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Osage Indian Murders — Part 12

78 pages · May 11, 2026 · Broad topic: Murder · Topic: Osage Indian Murders · 78 pages OCR'd
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pe a eer + ioe en Pettey Mes en as “ (apd vouné Curley Johneon in bed, but avake, Srl ¥ ta4utecent of John Eamsey mice to 7, I. Fowerd ané “. + Freelin-, et the Counts Jail at Chlehom- Cits, on Guesce>, Rovember 9th, 1965. ae At that tim, John Hanser stveted thi t he would be elsc to make a statement if he thoucht 4: woul? be of helt to “, V. Hele. Both Mr. Freeline and Mr. Howard stetes to hin that no possible statement he cauid make woul be of any bene- “fit to Mr. Hale if it were not the truth, but thai if he made a truthful etatement with reference to the killing of Henry. Roan was killed at the place where his body was found, on Mon- dev evening, Jamary 29th, 1923, about 6:50 at might. That Cerley Johngon shot and killed him, and that Ernest Burkhart and himself were noarby, and thet the arrangements had been made by Roy Bunch, tut who wis in the town of Fairfax at the time. In support of this, he mde the following detailed That. some tim: in the summer of 1922, the cxact date I cannot remember, Curley Johnson, myself ant Hank Fidder Grove from. the town of Ripley to Thizhang. in Osare County, anc went to the hotel of Seth Lewis, ehere I went to bed soon after reachin* there. Curley Johnson did not come to bed until early the next mornince. “e let Kidder out of the ear just before reaching “hizshang. The next morning I eet up about 2:00 o'etlock, and went to s cafe for breakfast, and while there I heard of somone being hé~jacked the night before, about $30.06 being taken in the hol qi went back to the room at the Levie Hotel ab¢ ofelack, W4 the trous rs of Johnson, anc was funblin--ero Sockets, amd jl asked Johnson about the hi-Jeck - einicht “e, and ee Sa I theucht I oucht to hare: ~ 2p 330.060 thet he cot in the holdur.s qheon unée hoo oe Tt
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