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FF OSA mWNE EF DIMA id 4m 4 i « Bs é, we ny 2. bead O pI: t W. Ke Fale, etal. ( - #8 to get to Pawhuska tomorrow or next dey as the trial would start then. these tw men went into the 4s I recall, in . sout SO cr 40 mimites after Bliss building, they came out. After they had passed, possibly in five minutes, I then went to Bordons place. Elliott came in. we walked out of Bordens. In s few minutes after I goi to Bordens, Elliott then called the Police station and On &@ccount of my sus:icion of wiat I had heard Elliott tell Springer and the fact of sesing thase two men go into the Bliss Building, I thought I would fesl Elligtt out and get an expression from him, so I said, you are going to get yourself in trouble or in a jam fooling with that crippled hop-headed S— of & 3—~——~,"' I was refarring . Se Smith, WE iilots plane — at agile ean. to one of the two fellows I had seen going into the Bliss build- not Know hin. ing and coming out, and Elliott remrked, and I left him under the impression that I did, however, I did Elliott and I frequently went into the Southern Rooms and Elliott. Was very Priendiy with the landlady, Urs. Grace O'Donell. After I had seen these two men go to ‘the Bliss Building and heard Elliott's remarks to Springer and had cautioned him étov Ellicott s@id no more. "Why, Go you xnow kim?" ett i Ls in a jam, I saw both of these men going into the Southern loons, I then drew my conclusions that Elliott”wes mized up with two men end that he and Springer were scing to use them in some way 4s witnessos in the Csare trigls. to Mr. Bueller and later ascertained these two mens' the Secy. of the Waiters Union and I rhoned their named and loca- os he hed recuasted ™ ie ed ee ed tions to Mr. wwe ae informtion for him if I could. Smith at Pawhuske, pets ie re 8 ee (Signed) os ee ne ee STATEMENT BY Le We ELLICTI, CITY DETECTIVE, TULSA, Ckla. On June 5, 1926, Agent Smith quastioned itr. Elliott, who aiated thet ha at one time was employed by a private detective cpency to make investigations of the Osage indian murders; to gat +o £8 these — so UL conveyed my suspicions names from ~ BR tric er a Manthus, Tulsa, Okla. thet recently Atty. Springer epproached he and Ed Erwin, his partner, eit staved that there wes a Mrs. Mayo employed at the myo Cofve Shon in Tulsa who was in possession of information and latters thet nm, sanity ~ aie : ad va § wanted, and Asked them, Elliott and Erwin, if they kmewor Guy oue who could get under Urs Mayo for thé letters anc information; that he, Ellicott, told Springsr he wuld see, and did approach one Pisrac, the house detective of the Mayo Hotel and related to Pierce what Springer wanted, but that later he, Ellictt, decided that his superior officer, Vic. Hllis, might not aprroga cf such 2ction, and so advised Pierce and dropped the matter. that he was in ny manner connected with Springer in the securi or framing Ryan and UcSparren mnceremiumy to testify in Burkhar trial, and immediately charged Erwin with framinz him. Elliott further advised that curing the Jar perioc he was eimilogec as a Special dgent in the Bureau of Investigation, Dep... of Justjors and worked out of the kansas city offics. b Elliott flistiy denied ff Agents Smith and Murphy visited the premises of Urs. Craca Cie enblss ~or,4Toprietress of the Southern Hotel, Tulsa, whom it was alleged . seubonina a ite malice Of. {ha BaApAas ioe, o of. Sey. oq: Me, Sprisge Hh ah in previous a8: ae ae