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” Louise Nelson, Notary Public. Med y companion oxpir res March 19, 1952. tie iJ eS Irwin (Blackie), Thompson, now. confined, at, the, “partigstitie, . ane 1 awaiting to be removed to Pawhuska’ to: Stegtity as 7) “Governnent “witue'ss ‘trial ‘November eth, ‘1928, “made a “signed statemett, wich Fedde ‘As s, Toit ee Bertles¥i12 e, Okina. | 10-23-28 _, My name is Irwin (Blackie). Thompson... a was plated in” the Daege £ af “Sapte $0°- 1928 in a cell’ above one" ‘pocupied ‘by We Ke. {R111) Feld ne CH "Rg / epoke to. me end called me. Blackie. gnd asked how I was getting aon: ae ae >. one week later Hale wrote me a pote. waigh | he handed Be: FEO Y hod LO"? or my cell, in which ote. Hale stated ho’ ‘would. favar ‘me ety Me would not be anything said about it and asked me in this note ¥kat. ‘to not testify against him, and I wrote one note that I «ould not ‘testify. against him if he would get me out. Hale then wrote another note to me ‘in: _which he stated he hed a friend that he could get to slip him rod tuto fail. and when I got gun and got out he wanted me to take Eernest Burkhart to O12 Wexfeo and said he dtd not care what heppened to Burkhart after I got-Qimi,, ent Old Mexico but did not. want. Burkbart killed in this coun Ty, 1 wher ce. 7B a ‘would be found, as. to find him dead here the Government could ‘then use ‘Bip. ae a nes ‘evidence as given by him at previ ous times, Hale also told me. that. the | Me would be guerd “ith parkert that. wuld Hkely have | gun ge yond bare to vga a gk i a eae Hale’ ‘Vater told me he had. ‘arranged ‘with his friend ‘to get gun gun ao me but never told ma who hie friend was. fe qs- 46 The above conversation between ‘Hale and myself was by written “notes. da witch’ ‘47_. Fale would write me and have me to write on same note and return to hin Hele 48. g0 Bale could destroy the notes, end several of these notes was passed. be~ - . >} oe twean Hale and myself by Hugh M, Weshburn who was in the same cell with. Fal. Gat $Q..° ; ‘$1. above statement made by me of my own free will and accord Ist being ade gO Pie red by J. Re ‘Burger that what I said would ve used as evidence agains’ ; Ty, = aaeans Co rei Thompson " seen SE 35. Tina Betts of - Calumet, * Okieh ona, ‘nade signed statement bei bor 33028, ‘at ‘2 Pend; Oklahoma, which Foeds | as: ‘Tollows:: i a a Ege 7 “ai Reno, Oklee d sept jp iO tm? APEEe Lets . ee he ee eae: fee eo “Firat etng adv ged of my rene aa nes that ase fe wed Fapeoen wee ee ne nee nae ene meats ge Ee ph ante eo ’ } tae ccs “3 Te 7 (3 ae poner er eR 2 bas i ae tes go Ba Ue aes, AE EEL PRT OTe ea oes Dee Re TA oF ae : fans Re cee fa CP Me TE aN SS TA ae ey: as itis aN °