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-uUxlahona City, Ol: home REPORT MADE AT: | DATE WHEN MADE. | PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE: | REVORT MAOL B:. ~ 4 Guthrie, Okla. 3/20/26 ‘2/18 to 3/20) +B. S. Suith - | TITLE: | CHARACTER OF GASE: —— § : ; | Murcer of Osure Tx! iens , v : ce Oe VS. 5 = HALS and JOHN RAMSEY Ame Brown et al. i q Oklahoma City Fil EW-1 Joint report of ell Agent on this assigument. , - er Demurrer to indictment sustained and deferdants fo | I nebo EL eased on om recogdizance in sum of yoo, G00. . pending “appeal by Government. Lefendants in- 3 vy mediately arrested and charged in Oseze County i > th murder of VV. E. Smith. John Leahy speciailr | 23] . employed to conduct prosecution. urnest Bursbart so ag intcpyiewel by Leahy, to whom ne. Ywepeated sll his | 23 previous statements again Stating some were, true. 261 - 4% preliminary hearing of Hale and Ransey, Eurk- ot hee re <t refused to testify for State sud repudiated a ali statements and his testimony.before U. &. oa! Grand Jury- Burkhart immediately arrested and ig kk. ; charzed with nurder of W. ce Saith. Hale and ae a Ramsey held without bond for trial in District -2| Court of Osage County. Burxhort'’s preliminary ; _ hearing set for April 1. Agents 2. Db. «waite, sy a | F. &. Smith, Alex Street and doh Lu. wren, Speciai 36]. ; Asst. to the Atty. Génl. HdWin brown ami a. le ale a, Comstock, s lavycr of Pawhus%a, coed by ornest iT funy Yor > Burkhart for y250,000.00. Continued. ‘ 3 | BETA: . 7 = 24> Reference is made to previous reports, the last veins that o- al agents F. S. Gaith dated February £3, 1926. : a i. On March 1, 1926 Judge John H. Cotteral rendsrec his decision 46 on the denurrer "to the lest indictment essninst subjects, returned a5 by the U. 8S. Grand Jury. Tne opinion held thet the ellotment at ’ 56 Rose Little Star, on wiich it was alleged tiat “Rosn Was murdered, 47 x 3 6 BO NOT WRITE IN THESE SPACES 5 , RECORDED AND INDEXED: 2a} bot . PR cance BS ea my 7 3 1 WASHINGTON -~ Corict OF THis REPORT FURNISHED TO: cl REACT OF | in WWESTIGATION er AEGKAO OFF. * t 52 REFERENCE: | _ ; _ pe | f 33) sn | Washington oe. set E As i I » eee eos , | DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,” 54 ds ke -| Oklahoma City 5 ; eo | : vise 4 ’ “ ~~ % a et ER ee EE EF ET meme CREE, EN EES oe = ey perecpamensnenee ween cotter Pica a, at aoe a ye a cae smears eet eae AAT REPO 0 ERI FAL ake I Ste < amg * we he eee