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Osage Indian Murders — Part 6
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We Ue Hoke et al - c Page 4 ee F, Be Smith auBe96, -
Qe What was that 3200 fort p
&. dust torrewed, ~
w po on and tell anything further you Know about the . -
controversy betwean Hale and Smith over this 6,000. -
a | &e Then BIL) Smith's wife, Rite ~ Bill Smith bed mete¥. Ky
wk Hale at the Spurrier Gerage, Fairfax, Oklahoma, +
a g
a MQ» That ts Sporpeon, isn't itt .
id A. Yes, Bill Spurgeon. And Smith demanded this $6,009. In ;
1s consideration of the same, 7. XN. Hele hal purported to sell ;
16 a buneh of cattle In ths Creek Jountry to uJ. FE. Sith. :
ge ; @. Was that false or true?
~~ As That ig right. :
21 (@+ But did ba sell the cattle to anithy 9 “"'
22 4. No, ke went down and shiwed Rita the cattle. hat was jus
3% & frawa up between Smith and Hele,
aa ,
35 Ge Aa Erase~tp to keep Lirss Smith from knowing ba agd loaned i
oe, de Ne, aloe Knew ik, but that was supposed to ba in nayment« “
PR Shey want to the Creek Country, Hale, Smith and hig With,
29 and they showed ths squaw these cattle in the Creek Country.
"0 then after that Hale come to my room over the First National
21 Sgnk«
32
22 je what time of the day or night ms. that?
4 &. “hres. o'clock in the mording.
23
46 "Q. Over the First Yetional Bank in wnat town?
Ste. fs Ralston. He celled me out. Sleeping with me thet nicht Q
33 Qe
Se 2.
was Everatt Goodson. He called me out and says to me, “att,
i think you made the bast witness I ever seen in that Jess
anith case."
Theat Is Hales ssid that to yout
Yes. He said, *l want you, accompeniad by John Morris
and Louis Gller, to go to Fawhusha tomorrow momding and swear
the following: That Bill Smith had told you toat I paid
hin thiig mo oney in full ia Cash ai different times and pleases;
that BOs Ye Ee mmit hy had spent this money for whiskey and
on wimen thet is the anly reason he covldn’s ecimowledss
the debt ‘natal in fully dDesause iv would bust him us with bis
wife, Rita," sand he solicited my testimony te swear to thst,
that bs received the money in full from ¥. EK. Vols, but the
only rogsen he couldn't ackowwladce same was because it wadd
‘pe at the exsense of losing Kis squaw.
Yas anyone present when he told you that?
ho, we Was out. Overett was sleeping in the yvoom.
All ¥ight, go on.
Foesaid, “BILE, his Sita is an uncle of ay former wi Lie, and
ha as Ve oe
Me a > ee -, She PE EO 4 5h. key .
Sa. Go ele SER ee ee oe & eb FE SIR aca
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