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: a le sae = is — i ld woes ite anne aa oy. § ; q F. Se Smith 6—22_26, é 9 with Matt MN. Williams and later saw Johnson taxe wstt " .- filliams to the office of Ed C. Snyder in the Zitlzen’s a4 National Bank suilding,as previously stated. : 12 . | f 13 Detailed developments of the manipulations of Attormeys representing ; 14 Ernest Burkhart, W. Ke Hale et al, and the corrupting of witnesses has been 7 +3 laid before the County Attorney of Osage County, Oklahoma, and T. J. 16 Leshy, Special Prosecutor in the Csage Indian Murder cases, and Government Agents are assured by County attorney Templeton that a Snecial Grand cvury * will be called at the earliest possible date to investigate such matters, : gee 180 Special Prosecutor T. J. Leahy advises that vigorous prosecution will ré follow devalorments therefrom. ete aed 24 On Jume 21, 1926, defendant Ernest Burkhart was brought before . _ a? 25 District Judge Jesse J. orton and given a sentence of life impris nment oP 6 in the Cklahoma State Penitentiary for the murder of 7. E. Smith. f. oon : Re. MUCDER OF ANNA BROWN. q 20 On May 21, 1926, Attorneys for defendant Byrom Burkbart in a 2abdeas 3s corpus proceeding before the District dudge of Usage County at Pawhuske 22 on presentation of evidence, obtained bona for defendant Byron Burkhart in / 3? the sun of $25,000, On lay 27th this tond wes mede and defencant relecsed ae pending his trial. 28 AGENTS" NOTES: , 38 Defen.ant Ernest Burkhart since entering his plee of guilty to the ‘ 39 murder of Vf. E. Smith has discussed freely with Agents White and Smith the ; <0 manipulations of his Attcrneys and others in causing him to rexpudiate : his orizinal confession to the Government in the Smitn anc Roan cases, and *4 further states that the case stvled "Emest Surkhart vs 0. be white, .. &. = P Smith, John KE. Vren, d. A. Street, Edwin Brown, 4. ¥. camstock" for @sacses te in the sum of 3250,000. filed in Osage County on Mar 17, 1926, wes erroneous 45 and was filed at the suggestions of his Attorneys at that time, Esmilton, "3 Coringer, Howsrd, “reeling et al. Ernest jurkhart further states thet he waa 48 advised by Attorneys Howard, Springer et al to file this suit in the interest 49 of defezting the criminal case filed against him in Csaze County. : 39 After further conference with Ermest Burithart, detailed stitements 5 will obtained from him of the manipulations of his atturneys in ccusing o2 him tdj repudiate his original conZession and ths linc of perjured tectimny | ee bhat wap induced to swear to. whe reason thet this nes nui been don ‘ 76 here ore) is Gue tc the fact that agents anticipate thet 211 defencont SE invol nerein will be transferred intc the jurisdiction of ths Government, ¢ 2° at which time there will be a better opportunity to get all matters ctiearls 5 a $e in hand. . cas a | 59 = oe 6q@ TUR oe geet a ee ae k ape aan pec Sy CO IZ De . - 61> 2 ee Tailed aad ae SRT de rae cee se ore gO ae . _ i . ; 7: qe meee a . . _ a rs . ar