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Osage Indian Murders — Part 25

58 pages · May 11, 2026 · Broad topic: Murder · Topic: Osage Indian Murders · 57 pages OCR'd
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Infies whe wae fo be “tyyspes of P", br Tillien =. Hele, on the etreete of Fairfen, Oklahous, Henry hoan vas the only one of the five sercons proven to have been murdered at the instivetion of T. 4. Hele, “ho wes killed on restricted Indian land, thereby giving the United States jurisdiction ower the crime, Roan's murdered body wae found upon the restricted homestead allotment of Rose Little Etar, whose Indien name was Tom~Pah-Pe. tose ot . MURDER OF WILLIAY E. SBILL® SMITH; hie wife, RITA SMITH, Osage Indian; NETTIF BROOKSHIRE, their white servant. William FE, "Bill" Emith esteted openly thet he believed ¥. K. Hale had killed Henry Roan and Anna Brown, and would not hesitate to kill the last of Lizzie Q's children, In addition to this fact, William E. Smith and FB. ©. Hale had hed an argument about #6,932 which Smith claimed Hale owed him. On the night of March 10, 1973, the houee of William E. Smith waa blown up, having a five-gallon can of nitro- glycerin exploded under it, blowing the house to atoms and killing Rita Smith and Nettie Brookshire instantaneously, while mangling the body of Filliam FE, Smith horribly. He lived a few hours and stated his belief that Hale had had him killed, It was developed through investigation by Bureau Agents that, 4 ut g 7A ate aa nast Tahe amor oas won W z abe had Liou vonn Pam i ee Si Aga be E. £mith, and had subsequently paid Ramsey epproximately $1692. These
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