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UE. Trepp, #8. La cae ms ae Sea et wate to “as a detasied history of | Ee he ' Sane. life, advising us that-be, Burchart, cane to Oxiahomal © bare. en“a~here boy end had iived ‘since under the inrinuence of a@,K. | 1 * Hale, his uncle, and while he realized that Rule was doing many. Ste: Q: Griminal tiings at she game time he felt that Hale was ¢ big’ man ye ae pend. ay aid. aot know now 9. peruse. to 40 me hat Bake: pene a a * atter Bes ok {Sivek ef the | ‘interme: ih onus me Feetning. Fonn fansey's- ‘partictpe tion in- thd ~earler of. Roane “he * pe aifeere puggosted that we bring Hamsey to Guthrie and that he #oure ig ‘then sug: him and that Rarmeey would no doubt tell the tre’ Siaaae - _ be realised that he; Burkhert, hed told the truth. Later, Bu: oa ” hart requested protectian by government. agents until such time: os oe he was afforded an opportunity to. testify to-the trues Zacta. ni DOLORO . a Court, stating. ‘that he would-no-deubt be killed through ae Fale's influence. when it waa-knowm that ne yi Barkeart, “hed. tively <—) satpymetion concerning. the Roan mupder, ” Pon fa Burkhart waa. ‘present: at Pewhuska, Oklahome, et the er ' preliminary hearing of W,K. Kale for the murder of ¥.2, suhch, om end a few moments before he went on the stand to testify be ¢o14 | the writer thst regardiesa of everything tnat he was going on thea. . stand and testify to the true facts. When he was piaged cin the se “witness stacé attorneya’for Hale’ ‘tmmédiately declared. that they Ay were representing Burkhart and“ degacded the privilege -~of talking: 52! —$o°Hinm a few nonents before he--tegtified, pernigsiqn-for the : so wonference being granted ‘by. the Court.” Before they finished ‘heix rr 36 vcs Oonterence the Court adjourned -and Burkhart was taken te Fairfax, <. Th 8 idahoma,~ where ‘ha wag talkedfo: by mum@roud friends of Hale’s, epee” Bnd-else Halsts réletives), and eiwvised to comply. with instracw 5 ss eo. tiene of Hale's attorneys. Later, on advice of Hale's attorneys, . "7" «- Burkhart refueed to testify, and-was then charged by the State of < Owlahoma, jointly with Hale and Ramsey, with the murder of #.E. 0 6°." p AS Smith. ata later trial of Burkhart he entereé «= plea of guilty ee sage end iomediately came back to the prosecution with a full explana- * 7.4? 303 t£om of his Sotion, which was caused, as he stated, by the in- |: 48 whe fluence of Hale's lawyers, and he has since in avery instunce p 49 faceé the music and teatified to his original. statement cr fucts, - which were mo doubt te a large extent responsible for the wonvie~ ' tion of ®.K. Hale, the principal in the severel Osage murcers. frie ee Loo. In ‘all. the. development frou our investigations nowhp Cs oat * does he syidence disclose that Burkhart particip ated to uny exh Sat tent dyin the Henry Roan murfer case, and only in the ¥.2. (BilL)} » §a8b] murder ease to the extent that. he €elivered & messuge Lor} ~~ ’