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Jchilafon.
A
short
tiiuu
prior
to
his
murder-
D.
ilh
-allKbatton
with-
Ilele
relative
to
a
f
6,
000.
GO
indebtedness
which
SMtn
had
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elalned
ms
due
him
by
Hale.
Shortly
after
this
altercation,
on
t
:e
nig;
or
Barch
10,
1923,
the
house
of
William
E.
Snath
was
blown
no
by
MvcM#
-•
'-five-'j^allon
kef.
of
nitro-glyc
=*rin
e.xploled
iriucr
it,
blow!*..;*
tho
h..
rr,j!
to
atoms
and
hilling
Rita
Smith,
wife
of
W.
E.
Smith,
and
«
2
tlk
bra
oka-hire,
a'
white
servant
jirl
inst.aataneouhly,
r.od
horribly
nicngling
the
body
of
William
E.
Smith,
vho
lived
a
few
hours,
however,
and stated
his
b
-.Lief
*
that
Hcle
had
ived
him
killed.
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develop
-id
through
'investi
ration
by
Bureau
sront;;
tart
Villtcm
K.
Halo
had'hir
d
Jonti
Ruj;u>v*y
ar.d
Ami
”Acc
Kirby
to
urdar
William
E.
Smith
and
Ms
wife
end
VAd
subsequently
prid
Rru.rey
appro
t-L,at
riy
$1000.00
for
porfortiiT':
the
-njurdor*
Thooo
facts
ware-
proven
by
mea..r
of
a
confession
obtain-^
from John
ftsmsoy
hiurel^-,
-^s
wall
as
t**e
cor.f
seion
of.
v
'-’-iv
Ernest
Bhrkhsjft,
who
pointed
out
Smith’s
huusd
tO
Karcev
and
Kirby,
acting
under
instructions
from
Iftle,
and
whe
sought
cut
Fta:
acy
or
the
day
of
this
iuirder
to
inform
him
that
William
K.
Hale
and
Hoar;
Grammar,
.n
order
to
allcy
v
Hr
/
>.cion,
v»er<;
going
to
Fort
Worth,
Texas,
to
a
cautlcmen^s
rh.'Mi
to
\.urdar,.d
that
conference,
end
that
Will
iar.
1.
.Smith
and
Ms
-vi
night.
It
d*
velonc-d
further
that
William
K,
Hale
ir.u
attempted
to hire
;
the
notorious
outlay;,
A1
Spcaocr,
to
co.aj.it
tile
murder,
but
Spencer
rofus
d,
stating
that
while
ir
a
3rd
no
c.mpunci.ioa
at
i\>b>“
Lr
z
A
train
w
r
blowing
&
safe
and
killing
in
lividuals
in
or on
on
at.tai.ct,
he
had net
sunk
so
low
as
to
murder
h.clplosa
Individuals
for
iaoji«'-;>
.
Aft
-r
Spo-nccr’c
refusal
liale
attempted
to
hire
B3.ackie
n
Thcr.psdn,
Dick
Srt-gg,
and
Ms
father,
John
Gregg,
tc
muraor
William
S’
ith
and
Ms
fa.
fly,
all
of
whom
It.-was
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refused.
M/-
b
ca^e
afraid
that
"ac-P*
Kirby,
who
rarticipAt^a
in
the
murder
of
'the
Smith
fsualy
as set
cut
above
ar.d
v*ho
uclu^lly
placed
4
It
off,
the
five-gnMon
cih
of
ib
tro-g*Jyc*rin
under
«
h
e
Fifth
h
use
and
o<.
Cf-r
coxa
ration
with
tneso
murders,
nn.i
acccMi
.fly
would
make
knorn
groc.
;p;
stc.
r>~
;r
thu
persuaded
Kirby
to
.atte.ipt
tan
robbery,
of
OklaacLoi
State
line,
ascuri.r.g
Kirby
that
the
ovca.r
ui
in
rvucory
sic
ro
possessed
c
rfain
valuable
gens.
The
-.wner
cf the
st
are
yt
s
in
tuiv.
informed
..;M
of
the
exact
h^ur
of
tho
c
>nt^.n?.ated
ixoeery
and
ns
Kirby
forced
e^rcnce
..into
the
groc
c.y
at
re
through
the
w?.ii
d^nv,
greMM
b.d.*
v
l
h
novoral
louas
of
.y
d
buckshot
from
a
s':*.,
ty*
a,
thereby
rwmovivg
a
vitn-.ss
who
c
uld
nave
aap.licc.tc
associates.
.
Ra3.p
and
his
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'y
to
the
solution
wf
the
nurders,
thcrnclvoa,
f-acau
discovered
that*'
noli
ie
Burkhart,
ful3
—
Mjou
0
sc.ec
Indian
wife
cf
-In
additi
.
&
Erhept
Burkhart,
who
clone
remained
between
Willian
Hale
*c
nephew,
i>mest
**
Burtonrt,
and
the
f
.>rtune
of
the
Lizzie
Q.
feriiy,
at
the
ttx
IV.
““
v’hat
Govemnent
ccsanencod
its
iiiVostisation
of
tho
cnce-v.es
dying
f
^f'dTwac
believed
to
be
slow
poisoning,
It
is
an
o.~tai£i$bid
fact
that
as
c~*
r.
•J
5
as
she
wp.s
gotten
Wo
'of
the
control
of
Burkhart
and
?1;
she irr.odiatcly
11vine
today.
/regained
*her-
health
’•
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Special
Agent
yf
In
Conducting
invests
cations
i
‘oia
the
Federal
Bureau
of
Investigation
posrd
as
an
Indian
medicine
..jan
in
un
elairdng
t
n
be in
search
of
relatives
who
had.
;
undercover
investigation,
0-
»
-.ws
r\
H.-.X
'X/
lOrT
3
Ot
~f
OUiiC.
leans
««_
'4moVod
to
Oklahoma
several
years
boih.ro.
He
and
._
v,.
j'j
Ui.
J-i
WiU
consisting
mostly
of
£w<
setoned
water,
and
vac
*'
Fairfax,
7
_
Indians,
visited
in
their
heroes,
att.
udod
their
corcaonials,
thereby
^
"
gaining
nuch
useful
infurmfci
m,
Not
only
did
t..c
ayout
acting
as
a
the
main:
s
medicine
nan
in
actually
dispensing
tho
sweetened
*vat
:r
sc
served
as
a
Indian
JJ'
"hfiain
their
confidence
and
cooperation,
but
.nedicine
yr\n
in
the
inn^r
circle
an
1
tribal
councils,
h
el
piny
then
to
nake
plaiyi
for
tho
actiinistraticn
of
thoir
tribal
problems
and
government.
:
t;
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.
Federal
Bureau
of
Inves
tiyati
n,
-\wi
'll?
ti
n
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r.'V.V'i
w.4.
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—
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iw
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vi
yr-
r\r>
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cnl
FfOriQjy-
luiuvi
wvl;;
V
resold
life
insurance
of
a
1<.
pit
lilt
character,
thereby
ga?nin
entrance
he
the
homes
of
influential
citizens
and
gathering
useful
information,
which
the
citizens
refused
to
give,
to
governrwnt
arentc
openly
because
of
their
foar
of
William
h.
Halo.
In
cojncction
with
this
sal"'
of
life
insurance,
of
-course,
infor
r.ticn
about
tho
personal
habits
and
thor
typos
of
-infoHiation
.available
t
r
insurance conpanics
would
la
obtal.e
d,
a;d
on
the
different
frequently,
tills
information
would
have a
direct
bear!;
angles
of
the
case
under
investigation.
This
ayari
contacted
Vh'.115.aa
K.
Ha3^
hi.Hgel
f
under
his
nxise
of
an
insurance
sole
Siam,
and
ala-
r
l
succoe
io
in
scllifc
hia
a
policy.
"-y
Another
Special
Ayent
of
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Still
another
Spoci:!.
Agent
of
t)ie
Federal
Bureau
of
Invest
Jo
part
of
a
pi*"
in
Texas
cov.-i.ian,
and
established
close
association
^
7.
withpmai*
of
Hal..:
*s
intimates and
onployees,
all
ox
vfior.
urlx-Dwingly
55
bji^^tributbd
usef^xl
inf
^matiai.
Tho
^ents
of
tm
Federal
Bureau
cf
In—
:Vohtigation
who
were
working
undercover
on
this case
often
net
in
renote
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a
tV
wood*
previously
vhS^rouc
places
in
the
Osc.se
cour+rv,
such
ang,
a
«.
ly-nd
astt*::"
place
;/
A1
bpr.
er
air
Ids
«**utia*
3-
Two
-.v*a‘
yherc
many
murders
aid
robberies
hid
been'
plotted
M,
teral
Bureau
of
Investigation,
together
with
a
lioufonaut
of
<f*o
;2
u:>on
one
occrcion
fye*
fSVfato'TSureau
of
Criminal
Identif
nation
cf
GMuhoinu,
13
Up
for
two
nights
and
days
with
a
turn
let
witness
bcfer--
c
It
a
ini-.-;
i<
"
d
a
ptatOTTient
from
him*
The
interesting
incidents
occur,
ins
in
‘the
in-
15
,*
vest
is
at
ion
and.
the
trial
of
the
guilty
parties
involved
in
these
mur-
16
v
/
ders
are too
niraeraus
to
mention.
A
._
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,
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:
s
Aw
n
•
v
>:
j
’’bonus’*
confession
caused
bureau
ngente
many
Burt
La.
-«v
w
*1^
proved
of
weary
Woiff,
tun
n
h’s
rexeasc
into
custody
of
the
zl
l
be'&
glutton,
who
ate
tu..oone
steak
ana
French-fried
potatoes
three
aVor
*
times
a
day.
Upon
hie
first
visit
to a
cafeteria
vdth
agonus,
upon
12
reaching
the
cashier
.'-as,
found
to
have-
.'our
nice
:s
of
pie
and
three
2y*J&
pieces
of
cukc
upon
Ids
tray
and
ccmplalr.ui
of
that
he
had
no
roor.-
$
T
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24
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for
&
meat
disif.
25
K
26
b
)
Dewey
S Al7b
®
mat;
Go<
;nrmnt
witness,
testified
tc
the
fact'
27
1
that
he
was
hirfdty
William
K,
Hvle
to
mrder
-KrJLscy
I'orrison’s
wife.
He
*
28
wi'c
released
from
Lhe
Syracuse,
.‘Visas,
Jajl
to
wstify,
anc
while
being
hold
29
t
at
Guthrie,
Oklahoma,
with
osh.-r
Material
witnesses
who
had
been
transferred
a
hours
.
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.
30-V
32
1
*
;
from
uhc
Kansu-
State
Penitentiary,
ne
wat
‘left
in
a
jail
cell
of
which
all
the
bars
were
found
to havs
Men
partly
saye.i*
He
showed
his
appreciation
by
breaking
out the
sawed
v
urs
and
war
subsequent.
ty
located
by
Bureau
agents
clad
only
\*
Ms
underclothing,
attempting,
to
hide
in
a
barrel
at
.a
pressing'
shop
at
Paw
hue
ha,
Oklahoma,
where
he
was
having
his
suit
pressed.
JFle
gave
as
his
reason
for
the
jail
break
that
he
intended
calling
or.
a
lady'
friend,
who,
incidentally,
was
his
ex-wifo,
Cecilia
ligheart,
full-blood
Qsugo
woman.
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Yx
On
another
occasion
Sclph
walked
out
cr:
a
drunker:
jailer,
taking
n.
with
him
the
jailer's
pistol,
and
afterwards
stole
an
art
.mobile,
in
which
he
made
his
escape.
He
was
recaptured
by
Bureau
agents
au
a
subsequent
data
.and
returned
to
testify
at
the
trial
of
Hale,
Dewey
Sclph’s
next
attempt
“
-•#
/;V
to
escape,
after
having
beer
returned
to
the-
Arkansas
State
Penitentiary
.u
to
complete
a
sentence
there,
resulted
fat
!.ly
for
him.
.
.
While
the
trial
was
actually
in
progress
a
Bureau
agent
obtained
In:.
ormation
to
the
infect
that
HOr
was
rcedvi.-o:
letters
from
a
witness
who
had
oerjured
himc^l
Hale’s
f
jnnr
r
trial.
This
eeanf
searched
Hold's
Ac
11
ani
located
in
the
boaclouhi)
g
t,.o
letters
iron
the
.v
it
ness
staui.g
:+
haa
perjured
himself
in
Bale's
fci
half
at
the
uusi
trial
and
intended
*
This
.itr.eso
was
sub*
ey-
oatly
s-^nt
to
the
Stare
Per.lv.
r*tia|^;V^.y.'-.
•so
M.’:ain.
order,
and
the
stataa*
nts
ware
introduced
-against
$
on
a
charge
e:
t
his
final
ti
.1.
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•
.
for
Hale
loc.tM
two
tr-.mos
and
carefully
school.
-d
^them
dn
helping
prepare
a
defense
for
the
trial
of
Halo,
The
alert
agents
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3
discovered
thic
eituution,
cocurcd
confess'iAid&^Proft
as
so
bn*.
lit
oy
pre/cnted
thuir
fejjV&rauce
at
the
trial,
&sup
e^-tify
valent
nr
ily
a*
'the
trial
of
ilalo
u*il
:ira?rr
ana
r,.w..Ivw
Fa.vt
r*c'
two*
’ft
^viitciices
because
ol
choir
per*v.rsd
toctiiacry.
Ihcc
was
?.C.
If.
..tor,
who
was
.riven
a
sentence?
of-
two
..v.
rc
'll
rt3».
f
Penitentiary
and
fined *100.00.
Other
iviundc
and
rclsliven
of
|KmL«
we.re
senueneui
or
Di:iri;j
xn
cux;uei2|#u
ui
uvuru
unu
xui
with
the
lerral
oronress
of
the
court.
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i
^
‘
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s
trial
fy
nurd
or.
offered
an
alibi
to
the-.
14
John
Rar.sey,
upon
effect
that
1x0
was
r.ot
in
Fairfax,
Oklahoma, on
the
date
of
t-ho
murder for
16
i«tA*
which
he
y»as
being
tried.
Investigation
by
ager.tr.
of
the'
Bureau
resulted
f
?
in
the'
production#
©£
the
hotel
,'Cfistor
of
an
eld
Indian
woman
vfco
had
20
f^C^^fojTncrly
operated
a hotel
at
Fairfax,'
Oklahoma,
reflecting
that
Ramsry..y4>f'-
21
kwan
actual
xi-J
rurristtrod
in
Ibis
hotel
on
the
day
of
the
murder.
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23;^ky
.presumably
working
in
*tbo
interest
of
&ile,
irlfa.-*
attempt
to
have
h'-r
24
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"
change
her
testimony.
This
luAyar was
subsequently
sentenced,
to
eighteen'
25
”
months
in
a
Federal
Penitentiary
fr.r
thic
action
on
hi?
part.
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Upon
the*
successful
conclusion
of
the
cdser
against
Hale
and.'
‘Kmsey
and
the
other individuals
involved
in
thoVurdors,
'the
Os.ifee
Indians,
through
their tribal
council,
passed
resolutions,
enrolled
upon
the’
records
of
the’
tribes,
expressing
their
approciatiar
of
th
?r<iat
service
rendered
bv
a
rent;
the
Fedor
cre.vu
of
Invostiration
in
breaking
up
the
vicious
murder
ring
which
had
been
praying
upon that
tribe
for
years.
“
.
35
36
Ramsey
wer*
tried
four
times
Guthrie.
0kla}to»na,
cnee
in
t'
4
3V'f
3*
-
39
40
41
l
;
4
.
4144
43
44
;y
one
OJ
-
t
Si
x-rai
ions,
resulting
in
their
be
in.
convicted
for
tiv
lav-rdor
of
-Henry
Roan
and
sentenced
to
life
imprisonment
in
the
Federal
Ford
ten
Liu.
y
at.
Leave
n.vorth,
Kansas.
Those
tv.o
er-n
lotions
usrer
in
the
federal
Cc\r*t,
duo
to
th®
fact
t.ut
the
C.iiWd
States
hud
>
y
nhoj^
Tlunr^r
Roan
war
murdered.
Other-
jurisdiction
qvor
tic
acuval
sentences
imposed
in
the
stats
cciirts
for
min'd-.
rs
over
which
the
United
“
V.,
h.prisoirrent
for
alC\
y
Stater,
load
nc
Jurirdicticn were
Ernest
ff.
J.edioiiia.
and.
.
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i/i
j
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•
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IT
C[w¥*
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y
-1
Hr
«
Oil
I
T
..
SVl
h
oW
v.-
1
1
.
i
X
a.
imprisonment
fwr
the
nurdev*
of
Anna
Brown,
while
_ry
an
fiorkhart,
brothoi
‘-•f
Et
neat
i-urldiart,
tu.-ned
state's
t.videnco
in
ctatv
court
a*
>d
wa^-nt’-ver
convicted.
lii'e
'
'4
^
It
is
invar
voting
to
note
that
upon
the
i’irsu
trial
of
Hal'
.d
no
juri.
diction
c#,#''
tht
Fed
.r.a/
Die
trie
l
Court,
rules
that
it
a*c
#
only
to
be
ro--*vsr*rt
by
the.
Snprtxw?
Court
of
tne
United
Statwfc
n
the
compar
Ttr*
vely
shoi't
;
iod
of
t-.,^.Vy-f
v.-;
day;;.
From
the
,>
-
l
ty*iii"
df
Hale
and.
Kissr/
in
the
Federal
Cour^
at
Gui
Vo'l
e A
hun
Tir
ease
was
rv.-.\.ri
d
at
Ckla!
v.rau
City
ir*
the
Fed.
;r..l
y-.,
oultod
v\ore
^IsttyjLCt
Court
at
Oklahoma
City,
Oklahoma
,
ana
beta
hale
v-id
heoiscy
v\
?
•.
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.
•
f?
+;*'
y
•
•
-
;
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.’
-
vv--
,
-p
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CJ®
;xc
;
tdf'ttti
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2
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4
5
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12
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6
fev
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y
j
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x
.
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:
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cbr^fetcd
revwsed
.
.
-ivon
life
ccntericss.
Hair
ay
pc',
led
and
had
his
convict
upon
the
r^ouhd
tbot
the-
case
Jed
boor,
triad
ia
the
vvrcnc*
*i
an.;
.
i
12^^'
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13
«.3
14
'
#
.
‘
-
T
.-y„
dec
Hit'll
nnt'r.slical.iy
r-versed
Rx-.;rcy
f
s
conviction
d3
?6
^aajtri&l.
Hale
and
lanscy
asked
Tor
a
severance
and
were
tried
sepr
r-t
I^adcr^l
VI
strict
Court
at
Pawhuska,
uklahcraa,
rc»*ultin=;
in
convict
t'
5
yi^iS
tad
sentences
as
set
forth
above.
y
•
.
\
-
T.;-:
^'|,r
15
fe
.
One
other
interest
ins
sidelight
to
these
caSvS
ir.
tr>e
-J'^ct
that
%.*
/
"Billie
Halo,
the
beautiful
dr.yht
ir
of
V.
X.
ilfle,
within
a
^
empar
~t
,
short
tine
after
-her
father
nad
tear. aervs
to
the
y
onitan’
iary,
narrisc
a
7
erect
on
a
hcr.c,
-vid
at
present
lives
.y
;e
a
^*C*
full-bleed
0c:\:
.
Indian,
14
-a
lev/
hundred yards
fren
the
spot
whore-
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