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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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Ou &® Ww NFO ere interviewsd by agents of the tnt ani biow it up:, kil nitroglycerine in ae basexent of the Indian waneants home (Rite Smith ; ne tne Indian women, her white hushand and their L “Te Ae servant girl. This sonrescion, comroborates in saze of its details, » : Jpf' ~wes the result oF? the State authorities filing murder compleints Seed a8t fF the Cetrlenan (7. K. Hele and his Nevhew (Ernest Burkheart}. While tre Catilesian & his nephew cere in custody ef State authorities, they +5 we ¢ States Bureau of Invee tigation WOU : t (a 2 ‘ 7 : - ay ae Ay an inmate of the Oxlahome Ctate Penitentiary (Bert Lawson) mad | - a confession that he had been employed by the Catslemen to place fr ibe Ff han tC 9 “and the nephew meade ¢ confession, reoveeiing the nemes of the persons Oot en a . vos , <4 +. at . > es ote: rn os 2 | Fel rm no y who had actually ccammitted these murders, one of whicn was his “ucle, Lan the Cattleman, Atter considerable investigation b éfits of this Bureau f ay 5 the confess£on of the Oklahoma State Penttentiaryray found to be false, ee 3 an@ to heve beson made by the imuete for the sole purpose of securing peso i ~ ja pardcn or peroie from the Oxlahomi State Penitentiary, whers he was [ “4 / servirg @ seven yerr sentence, anc to be given imcunity for his rperti- i Be / gipetion in thie murder case, as well es obtain a better Pee 9 f than what he had been receiving in the Stats penitentiary. This ime te »/, t- 38 - / while out of the Cklehome State Fenitentiery, in custody of Stete end wee a a Ot eae Lato os weaolen ane = Mm heen / - : 7 * i fGUBTAL OLLLicers, wGQ B& Weenoicss for be DOT steaks and Frez ch fried /t ,. = “9 _ potatoes three timcs ceily, at the expense of the Federal cfTicers. “-; i 7 m4) f . yo te 4 : 7 On one oceusion wiile this imtate was ina ¥. i. C. A. cofcteria’ = * ie “for dinner, he stated he bad never been im a cafeteria before, ond te § rT ar 7 - Ey . 2 - . Fa +4 wes infsrmed to taxe 8 trey and placs on it whatever he wished to eat © 3 2 at ra : 34 @s he Pressed Govm the Tsou counter. Upon erriving et ylece where the |” a meats: were obtained, the inmate called attention to fact thet til) “6 not Leva room enough on his trey vo pltce his meats anc vegetevics, f° | iv ew A fh wen ce Sean Ak thet He bak Fann ei eas OP rte rr A three niaane At ? i ‘ wrath a Was e Awhile whl ae ee ae Po Bow Se Pr Paercs A? 1 q . > = rs r or “ 7 A 18 cake on his trav. He wis requestec to remove ll but cne plese of “9 pie. yoo al After continucus scares for an importent witness in the Creve ite i2 Inéian marder cases, this witness (Qeweyr Ser ah, wes located in Spracuse, ,_, 3 Fenstes, jail, where. he was Lelug held fer puszing 4 bad check, Tries i yo i4 Witness was released by the Syracuse authoritites to @ Federal officer Pee, 15 in order that he might be taken to Jklehome: to testify in the Indian a fo 46 “WPA AP ome Are wean retti reacy to denerg “rom the Svracuse ifil ¥ fone — Abb Lae Ne we a het Ng fe ba pl ak Es+ ¥ aereey uy od Nh ee ee Wal ad ae ed ad ae : 7 it wes fernd that the witness ned no shoes, as the ones ne hed WErG } ia. iS worm out, and it was cecezsary “for the dscersi officer to purchret a i ig pair of shoes for ths witness befor Ceparting Sra syraceh of x) - " 1 “nile this sane witwess wos bein’ nelc ct Guthrie, Ciehons ,. wate aeeete _ x . en iene 3 = ‘ ‘ 92 q inmetes of the >unsas Ctate penitentiary, also witness.s in toe Taciap de a3 a murder ceases, inferauation was rocelived thet en escape was teins plannec }; hi 7 4. 7 by the Fansas <tete teniteutiusy inmutes, end they werd removed In i vie [ocr hea Putt eta ini enA avecnineéttion wevesl2R ¢hato enna of fre ast “ i oS hos rs on _ Zz ble Arlk ba Dt why CALS a HAC Lede weed A PO oT ed win a aes 'y ~ ' io 56 -" | bad dizi Ty wsevod. The witness fron Syrecuses was ellowec to rr" ain fo} * a in the Guetrte-tSil, he teing the only cccupant. After a day co t fiz’ J 38 t was diseoversd that this witness had escened from tie Guthrie 5 i “a in ,, ww! 19 by removing the partly sawed bars of the cells, anc hed left tone- , 20 , 1 nee RLWC Up th ete ttn te ee ee ae 3. an Le oo “er. . . 52 fee went a ~ ee ne nn —_ oe eee oe Tm a + roo oo aa Me Te ga BO no .. ? oe
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