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Osage Indian Murders — Part 6

85 pages · May 11, 2026 · Broad topic: Murder · Topic: Osage Indian Murders · 84 pages OCR'd
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4 1 OO 4b Pe ket Oo PY a x ra ad - . = 22 We Ee SMITH, che husband of RITA and the brotner-in-law i i of . ANNA BROWN: was living in a comfortable home, as snewn by pacto~. 16 ‘gravh €9, with sis wifes and a white servant girl mened METTIS 7 pe a BROOKSHIRE, see photograph $20, S232 had continued Nis setive 4 _ investigation of tha murder of AANA BROWN and had nad an opan vreak co witth HALE, dua not onty ta his letting it.be known. that he had thes 24 evidence involving H4Le in the murder of AKNA, bul also becwus! of yg 26 a demana whien he had made upon HALE for 36,000 end. wiiek HALE had Lo refused to pay. SHITE was known to be apt te take action to enforces 40 his claim against Hale and at 2 ofcieck on the morning of March the ay 3 doth, 1965, less than two months after ths Finding of HEERY RCANTS 24 boggy, SMILE'S home at Fairfax was blowiou:, his wite RITA and ths 26 . “orem NETTIE BROGESHIRE being killed instantly, and SlifH hinself ue” . baing mutilated s¢ that he died within a few days, but uot before 3 making a a@ying declaration te the effect that the only anamies he nad -s % : A iu the world were HALE and the BURENARGS. é . + as With the passing of RITA SMITH, the last of the manburs of | m ; § the family of LIZZIE Q was done away with, leaving alone her daughter : : ; : MOLLIE who vow lives at Fawhuska with her bus: and ERNEST BURBHJES, a : 50 the nephew of KALE; and in additions to the wiping oat of the $6,706 m 52 laim which SMITH held aga lust HALE, RITA'S property it was gelt : - ; 7 Pe. 180! would go to the surviving sister, MOLLIS BURKEART, However, a — 36 : l Red bean made by RITA and her busbusd, under which the survivor A ari " . 3 of the twe was to acquire the estate of the first to dis, and SkITo i 9 SG eee amwonncanersee me epsesimagely foe deve, het tne provers a ye geggtte Spreng oe af pert
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