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hoy A ~ . : d 3 ae ee hy ; hd ; 12 : : 13 J:-Director. 14 25 16 L? 76 stated thet he wes unsble to sleey, On Tuescey, the Eth, Burknart , Bos: slinped a note out of the Jail by one of the bemty Su.eriffs to Ir. , ‘ea Leahy, but had a great deal of trowvle ccmmtuniceting vith ir, Leaby, 21x due to the fact tiat- Bill Hale's ettorneys hed segurec a Coury order 22 preventing anyone from seeing Burknert, excert nis Attcrneys, his >> wife and relatives, ‘Whe ncte recueste@ Lr. Leshy to come to th. 24 Jeil the night of the 8th, thet he would dike to sec him, ab. lotr 25 eppeered at the Jail and Burkhert promptly told hin that ne wor wire. +E and disgusted with endeavoring to go through-with the Lies tha. were 37 beings sworn to and thet he had been prompted to swear to and thet he "R.. wented to tell the truth, go before the Court, plead cuilty tc the 129 . charge and take his medicine, ir. Leéhy promptly informec him thet be , 30 wes prosecuting hic and would be unedle to advise him in any wey and 31 further talk with him about the matter; thet he had better get himself FF 32 an Attorney and confer with him for scing berore tre Sourt te piead 32 to first degree murder would be herd to do anc a very serious metter. - ar Burkhart told him he would like to go through with it enyway and : : 3c promntiy informed ir, Leahy thet he woulda lise for him to sen for r 36 *Clint loss, a very reputctle and good attorney at wvulsa, ur. cicss wss a | Pes communicated with and came to Pawhuske on June Sth. after conrerence i 3 *g - . with his Attorney and State's Attorneys, Burkhert came into open Court, : announced to the Court thet he wanted to discharge his Atterneys, a 39 Freelinzg, Howard, Hanilton and Springer, employ Clint Moss and to enter ae oor a plea of guilt to the charge he wes being tried upon, ; a2 Pefcre accepting the plea of guilt, the Court agked him co mu.. : <3 of cuesticns as te whether or not he understood whey he wus plessing [ 46 guilty to and if it wes of his own free will and accord without any f 46 promises whatsoever and whether or not the agents of the vepert.ent of j "47 Justice hed used any force in order to obtain « statement from him. F Burkhart told the Court that we hac not; thet ail we dii to him was to 48 talk to him and keep him up ell picht; thet he hed received tre kindest ‘ 49 treatment from us, After°a few more quecticus, the tcurt accented >» Burkhart's plea of guilt and deferred sentence until cune Zlst. oo ad 32 . At the time Burkhart plead guilty, 2 wes in Olilahcma City having 3 returned to the office efter testifying, in order to lock after cther 34 matters coming up in the Oklehcma City territcry, expectins, hewever, to "56 return to Pawhuske to testify in the rebuttal, Upon receiving the infor- — 52 - ey ve 60 WPS LE ee eee oe ; 6lore oan : ; . : “wie AEE ES we a ee a ed