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Villiam Reale at Hale's instigation, for th juroose of hirin,: Johoson to murder certain Indiens. Johnson wae later killed uniter mysterious circusstances, and the rumor wes common that he had been killed at the “inetigation of Bale, who feared thet he aight talk. Another notorious character to haratter st ared honors with ¥, K. Hale as boge of the c isinal slement of Osage County was Henry Grammer, notorious bad man who hac complete control of the Osage liquor traffic, and who was reputed to keep certain woods surrounding _ his lanc lighted wp by means of « privately omed power plant, where Xi he worked a gang of criminals who had fled from ell over the United Etates day and night in making illicit liquor. Grammer died in an automobdiie accident prier te the inve sti- a gation of the murder cases, anc at the time of his death had on his fe is mipposed to have been murdered by a notorious bandit who was with hin at the time of the accident, but no investigation was ever made by local authorities as his death was considere’ a goad riddance. There was a gappiac wound under hie left aru pit. 4 bandit who was serving time in the Oklahoma State Peniten- tiary, recalled witlle being interviewed by # Epeeial Agent of the United States Bureau of Investigation thet during the period of the murders moni , he attended a gathering of thirty-tro nationally know: bank bandits ani train robbers in s group cf woods in the Osavre country, where thes were in hicin, a¢ fugitives fron Justice, ani durine their sojourn biey often engages in nistol practice, axill in th use of pisétole bein aah | al ST!