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Osage Indian Murders — Part 23

49 pages · May 11, 2026 · Broad topic: Murder · Topic: Osage Indian Murders · 49 pages OCR'd
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+} MAD ue Ww to: 935 Re Parfer 1~15-29 _ al him, Hale, he, Hale, would get Ernest ont of prison in sigit «fa ; ata. oa year, and he, Hale, believed he could get Erasct out earlier: that { , he, Hale, knew things against him, Ernest Burkhart, that would brake his, Ernest's, neck, but, he, Hale, did'nt want to tei. if a) he could help it, but, if Ernest went on the atand againat hin, - Bale, Lhe would tell these things, Hale said "I will gnuerantee I i 16 17 will get him out in sight of a yoar"s This conversation too: place 15 in the jail at Pawhuska, Oklahoma, sometime about two or tares owe months ag0e We Ke Hale sent me word to come +o Pawhnsss £3 ha ie wanted to talk to me. That was the principal of what he had te » 7G. say to mee Of course he told a while lot. that was the onir thing 217 'Stmmed) We Se Burckhart " Subacribed and sworn 8th dey Jamuary, 1923 ~ Johnnie Mohon, Notary. ae a ~ow a” - Subject Hale which reads as follows: "State cf Oklahoma } County of Osaze ED * YT reside at Marlow, Okla. That on the morning tnmut Ernest sarkh vc. pled cuilty at Pawbuske, Oklahoma, as my Cughtor, Migs Tin: Betis, I were going from the gtreat to the Gorrs Fouwa, at which time ana we Ke Hale, whe was then confined in the County Ieil at Pewhuska, Ckiahoma, kmocke. on the windw ...d beckoned for us t¢ come orer 49 the jail which wo did, and W. Ke Hale tolc us vhat Ernest gurkhar< was going to plead guilty, but first he askec 27 we had talked wita Ernest, and W. Ke Hale told us to get to Sn:.agt and tell hin 7% ie. nis head, or some such a word, not to tell anything, that if cra: 4 did, ha, Hale, wes a ruined mane I have known W. Ke Hale for the past ten years - in fact, we “eve been neighbors snd frienis, and, while Mr. Halo «ax confined in the Pewhuska County Jail at Puwhuska, Okiahoms, I visited him oa eavert’ different occasions, and Mre Sale has told mz goveral differant tines that Ernest Burkhart was the only witness that he, Asie, Wai. .. Praia of ard Mr. Hale has, e8 above etated, arreared werried abou, pene gst. testinony-end wanted me to do enything i re.ld tO Drevecy Ee. et iit teoti tying egainst him, Halee . (Signed) 2.35. Te Ge BPS a &. Notaricd vefore JoLnnie Mohon, January 8, 1° 28. ‘. Case continued fron Janusry_ 7th vo January 16th, 19.9. —--- et ce a ee me le AR a ee ae ee ete te - —— wee woe ae es _ . ee “ aa : ¥ = . a . 7g oo ~ - - vate . : a a - . oo a "e MRS. W. G. SETS made affidavit with refordnce to convaraati- Tai had uth | x . aarns Pan , * me ie es oe Ra pd ‘Withee ae Leave pep cen hyhlwdin To. | . 7
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