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oo is 4 “ . oS elation. er jae - = r _ THE KANSAS CITY TIMES KANSAS CITY MISSOURI DECEMBER £1, 1927. 7 “i . yo OM TEE KANSAS CITY FIELD OFFICE DWIGHT BRANTLEY SAC. et - ra i * r & Wh oO eae al 35 oa ian 6 - - 7 mrt ~ . ay {fe 7 The Osico-dtiils Murders, « \h\ , 12° w , . ‘The parole of Evnest Earkiars fron he Ob: i, i Jahoma state penitentiary recalls what wae pos= » 7 OY ’ epibly the most remarkable mud se da in a= ei - - , ‘history of the Southwest—the oe aie slaw . riectewind+John Ramsey, were also > nn STR =f ; ving of Osage Incians for their off Lew crigmts The sole surviving member of the @ cemil¥, ~ * , dn that part af Oklshoma known 9. ihe Osure Burkhart: wife, Mollie, was i at ihe cme, »7 - Hills. : . and it was the suppesition that .ne was being 'g * . . . Beglmping May £2, 192i, 2 ore. of m: . . adiinisiered slow poison, for when her huss Qt, “> Of both Indiuns and whic: band and the other sonsplrators were umpris- | (lee fivst were mot cormnecied wi: . oned, she speedily recovered. ‘0 wie @uthorities. Then agents at the % - ‘ Hule was sentenced to a Hfe terin in the: l : - | (department of rustics enierec ito case. and federal prison at Leavenworth, where be is a : eost Made the discever> thai a sen bed present, The others received life sentecces in 12 Aaa been Killed, apr ently in se.ne con . the siale pr.scn, Mervisen, who Was paroled, | ‘we. spiracy.. was salle a few months ago in B P.O: due. 5 Burkhart eventually was arrested, and cone | With officers 6 Bassa, be ad . fessed to a macabre plot. He tcld the oflicers | Tt was Burkhar whose test. mony result ot ia 6 that he was merried to Muie Q. a ms: the convictiums of his accomphces, Als bob en . 7 the wealthy -fanus. Ey Aili: aff ail otla: this acogunt that his parole Wos get Bink as Members of the femily, a toual of thirteen | watts the sent sibility what ese ene . . 2g “oo headrights, with an annus: ict. cf s$igs0o00 | be extended to pexnenency. - oe aa a wot rr 0 had been consonduted i the sume of his wife, ins of 8 Principal in so co o oe je a Bs ' and he was her opty he: teen of the | after serving litile more than a eca e 2 ee rl Geaths, Including those of Juc, 2 W, W. Ve : life sentence, seems to reveal one of tiv c= F 3 ‘2 of Titsa, and W. A. Smith of Fairfax, waite | eLilny weaknesses of the parole system. A :3 men, Were direc.iv connected with the case. — : ‘4 In addition to members of tac family mary 7 other persons had been kilied itcause they - 13 “Knew too much.” i +6 Burkhart, a racher weak inoc, impLeated his 17 uncle, W. K. Hale, called “K ug of the Osage * ; 48 Hills." a wealthy cattleman. as the nrime 19 Jmover in the’plol. Two other aicn, Kelscy Mere 50 — — . 1 _ i2 . { . 3 : /. ca oe ed kK. >6 § al ea V7 f ~?7 . 5) 5 wb oawe arr O WW be?