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Osage Indian Murders — Part 22
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ee Osage Indians money and Aid not see how he was going to oake thes wy
., that, Bale mentioned that he had. insured the life of "Henry Roan. ord
“EAR” “sor $05 000.00 in his, Halets, favor dnd fale-aeked ericksen i o he
Petey refusing VO Pay Tog insurance. a. ROAR ARG wae AnSUrance Lompany ane.
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. had, not known Hale. Pefore. this ‘Yime: ‘put has scan’ his » photo in’ +h
ainpe,” and ‘knows it is the same man as Emery Antrodnced: 0g Dim f
ap at Kansas City, a8 related aboves:
ROSS 8. ERICESON, Tatham, Kansae, 3 ‘well known rancher end sto
intervicwed, who stated that has been well ana personally acquainted
with Ww. Ke {Bill} Hale for many yeara; that he ale. wae intimately .
_ acquainted with Henry Gramner and W. J. Emery, at al; that sonetine ta.
* 4922 B11] Hale told him. (Briekeon) that he {Hale} had loaned a iot =
(rickson) could not-gat some outlaw that Erickson imew alone the York
can border to come up and bump Rean Horse off for Bale; 3 that opie
told Hale “Don't give me any of that bunk ahout you lending wica_
Indians money"; that Erickson also asked Hale why he did cot sot. a
of his Oklahom& outlaws to do the job and Hilo stated that tou ol
outlaws were mostly pootleggers | Wand will not come up from ‘ben:
that later Erickson told Bail Hale that ; one We Je Duery, then of ‘Katizes.
City, Yo. might. do the Job,: or get pin A mah, a8 Dory was ‘repute :
a killer and in with the stittie "[taly Cang* in Kensus city, vous’ .
sometine in 1922 be (Erickgon) introduced Biliwale and Henry Cremer +
_W J. mnery, in the Britton Hotel, Kansas City, Mo.;:; shet he, Rrickscn,
was informed that Emery hed arranzed with Hele to heave Roan Hucse baripe
off but crickson stated that in the spring of 1925, at Bpicksa:'s tanch
_ near Latham, Kansas, Bill Hale told him [Erickson] that he (Eele} +
gotten John Ramsay ‘to bump Henry ‘Roan off and the irigurance Company ¥
ee ee ee deep ee eee Danse end thse fnenranse MArmesny end + he"
Covernnent were investigating; that! fale, stated Boar waa" ded, »
Rose Little Star land ard that was elaimed by the Governnant +o ef:
- them - jurisdiction to prosecute for the master; that. Hale. mada’ note
citations of a case in New Mexiéd, which Erickson was well. eo
with and which Hale thought mi ght help him prore the covernte:t.
‘have j sdiction to try Hale or, Join Ramsey for tha Koen wicare
cur ILKERSON, inmate of the Oklahoma. State Penitentiary, ‘etetoa to.
Agents that he worked for Henry Comett in the year of 1922: that tal
saw Henry Roan buy whiskey from Henry Cornett and also saw curlay Jom
son, Mary Roan, Roy Bunch, William Taylox "and a lot of other people.” _
buy whiskey from Honry Cornett; that however he never, at any time, .
Saw Henry Roan at Henry Cornett's place at the same time that Carley
Johnson or any of the others named, were there; thet he never, at any
@ time, saw Honry Roan leave Cornett's place followed by Curley Jonna ,
. 4 maneuvered by Curley Johnson and Hoy Bunch in their cara, so. ap
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Roan in between the care of Bunch and Johnson. cGiy wilkergow? i
bat Bill Hale ant Henry Cornett asked hig (Wilkerson). to: sosshts
"that he (Wilkerson) was at Comett's yhouse late in December, hae ¥
'“@ay Yenury Roati is’ said to! have. been murdered, ‘and to testity | By
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