J > . . Vais' ■ ■ 4- i ‘ '■■■ ' S''- . •»* ■ . - ■*. <!*».' »,y £ nle Bloks, and elso tecsuss Aruiia Brown w:ua earning /' ■ a Boa# Osage' e &ther an* nother ty tawing ic; ir-r flllj? ■ nos 0**g#, Bose Oeage 'a Cotter. There la scree -ivi**n»s4_ a an* final# Biota, sMk tkm wore the per to ns last sew «mwhaa ate was sllra. k#tt, private Aeteotlra working for Gao. B. Sinker of ' l' Jo ha Koran, of Tolas, an* John Korea, a ;>r Irate dcteo- orkeA a great teal an these asses, exjreoood than. clr«a . ^^ ^tatsig , if the opinion Troo tha inreatlgationo they l:&d csd^'ll ol ' J . Jimi# Biota ta* not kllla* Annie Brora, nor to* any ^ ?! / WfUBmoB* m aonm bbi chabw* sKita»{'3» : «•— : TjaSPr -c H OMSK* "x 5 32 r «»«. ...■■• - ■.’»■•'■■. •• ":*■ i i? v Charles Vfcltehora was a yoong Osage Indian nan, sarrlod. on* living i id# :■ -x ■> ;i 35?^ jswtnska. Be ha* no obiiren, on* hla wife nan one Settle muJwra, ’’v^^^^ptiea^jpirerloaeiy twice or Bore Married to other «n. vt.ltehorn - ■« 39 was stare the average Osage Indian, tut woe Quito wealthy and til in- 33 ifcige In rstbor fregaent Aran; en spreee an* part lee with noicen. so 42^ . 43 ig not known to hare ha* any enealee, hat tho ?vlAonoe so fhr slews 3 45 that it Is posaltls that he was on a Arnnkon epree with «cse persona, r| ' • v ' * ' 4 Whose identity has not yet teen learne* or nentlonea, an* that ha w&» 4t-M% - 7'~"- 4 9 kill#* e*. a result of an unexpected Quarrel, aa* not ty Yi'oacdltetion, 50 . ?. V:*..g „ ; ^ Jtowerer, j»Ms theory Is prsetieelly antenati*. * theory “that has toen adranseA la that ghitehern vim ’ ' _ sons nan tsdsoss «f tfhltshora's Illicit relations with sxs.te Ifffwg ms'i wife or gaaghter. This theory aleo la practically Ssrr 2 ? fl *>';|totsea»|», la tin of thi ovl dense so tat Moored, ~ TbeJ thl rd theory, an* the oao ohleh froa the evideno# Shu# f*f " ^ to to tho Boot pUBSitlO.OM, is that Hattie Vhl$0» . fcl* to to ward* rod ia oxter that she alght got hold of : his 1,6 ^ w ^ te»'o hUh?as ' Uforastlon ia has pom toon deereed to tor* anr&or la la ae’sey connected, la igont's opinion, 20^H1^liojU»ato Sroun snrder, although it oeourred within a too daye ' tins, la asy, lv*l. Aon is no relatlonchlp of any kird ^^ ^N oa s srhltohor a ••and nay of tho parsons aontiol.od as toing aoassotod ^ ^noowo. to -alt, tho Halos, nariharto. Saitha, oto. after Vhltebora'o sorter, a thobiry *as advenes* that &**«• Vhltohorn was not legally serried to Mb, as tho records sLcm %i - -J' that oho haft toon aarrlod to one peter trhitete&r on *U£, 4, 1119, had ^ terrlod Charlie Vhltohorn hay IS, 1918, had tHa& salt for di\ores ^^to^M^Potojf^hltotoar July es, 1980, had filed salt for diverse 38 itiS^^oSmlo JThitohora Oot. 1, 1980, and hu keen grantod a dosroa Shi tohora Oot. 1, 1980, and hu keen gr*nt«A a doors* H 33 -. "i; ’ ' '''' • , ' • ' .■;: ^® 0 f 4iroroo against Charlie -hltohora on Pea. S>, 1880, ^p : '% it sas a theory that Battle thltohcra hud killed Ohorlls Vhito* ton Is' order to prevent bin fro a finding ont that oho was not legal* 46 Ijr ssrrisd to hla, tat Agent is Informed ty John Horan and Oo. ft* e ^ ■ >*" Tinker that this «tt investigated fully and that the explanation IS thaVXSt|lS Vbitehorn, having ocas doatt of tbs validity of st pru- * ^ ylpa* A Wore# froa Pot or Ehltobeer, had gone through tho »tcv« won- . -J ^5 g Gfa to d^ foo osd 1 n go and after all of seas wore dons, bed resarrisA ' 1 *%• Vhltohorn, so that at hie death she Bus hi* lawful wife. poraai smtaa that this phaaa >u aspaoiolly iaportont, and look* *«fl*lod »y tha attornaya rapraaantine eooa of tha iairj^ if , 5 ^ j^K^MurlU' Whltabora. ' 'jMlanpi plans lb Id ttoory >« far adTanoofl and darslopad by isba . * I ahl ah avldaaoa, hoaavor, la »«rj ocnfliatlng act »o altered, 4 , Sbitaborn hat Cbarlls Whitohorn onr dared la order te ■ _ , ■ ■■ ' <6 ' 4 bla eatete. Uttla a abort tiaa after the da Mb ^‘©■f^lltltahorn, 'aba narrled a isnn naaat Seitbaroen. AC ‘it baa l as- . .' 24 /*.' '^V *W Xaa*» Rather win' a flrat noma. Salthermnn and aba than unit/ 3 * City, a® ant la aoa Info road that Saitfcersaan baa alnoo do- / jr,/ taking- at oat $2,600.00 of bar none? und leaving tie eo«n»""- * 30*1*? ■*»» South Aoarloa. with another voeion, §»■;■■■.; , .. . ' ;; ^ M0SIT23 A*S RXPUBA2IOS8 BSi HB 3*H 0? MHJiflf PC Alt Bear/ Roan «»a an Oeoga Indian toy living at yairfsjt. H* la not ' bbra bad any an an litas, and the general opinion of tbo roll Is t 39 paraona>#at posted *o to all the fasts ant olro ^atanoon, la that ' ,0 <? ■'< 4 tfath *as instigated la part at laaat by salt to, K. b;-.le, •.. ✓ yi Roan eee not ralatat la any way to tbo Burfcharta or their vivas/' 44 ' ' ?*} 45 but Ha la* a Intarsat in aoan'e death la said to ta that Pal# had " san'a' 46 \V . . 4 7 lift lnsurad la Bala 'a favor In tbo ana of $23,000.00, »bleb policy 4« ■-_■■■ 49 was la effect at tba tlaa of Roan's death* Shsra Is praotleslly no 50... *• >. „ ,• >» evidence »et all as to a ho killed Roan, fho Inour&noa oonpany oorry^* bAa r ** tt> * 4 pay Bala tha aoount of tba policy, and . 5<^lPP^ & red to return tha prealuas paid, so eettlenent boa boon 2 i i 5 m .' © - 10 - : t |*|pwaehedJiior suit filed. The insurance oowpany made a rather larietifstion la the ease* and we have teon trying to get « i *•,,*» of **14 Invest Igatloa, tat hate set km at It to 4 * •»' * ■ f Inker *tota* that Roan wee exaalned fax the laser- ^ * , *g|£or «t ?a»htt*k* neaeft 4>»i, «nA that Roan was known t* . pr oh ski 7 syphllltle, **4 oa too oo oasis ns had eate ap~ ^aftanat* to SOisslt aalolds, eo that no honest agent or eatpoajr M ^ 0 ^fnKui% -m th*. foots *oo.ia aooopt Roan^as a risk, oxbept elUi'an v 25 * 26 7 7 ft-,- ,. , oxaalnatloa* Another theory that 1 ® rath or generally teUeved is that Reary ily high pntalai. The regular erwainlng physician for the tonpany was e»i 4 to reside at Talrf x, and it is sold to %* alous Oiroosstanae that Ho*n was not tabes to tbi* physioiaa J " oan «aa Bordered hy or at the Instigation of his wife, gory bean, arei 3 <? r •_ X v . ~ - this la kneed on the oomaonly I amn foot that Hoy II ■53 ; :'■■ : r 34 35 ,j time preview* to Roan* a amrfisr had keen having la-' - O ■' ■' ' ■ '■>' ' ' .. :■>■■■■'„' 5 %:* ttaatc relations with aoan's wife, sleeping at itotin’e houeo it i-iotn'a 42 . I 43 atatnoe* and that Roan on various 000 scions vast to hie friends aa 4 to J* the offlelale for aid and assiot&use in treating np the relationship 47 hetoohn Boy Banoh and soan'e wife. That on one ooeasion, Roan took a 4® gnn ond ttoat oat to kill Roy Sunoh, hot Roy Bunch SBOoped, It wua over 50 V; *' ' - . ' 51 this trofUe that Hour, aa&o too apparent attempts to commit tmio 53 hatihoet attempts to- oonnlt onloldo wore apparently not in £.ood to shoot himself In aueh a way n« to not inflict * eo 0 im‘ . and it la thought that he did sane with a view of lnduolng la satH’ ' . tt«'' 50 . 6 .OTVA-... % *■ >/“V4 T „ fife to dfseontlnoe h«r lllloit relations with Enneh. Fecry l:c Sojr Bunch married eaoh o tter praotloally within kl il*^fter Eat*** death, and ore now said to to living as trmn and tlfe SOM woo also M 00 ago Indian oho would drink and go whiskey ’ “ K piaoUaally every ehanoe^ ao that la hlo ease there la a flat ho- *ao killed la oa unexpected quarrel* Bo van last ' i alive January Si, 1981, end was found dead sitting la bio oan e-r - t? 4 ^.ftitor alio a froa Bair fox, with a bullet hole In tho back .of Mo .. ^^tSM ay,d. jsex. • JUO> HQ2I7E8 10 BE; HB33B3 Ok WU. S. ' t . ’W*' auis Am> his »iph, noo :»m kyo3, ■i- - XHD KSTTI2 BH00X8HX8B, 8EI.V_i??: 25 -bs s^l^ro ary d. isei. • _ *f# rtWs JU® H02I7E8 10 BE; HB33B3 Ok WU. S. * t . ' SdliB AM) HIS nPH, H00 MM KYIB, .' " > - AMD KSTT12 BH00X8HX8B, 8BEVaS2* \o ■ there are tut too theories advsneed ao to this esse. ^ on Sarah 10, 1988 tho Smith residence at. Pair fox, occupied by d his. wife end said Bottle Brookshire, wca destroyed by a tor- ' i ^y^jj^^fert rtodaa^. ' Hri, Blta Xyle Smith and Bottle Broohohlre were . 39 killed almost lrstantly. W. E. Smith dlod fbar dnys later fron the ra» . -.0 • ,:V' 42 , p |] 4 , 1 , One theory is that this wne oaueed by a g&s explosion in ecm* 45 saOBOr, but this theory oanaot etond. In view of the terrific force of 40 :jp.‘ .• • tfeS explosion, and subsequent investigation by an explosive export. 50 ^ * 5hs belief hold almost universally by awIrstA reliable persons •« oecTSrs-Jft with all fUots and olronaa tanoas lu that Wn. K. Hole saS’ shf Jnetlga taw of this explosion and those murders. Sail belief being : 52 OOCYST I it’'-?- ’ i,** .. ©•: *% ; • - 5 ; . i t* 7 |wM •a Ithe fallowing footer • ^SSral f. 1* JQitk, ih Rita xyle, tw a iist»r of r.racat B -kfcsgjtf iial » 4 aught «r of tlaele xyle. Bad fooling exhlsted Bottfsosn . *2?^ oat the -Bales, heoause of the *111 whloh the ?nitha he* ^3%W#be BAM .on* Burkharts hod induced Little xyle. tho nether, Burkhart’s »£& sod too children wore getting ©fthe ostat* of Liesle Xyle than appeared Just, ^-jaltli and his wife *oro oloo outspoken in their doolaratlons of their z isn r T* . .• . . • , X,,l ^••Jj ad leg that gal* and the Burkharts hod e soared - the Harder of Au^le Brown h’-' tk^i^Kjhot :o large part of anal* Brown* e property ebonld hone into ^j^KMiaiMtes at Uia Snrirluirti. and lndlraatlv. Hale. Smith and Ma of tba Burkhar...
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