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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 
November 27, 1955 


AIR MAIL - SPECIAL DELIVER! * 
Director, 

Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
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Dear Sir: 


-Re: W. g. (BILL) hALE ;^ v 

APPLICATION FOR PaRBuN. 


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•v'v ' 9 n November 27, 1935, Air. C: E. Bailey, the 
.United States Attorney at Tulsa, Oklahoma, called me by 
long distance telephone and stated that he has received 
•from the office of the Pardon Attorney, U. S. Department 
of Justice, 7/ashington, D. C., a voluminous application 
of W. K. (Bill) Hale, serving life in the t T . 5. Peniten- 
tiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, having been convicted in 
the Osage Indian murder cases, for a pardon. 

Mr. Bailey states that he desires a full and 
complete discussion of this matter with Special Agent F. b. 
Smith of this office who participated in the investigation, 
knows many of the facts and is acquainted with the beck- 
ground of Hale. He stated that it is his desire to confer 
with Lr. S"*ith in this matter on December 3, 1955. 

Unless the Bureau specifically directs to the 
contrary, I shall have Agent Smith proceed to Tulsa for 
this conference with Mr. Bailey. 

Very truly yonr g^u -% __ • O .1 

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MEMORANDUM FOB MB* EDWARDS 


In 'compliance with the request of Mr* 
Grim^dell, I an transmitting herewith two copies 
each of abstracts of criminal records as appearing 
in the files of the Identification Division of 
William K.°3ale, .our file #fT5I-39^06, and John 
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rf/ .?■ RE: W. K. (BILL) HALE 

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V' . Please refer to lay letter of November 27, 

1955 in respect to this matter, wherein it is indicated 
; that the’ United States Attorney at Tulsa desired e confer- 

-■* V ■ »©nce with Special Agent S # Smith of this office. 

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with Mr. Bailey, the United States Attorney at Tulsa, concern- 
ing this case on December 4, 1955, Mr. Briley advised Sr. 

- Smith that he does not desire any investigation at this time. 

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1 as la receipt of Information from tills Bureau's Oklahoma 
City, delates** Office that Baited States Attorney C. I. Ballsy at 
Tulsa* delates** tea roooivod trim tte Pardo* Attorney of this 
Department tte itylimtim of Willie* Kraals for a pardon* Bala is 
praaantly serving a llfo asntanoo la tte Baited States Penitentiary 
at Leavenworth* Kansas* for tte ortes of *urdsr on tte Ooage Indian 
SMwmtlae. RBOOBDED * indexed , / , <?> o. "2— s^/ 4 /- 

This Bureau investigated this nurdar oaso and* as It 
way ha of lataroot to you and inform tiro la tte event you wish to 
taka any aetloa* Z aa submitting an out lino of tte oaso as disolotod 
hy tte Investigation oonduotod by this Bureau* 

Tte Oeege Indian aountry llaa In tte Osage Bills* situated 
In the northeastern part of Oklahoma* a beautiful rolling aountry 
hovered with tall* graon limestone grass* and considered the finest 
aattla gras lag aountry in tte world* fha Osage Indian Ba sanation, 
shlah is identical with Oaaga County* ^Cklahowa* aonalsta of a million 
and a half aoroa of Indian allotted load* Is tha largost oounty In 
tha State* holag larger la aroa than tte oatlro State of Delaware* 

It lo bounded on tte soutteost by tte Arkoacaa Elver* and roaohoa 
from Tulsa* Cklahos** on tha south to Fossa City o* tha north* a 
dlataneo of approximately sixty alios* Zt is also slaty alios la 
width at ita widest point* To giro an additional ldoa of Its 
immensity* la IBM It eontalnod over sixteen hundred public schools. 


This reservation was acquired by tte Cherokee Treaty fro* 
tha Cherokee Indians July B* IBM* Tha county seat at tha tlae of 
tha event* related was Pawfcueka* having a population of sight 
thousand* Otter tows and villages la tte county are Fairfax* 

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notorious criminals 
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Osage County and tte eurrotsidimg territory eon tain vary 
try, thickly woodod with timber unsuited for 
t affording excellent concealment In addition 
ible canyons which served as hide-outs for 
At tha time of the murders from IB21 to 1925* 
for all types ef desperate criminals who 



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AmM tlwi trm «U parte if tto eouati y Im t» ttui ntut if the 
•fuatry Itatlf tfftfilAt Mak mmIImI a* Jim* daiM far mbM 
•rlalMlt* Thli irtitwl > Tto out |» * larp >»t«t mi itlvi«tii 
by tto wmwi wealth if toa Om|i M«m» 


Prior to «u Ota^* LUiaa tribe Weening taa«D»»ly wealthy 
iVMHil# A la— gy tf #11 an tto reeareatloa* lUliaa &• 

' Bale* to# — aa *illl"0Bale —i eonettwii dubbe^O^Unc #f tto Osage"* 
drifted into tola te rrlteo/ tram Tcaaa, «a anedueated mi were er 
1 «m vneoath tit pwnc to r —4 mMU thief , tot yoi iaxM #f t tolattr- 
l#t ptrMMllV* I# finally mmmM I# controlling 41*000 tom of 
(•loot 0#### iftitoi land by a#### #f leases* and esquired 8,000 
Mifl ovtrl^i* 1# aAiltla# ft owtoUl^ a tok at Felrfto* Oklttot, 
| and toto a paa% to * at#*# there* growing 1— cutely toaltoy Aw 
Ida dea lin g s alto tto Osage Tail###* tt oa toll y to too— a aUlioa* 
airs* too danlsatad l ao al polities and to— lagly aoali not to pnaletod 
tor to tf tto —to artoa# tolto a#ra laid at hie tor* ffla nettod 
of building a# pewer a#4 pmti{f was to pat various ladlvitoli uadar 
obligation to bto by aooaa #f gift# or fevers atoaa to to—* Con- 
sequently* to bad a traantoi following 1# tto vicinity eenpoeed sot 
only of tto rlftoaff o la ao at tolto tod drlftod la* bat of aa#y goad 
aad substantial oitiioai* 


sr - Ob# at tba notorious characters too shared toaora with 

till top 1* Halo as boat af tto criminal g l — a it #f Haifa Canity naa 
toMjfy iP r i s an r* a aatorloua or l a iMl toa bad eueplete central af tto 
Ctof# Ll#ar traffla* aad too aaa reputed to keep aortal# aoodo 
aurrs uu dlag hie land lighted ay *y aaaaa af a privately #a#od power 
plant* atova to worked a gen g af criminals too tod flad froa all 
#aar to# United £tat oa day and might In addoi Illicit 11 qnar* 
Oronor dlod In an automobile aoaldant prior to tto Investigation of 
tto murder aaaaa* and at tto tin# af kla death bad a# kia person 
| If *000 *00 la a a ab i la la cuppoead ta toaa boon murdered by a 
notorious bandit toa naa with kin at tto tlao af tto aaaldast* tot 
na tffMUfdto naa ovor nada by local auttoritftte* aa kla death 
Tm tonaldared a goad rlddaaaa* Thera naa a gaping wound — der kla 
ton atof&t. 


r to flea a# Idaa af tto naaltk af tto Onega Indiana after 
^ dtl aa* discovered an their reservation. toe following la the net 
per capita incone each Oeage Indian race lead froe the oo—icid fund. 


1920 

1921 (the year ef tto flret murder) 
1923 (tba year of four murders) 


# 8*0 80.00 
8*800.00 
12*400*00 


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Te give m i4HU«m 1 U# of the e norm ous w ee 1 th of the Osage 
IbAUmi they hm he paid i tetel net mem of |t4l ( 84< t 888^2 
fm the the ell we ftiemw A m the reeervntien until Jams 80« 

1H1. It te Interacting to note that the tribe eomeieted of only 
fymiattely 2,000 IiAImi who enjoyed heed rights* 

Fn» 1911 to 1914 four dee the, occurred U the Oeege Tndlar 
country end or nyaterloue elfewstaness* These persons were thought 
to have beau murdered et the instigation of Will lea I. Bel# in orde...