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Ske ry Fe Se Smith 5-22—_26. : (orort Ryan, Glenn Eotel, Tulsa, Cklaho.ca. i ° - =. Le Erwin, now at waco, Texts, street adaress in Lenis | 13 of Agent in Charge White. 13° am PAHTSHA: | . Wt fel 14 re _ On Jume lst, complaint was filed bsfcra Justice of the Pease Crozier ,4 by County Attorney Templeton of Osage County charging Ed. C. Snyder and 7 Charlie Johnson with attempting to run witnesses in the Osage Indian murder Foe cases out of the jurisdiction of the State Court. This omplaint was based on information obtained by Agentg of this Bureau from the following witnesses. ~Defendants were arraigned and placed under bond in the sim of $5000. each, which = 213 was furnished and defendants released pending prel ininery” hearing. 3e STATELIONT OF MATT M WILL Luis: . al oe Witness Matt M. Williams stated to agents thet he had bean approached 27 by Charlie *Sohnson (who is a character of the widerwrli of Osage sR! County, @ well known bootlesger and manufacturer end under ‘2 charges now pending by both the State and Federal Government} —---—"~ 30 and by Johnson taken to the office of Ed Cé“Snyder in the Citizen's 31 °° Kational Bank Building, a former cattieman and @ close personel 22 friend of we. K. Hale, and by Snyder enticed ana induced tc leave 32 the State and go into Mexico in the car of Tharlie Johnson's 24 where he could not be reached or molested, and thet he would be 25 peid es sum of 72000. not to appear in the trial of the vusare AG * Indian murder 04 ses against We Ke. Esle et al. Aaaw. “jg STATEMSED OF FRED WILE AMS PA VHOUSKA : 393 Fred williams, a respectable citizen of Gsage Jountyand a one 10 ‘ . brother of Matt KM. Williams, ateted that he was apyraached a] Wie Maa ” by Ed C. Snyder and the County Assessor of Osage Sounty d os by them was requested to use his influence to zeen watt i. 44 Williams from testifying in the cases of the State of Ckilal 45 s we Ke Hale at al for the murder of Gs2e¢e Indians. 48 . ~ . - 49 Jack Joffey and Ed Clevine both Deputy Sheriffs of vsage 54 County stated they are now operating 2 pool hall in rawhuske 51 in the 100 block on Main Street, tnat they saw Gharlie vokn gon 5? approach Matt Williams in tris pool hall and hold &@ ccnve .f 32 sation with him and later saw Johnson leave witn Wliians, : 54 That later they heard Charlie Johnscn remark "tust if the poe & Government Agents treated him as they had treated lett Williazs, 56 that there would be hell." & 57 7 . se ‘4 a 59 an a a) nee oad Pe ey, Stated that, he: Pardes Charis. Johnson in a conference : 7 6lL-c8 - Stiinta te en Kees le. ~ whe Se micah : wg ee rad 2. _ _ 7 - Ae eg ok, - oy ete ote ©