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’ * Of tape SO Ral AY oe PW ee jee at wae ee. fae uy ‘g ‘ 2, ‘s+ “ . ‘ eae oe Pr ey Lae Pe! a NY pot tees ‘ ow THIS CASE ORIGINATED AT CKlanoms City, CEla. DATE WHEN MADOC { PERIOD FOR WHICH MAD , REPORT MADE BY; June 22,1926.) Se2l to 6—22-1926, EF. Se Smith. o » 2 3 rt vane ‘ *. 5 REPORT MAGE AT: Guthrie, Okla. ee ee NG A . Arr. CHARACTER OF GAGE, 1 We le HALE, JOHN RAMSEY, ERNEST SURKHART, SOTIER CP ORL DLINS. 2. BYRON BURXEAPT and KaUSIE MORRISON. = 5 «(Oy Cy Pile #70-1) GYNOPSIS oF FACTS: iow otf ee cad : i : JOINT REPORT GF ALL AGEIT SES | i \ a ata '- Defendant Ernest Burkhart's trial, in District Court of Osage County, started Kay 24, 1926. Basec on inforcation that attempts were made to bribe veniremen, District~Fudbe Jesse J. Jorten discharged first nanel of 50 veniremer, and ordered y new panel of 100 veniremen, from which jury was ovtsained. rial profressed until June 9, 1926, at whith time Defendant Ernest Burkhart announced in open court he bad discharged his _ attorneys and employed Attorney Flint Loss, and withdrew his : nd entered plea of Guilty to murder of ¥. afd bY f plea of mt guilty and entered pl E. Smith. Burkhart told Court his testimony on witness stand reference to durass by Federél agents to obtdin confessions, was false and no duress was used an: his confessions were voluntary. Burkhert's plea of guilt7 accepted and sentence will be imposed June 21, 1926. Testimony of \W% K. Hale, Ernest parkhart and Kelsie Morrison given in trial o7 Ernest Surksar.. "rial of J. Ke Hale and John Ramser, for mxuar Of 7. Ee Snith, ‘sat for Septe 20, 1926, in District Sowt of Osaze County. e+ ribe witnesses. be 5 w_. Ty 4 . - tails of attemt by Burkhart's ettormys to brib * . . ee On min Ne Ow of , OtK A919 DIT Ad og) g On June Z2lst, defendant Ernest Burkhart aezienced to lize 9 imorisomment in Oxlahoma State Penitentiary. Ix case of Anna | 0 Brown murder, Devendant Byron Burkhart, on habecs corpus pro= Lb ceedinzs, obtained bond of $25,000., which was made and defendmt | > released. dAsent's Notes. CONTINUED. 3 REFERSICE — is made to report of Agent F. §. Smith, duted Mey 22, 1925 204 “$5, subsequent reports thereto. J® parang AD PATHUSKA: | 48 Re, MURDER OF 7. EF, SAITH. © 4 9 Ernest Durkbart, charged Jointly with W. K. Hele, Johr Ramsey, asa Kirby | ~~ . 5 nT ne — A é a NE é i: ! LASRROVED AND mecins Aacorr t ~ 4G , Zz af (Ay CORDED 8 INDEXE! “ii | : Sr Cae hops OD AIT SHEN 23 1726 | SwasHinGTON ort ; ” BUREAU OF INVEST:GATION 7 CHECKED OFF: i fier oF 3 Washington. - rn ine Z DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE: . . : ROUTED To: | FRE, * O spo 4 * ao & 1 - 7 ! . — . —— ep ee en - - = : orm ese: cha cena de : : . 5 a REE rem — oF my a - om . ye : oe oo ~ : ee ee Lee wove, c - a . ew . OW Me . . — ‘ bo . a me ae Le, i RE «od mete me - se eet 7. > a en a ee . . . : oa