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. . ' Cas . S5 wang rer bo: \, i. ie . oe wo 4, — —— a ee ee ee ERNEST BUREHART - Mate tha tallovins statemont to 7. &. Page B86 Suby peda ; - Smith and a. BG. White on January 6, 1940. Par. l. : Fairfax, Okla. : wees Some time several waoks before Hepry Rout | wag found mirdered, I went with Bill Hale to Honry Grammer's ranoh, aud while there Bill Hale called my attention to a men . ; , . who was there Working for Grammer, and po, a told we this man's naae was John Rausey, ' { ; i und that. he wea a wen who would stand pat ond i » 4 kdep his mouth shut. Chat on one occasion ; m, : be in the past Henry Grammer waa caught with a ' some stolen cattle and that Grammer got Ram- z Bey to say that he, Ramsey, stole the cattle, whioh cleared Granmer and that Ramsey aerved a : sentence in Hadlegter Penitentiary for the theft Io of these cattle. Some time about one year and ea half : before Roan's death Hale took out a policy on Henry OO Roan's life for twenty-five thousand dollars, and told me the roason he got this policy was on as- . count of the fact of Henry Roan having family * 7 ; trouble and drinking very hard and he had Made one attempt to somnit suicide, and he we fers 4 ‘ tt aid not figure he would live long. After en ie se :. _ ° Hale and I left Grammer's ranch, and after | id “aa! ~ 0 he pointed Ramsey out to me, Hale said he '! ; wt | wo *, ° Would put Ramsey on Henry Roan's trail, that Ransey would oithur give him some bo ' poison whiskey, or shoot him and lay a gum . , beside him and evorybody would think he ; 4 . | committed suicide, A few days later Ram- — : t |. 7 88y cane dowm to Pairfax and I was walk- | a dng down the stract ang ran tn to Ramsay ‘end Bill Hale talking something about buy- ine a Ford Roadster at Ponca City. Ramsey ey | a Wy ‘ Wor DONA ONOANM@eHOr oo i ot he he ae dk ee he a ll mA a.m Ss a ee aT ML etl 7t ine a re ent cm