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© 2 : - we = 2} of" ; 4 2 8 Bepartment of Iustice ) $ E Bureau of Pnvestigation é ance OE #. F 2. >, P, 0. Box 1535, = ee " , Okiahoma City, Oklahoma, és F 12 : June 15th, 1926. | 13 7 14 a L 15 % an 16 Director, - 17 Bureau of Investigetion, Lb 1 18 Depertnent of Justice, ; —_ Veshington, D. C. , ' Pad . PERSONAL AND CONFIDESTIAL In re: Osage Inaian imrder Cases. Jith reference to the above matter,-will state that I nave 27 been at Pawhuska, Oklahoma, almost contimiously since say 25rd as a witness and to assist in the trial of #rnest Burkhart, who : s « 0 is being tried there in the Stete Courts for his part in tne mur- ' 30 der of W. E. Smith, his wife and servent girl, Burkhart was orly 1 cherged with the rarder of ¥. E, Saith, y 32 m v4 linc 7 w 32 The Attorneys for Hale « S, P!’Freelins, J. I, Howard, J. U4 j4 Svrimzer and WV. S.sHamilton - resorted to every conceivesle mecns 25 of deceit and unfcunded malicious cherzes arainst all cf the agents 36 ° to bring about the acquittal of arnest surkhart, ‘heir otject in 47 doing so of course was to thereby defect justice in the Hele case, - 7 for they well knew that if Burk.art wes convicted, thet he would 38 probebly testify against Hale in not only the WV. E. Snith case but fo the case involving the killins of Henry Ren, a ' : In their efforts to succeed in this scheme to br ing avout th.: 23 accuittsal of Burkhart, they encesevorcd te. exclude from the Jury 44 the statement which wes teken trom Burkhart by Special age st Franc $5 Smith and myself, also to exciuce the testimony given by Eurknart 56 before the Federal urand Jury at Guthrie and the stcetenents made to ‘47 Agents John k, Wren and J. A. Street while these Arents were with : 43 Burkhert in New Mexico, El Paso and San Antcnio, as well «es the statement made to lir. John Leahy, Special Prosecutor of Hale, Kamzey j i i¢ *? and Burkhart, Assistant County Attorney Jeffries and myscif at a2 4 Arkensas City, s¢ansas, just before the Prelininery Hearing cf iiale 7 in OF i\iGyo, and nemsey, held Merch 12th, t aby Lint: Giwis TON, “ . sro ogo8 2 : cece AY . & ; an 4 i : od , bISD8. 53° Mh ; | % or a) _ ; Pe * oy 8 198 ALM, | 8 Sa . oS me ' 3 i L apne Fo Pan tkinT of 1eeTiCR / sw, ‘ aire : 2 a Ciel a baa eek ad A EY tas, eee ro i os Di wv Tigo, , "a sao if 2 — hd _ vO ff . we ion * vat os ee ae . _oml =< SST i= = ss a eT ear Aiea a 0 ncn at EEE EE OR ea . , “a7- ‘ hie te s od ete a ‘2