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994. “nslawg, $0 is $key men or bootlergers ang wont "pome Het i ‘ero stated ‘further ‘that about. 1935, Hale wee: at his» Tacs, " wk “apberently worrded.vep: the: investigations goiag oq inthe: Shad Bale told ‘hia, Erickson, sh Bat, Boar. was ‘i lied Jon the Boge, LLEST ements anti that. the” Federal Government ela tied this: geverths ‘Gpvernh . Bimenaa Romaceny weld nav tha maneav eieht an thea hearrel hacd wre Yt ae | “that the insurance company waa refusing $0 pay at alls that he, gat 8, Soa rbbce ald of the Government investigating ag they were $00. slo tq get anything, but. noe COMPA eS, #, = Arent aneine and. Abas, eee: his, > tale a Tou RixSey BuP_ENRT. ROAN 3 oy pale acralthe fons a Wana hitched: that he: (grickson)- tol aon ‘of & aintlar. cage . Bed . “Wikre the Government sought durisdiction en ginfler grounds ‘end tale wrote down “the @ thought vy Hale and zrickson as being authority eeeinst the governrent hevhag. isdiation in this oan case. 7 ee oe <M. [as 2 eer ORSON stated “that be had “hover squawiéd in tite esha 38 s the worst: erook and, Soybie-crosagy “he nad gvar know; t¢haé. Fale, Peneeds a: ‘feos Erickson, near Lathgm, 10-1925,, and tought alot. of a see ‘ontt onkite iis Soe thea in’ krfokson's pasture; “that ‘scus“of Erickaonts aA 2 € an. ogttle, in. ‘Bales Bynon and. -Brickeop., turned them bagk = saree, ¢ or. tour be yeh" "eoid Erickson he liad akdwt 105 head of cattle’he (Eele} had 2 eek a terom Vyitans ond Bale pillea theae cattle aeparately from hiy own, <nder the nixe 5 when they were gold at Kansas City; that Bale also proposed to: ‘pritaah’s ', Md Rale- would steal a lot of cattle and put then in Erickson'ts ranch in Fangaa; that Mle took four steers that belonged to Erickson and never paid for them; thet hey. eee | ekson, had theught this case over carefully and then told his partner, Melvin tase” ; ‘dk Gray), that he, Erickson, was going to tell all he knew and Yelvin drova at once ‘$8 Fairfax and saw Mrs, Bill Hale and Hale's daughter, and told them {about Decenber $9 1928} and Mrs, Hale had asked Melvin "For God's sake, don't let Zoss testifyr;:: thet fits. Bale gave Melvin a cheok for $400.00 in payment of the four steers and Melvin. . Gffercd Erigkson his (Melvin’s) haif of this check if Ericksen wouid not teatiiy;. that tod Erickstn that he, Brickson, would be Filled before he ooull aay ra ,wastifiod | against Hales Ericson stated that he knows ¢ ict morg-, an intervidw with "J. Leahy sefdte the trial; thet ‘he ‘ois ap a=" oetken, to moet him before the trial, | Srickson stated to: amto fell; Weds FNERY to. tell if: ps an m going to. tor it, oe ‘ oe ‘y whee pad Site ge Paces ” a i ] To RY mE TE CMR EAE RELL GEN RM TN SRE RIERA i EE ASTER ASSN See AE PTUs TER AT Nae ea FLT BT