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About noon, Byron Burkhart and I dreve out in “BLL Trent's pasture and got uarink of whiskey, and late ee that evening I supsested to Ernest Burkiiart that we ¢o out ¥, dad take another drink. We went out there, and the whiskey ; & ws gone, and I asked Byron about it and he suid Tom Boone wy ay bed gotten it. Burkhart told me at Guthrie “alter the Federul men had tuiked to him about Grammer, Kirby und Johnson in con- nection with tails killing, that Tom TWhite.suid 40 him, "Srnert, : “2 ae ', this looks awful funny, the story you are telling. These men that you mention ara all dead," and Surkhart suid the federal man would agree to help him out if ua would pive them the nmes of soma live person whe could corroLerita Hic statement, * and thut that wus the first ting he had menticoad my uume in connection with lt, us he had made up his mind that that was tha oly way out for him and me was for us to put the blame on Bill Yale. Ano oe Fe bed i ak te Od et bat at Ud th, Rd Ne tm 03 0 O00 on a ae AY after tha killing of Neary Roan, Roy Buneh tulied oe, to me many times und euch tims said ne would fix me ap us ee soon as he could get his hands on somthin. I teld hin “gy gust ta forget ite |=” _Surkhart and Carly Johnson wera both figuring on the killing of Smith, They were figuring with Blockie Thomp. son on this deul, but when Blackie cama buck from the peni- tentiary for stealing Burkhurt's gar, ha went to s6e getting some expense money, &na hurkaurt | OE ih dom PORTER AME CE EE. a EE gee Tee Barkhart about ‘ona heal gave Aim coy ETECSTEOP RSE na twats Ais eu a | @hompson wliything, tat tho; were botu taki. Gia ID4 wa) _ av , that Thompson sot stuns. ; P< =