orishonms, I #8: “ the army «t Joplin, “iseouri, in 1913 and in ASL? r Yrs. tren uaferred Fran & . Sradshev's Company tc the 36th divieion. I was semt qo srence, was & cook af “Bage Uogpitel 56, was severely wounded in “pattla in the argonne Lountains, leg and ribs broken, spine injured, and shocked, fran s mine explosion. atten. my return fron srance I was-in the Goverment Hospitel st ‘nakesee and Late: in the Veterans’ Hospital et Wichita, Fansas, beink relensed from the lattes ~ Place in “ay or dame of 1921. At this time, beinc in conern] poor health, 1 went to the farm of Kenry Grammer, whom i knew woll, located between Tavhusics: and Apperson, CkLehoms, to recuperate, ‘hile there, Y think in Jaume 192i, Ss TRE TAS he HALY, & wealthy cuttlenan whom I have casurcliy mown for about sixteen PORTS: teld me to tome to his ranch nesr Fairfes, Uklehom., ag he could make cood vse of‘me. Shortly thereafter I went to Ysirfax, where I remained in town o counle of days, then I went out to Hale's ranch. a HALE told ma toe take it easy at first, ride around the pisce snd get plenty of, fresh air, ac I would get strong before going to work. ifter Iwas there & fev Meys, he asked me how I would like to make.a piece 3 af RONG! jai i asned ain howe” es Mereupon JALT told me to go te Skinteak, Okelehens, notified me waet to de. I went to Sktatook awd in t7) or three days CML Sarnest Durkhart, and a man named. Uollings came end took ue to HALI'S raneh be Faiivfox, While at tha ranch I rode around vith WALD. Ne told me I could m a bis plese of money, mentioning 10,000,000 or 15,000.00, In Swe or three ‘aonthe © time if I would do what he wanted done, HALE mentioned John Eimmey, Leary 2 e Fred Lookout, the Cnith whe married the Sigheart eirl, and $00 other TERI. whose mamea I don't remeuber, hile SALE hinted at things im a vague way, never veutioned killing these parties and ae other people had been & ki #od there, { thoucht, from the way EALS telked, that was Shean I eskdd him just what he wanted me te do for Ain, - ¥y go te ckiatook ead remain there ‘antil he told ne whet as in June 1901. After belng there a few days, he cove ‘ OO sich fo so ta cori Smith arkansas, to bry some Puse and ‘nantes capad- omg sa@uiwo ,6.00 coils of fuse and four boxes of dynomite caps at a naid-" ward score in .ort Smith, I think on Garrison Jveme between 4th and bth Streats.’ I sipmed «& paper for thea, stating they «ere to be used in plowing wo stumps. : dase hel never 1234" na whet ho wanted them for, I returned by way of | _iguemeres morenate ner Tease SRS et Sait « :