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7 . | JOH RANSEY Made fol iswing statement to Agents F. 3. Page 879 Do réndent. - . , Smith, Je Ve Murphy and T. Be Whito, at Par. I. an) Guthrie, Okla. Jail. Gutheie, on January 7, 1926: ' On Janu:ry 5, 1946, 1 made a statenent to ae , hiv. Smith and hire ‘mite concerning ty be- ° ’ {ng hired by Bill Fale to kill andIndian ‘who I lator learned waa Yeury Ros, and gave them all the @etails a3 near as I gould xemewber thoi os to just how 1 Kill- ‘pe ‘oq hin, and tho arrangoments tT hod with Hale to kill him and the money and other things I received for doing the job. I did not in that atatemont tcll any of the ' . facts obuceming the murder of Bill Smith : Ne. that I know of, and, wanting the Government ‘, to know everything, I now wish to tell all © toy I kmow about the Killing of Bill Snith and + ' family. , ; is I remomber, before I was hired to kill 8 Henry Roan, through talking with Henry to ; oO Granmer, Where I was then gelling whiskey, ; wd ’ ota {i knew that Bill Hale Wanted Bill Smith | | Pea ~ . te a -murdered, and I knew that Henry Grammer t : ~ . . was holping Bill Hale to arrange to have , woo im Killed. T can't remember right now : the different convergations I had with : j qrammer which convinoed me they were go- ‘ _ tug to kill Smith; I can’t say for sure ; ‘ ior _ \ 0) whether it was before I killed Henry Roan ‘ eo Jog dbor after that Graumer tolé mo that he had z ‘a man to do the ‘Job and told me it was. ‘asa Kirby, and in’a little while after re ee has) . ayaa NOANMPNOF BADIM Ce AAO Ul UV betedrt . rye pT IT eS es il ln Le \ ‘gt tgen’ WBE OT bd re ena nemeliiematltie inatbitan eee