OSAGE INDIAN MURDERS PART 14 OF 19 iSUFlLu NUMb£K: 62-5033 _FJLE DESCRIPTION BUREAU FILE FILE NO / l. SECTION NO. / ' 1 ifpartmpnt of 3lusito tturrau of JttraatigalUm â– P. 0. Box 16G5, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma . It: Director , Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: Octooer 9, 1926, f :?• • tllr'tAU 1' on v ATTRITION DIVISION TWO. . ... *, UP Ai'lftr. * — i ( „ In Re • Os-^e Indian Invest! â– > ;v_ uTPv fcF-u : -*• •;.f « In further reference to our exchange of telegrams ci October 2nd in connection v/ith the above matter, will state that on Octooj r 4th I forwarded to you by airplane mail a report made by Age it Fran.: g. S-ith in this connection, giving the details of this investigation to o_te* On October 6th, as you were advised, the Federal re -convened to hear evidence as to the impeding of Justice and . .crfec- ing v/ith v'itno sses by the lasers representing Wil-fr:'- A. II- la a _ fc'.ai Ramsey, and other parties, Also, v/e , a-.de use of this grand Jury : j de- velop additional facts in our case against Hale and Ramsey for t .v kiting .. of Henry Bonn. We had wonderful success in both. We developed asidej. - able new testimony and hod sufficient information submitted befo:., me Grand Jury that they could have indicted Springer and several o c r s impeding justice and perjury. We proved by the testimony of our it no - before the Grand Jury that Springer and another one of the lawyers, J. I. Howard, and some of their detectives that they had working on t’v; pale and Ramsey case were guilty of interfering with the witnesses and iry-eding justice. We also had, sufficient evidence before the Grand Jury cc.ut a -f.- ; r.ess by the name of^utterbaugh, and Walter Hl&msey , a brotner of John Ramsey, hau perjured themselves at the trial at Guthrie in that tuey tes- tified that John Ramsey on January 13th and the week thereof was :i Ripley. As a matter of fact, vie proved by John Ramsey’s sis ter- in-lav/ - a sister of Mrs. Ramsey - a Mrs. Ward, and & Mrs. Corbett and her husband, who are also related to the Ramseys, that John Ramsey at this time was down at Fairfax drunk. I £*m told uy United States attorney Roy St. Lewis that "..e Jrmu J*ry would huyp indicted all of the attorneys for tae defense, together g'ith Ritterbaugh and Welter Ramsey, if he would have asked them, but, after a odnihrence between L!r. 3t. Lev/is, Mr. John’ Lo&iiy , the special pro router, aid myself it was decided at the present time that the matter be _ -ssec. by tie Grand Jury as it might interfere with the prosecution of the ji.'.le -Ramsey case and v.puld lead to further postponement of the seme. As a cm “ter of s ' â– aam y . ***.-* Jc- a a \mj. V f Director. - Page #2. fact, wj* did not have sufficient evidence to convict the attorneys S. ?• j FreeliiA, , J. I. Howard * and Hamilton, "but v.-e did have enough evidence to i bring atout the conviction of J. M. Springer * and, of coarse, it would not have be^n advisable to indict ^reeling, Howard and Hamilton. '.7e agreed if we indicted Springer that it would lead to a motion by him of continuance of » ♦* is n*. Aft mfi k s ^ 1 1 Isrt ta Via r. 4vs r-r Aw ii fVi ^ IaOl tr m r* J V' At V\ i jd iicuii waibv uu^il -lj~- u, ca ioi^ai u ii v*i*i*v iiv »»«□ xiiu.i^kivu j. vx ^uw- o â– by force us to trial with Bill Hale alone and would thus materially v/oaken our case if we went to trial with Bill Hale without trying jointly John Ramsey, so we decided that it was best not to indict any of them. She Grand jury made a report to the Court recommending that the investigation be continued as there was developed before them c on si derab le evidence as to the interference of the witnesses and the regular process of justice, a»d.«fjur£Q£ r re c cmmended that the United States Attorney file contempt proceedings .against Attorney springer i'or his part in the interfering of witnesses. Paring the investigation made by the Grand Jury we had a number .1 witnesses subpoenaed, from whom wo obtained additional '•information. L'rs. â€&rd f who testified at the trial at Guthrie, makes a statement now that John Ramsey was at her home January 14th drunk and was there several days about that time in the iurae condition. He was seen by urs. 7/ard at, the Corbett home around the pump-house there, drinking and drunk. Hr. and Urs. Corbett make the same state- ment, also Fra lit 7/ootan mukss the same statement that he saw him there* thus blasting the alibi of Ramsey, proved by testimony of Ratterbaugh and his brother, Ualter Ramsey, that he wr s in Ripley January 13 th and the weal: thereof. Frank "*ooten tells us also that his father, F. G. 7/ooten, whose present add: ess is ?.0< Box, 32, 3an Antonio, Chihuahua, gexico, was around Fairfax the latter ? art of January and the first of February, 1923, and that he rode around with Ramsey in a new 5Prd car that Bill Hale had given him to kill Henry Ro ?- ti • that sey told F. U. 7/oo ten that Bill Hale had given him the car and Frank stated his father further stated that Bill Hale told him that John Ramsey would t axe aim around in this car, Frank Wooten states that his father will tell all that he i knows about this transaction and will coma, 'if he is requested by wire to do so. T7e exroect to have him here October 20th as a witness. 7e also secured information from Rube Correll, tax assessor of Osage County, to the effect that he was at Henry Gramme r ’ s ranch the latter part of T .A A A 1 1 TT„ ^ - — . 3 A. _ ± rk_ _ _ 1 wIa a. X- A A, T-A y-N -4* V, A -M - +â– 4- Vl /-V tf K A, ; * VATTY * V 1 “ A> ^ A% & _ U66 waen Din nii-Le miu rimes u Dur*Ji*rt wiwo; 1^1 v*- flee at that time and Bill Hale gave him £100,00 to promote his campaign; tn&t John Ramsey was there at the same time and so was He nryXg-rammer ; that traamjer , Hale, Burkhart, and Ramsey, had frequent consultations While there, thus in de- tail corroborat inr the testimony given by Srnest Burkhart. I 52 34 • r O 56 r . 7 j c 59 bat irofjj v fe v/erft unable to get much out cf the Rowe brothers, Carl -ad Tlnm.ie f ie made* admissions to the Carroll brothers, who are cattlemen 1 employ him thj*t the testimony that he gave at Guthrie, was not altogether correct an t <?. ^ Y -•1 r â– ,J 2* C '2 w i ! .'*T: e> ^ Director, - Pcu?e #3. ' i v . ' , that thJ dates were not as he gave them and what ne testified to about the un- load inglof the cattle at the Henry Cornett place and the handling of it being’ about January 27th; that it did not happen at that time, 77a were unable to get Carj/Rowe down to face the Grand Jury or be questioned by us. He cane < here to Oklahoma City but left the sane night that he arrived and we could not afterwards locate him, while the Grand Jury was in session, at ponca City where he works. We interviewed Mrs,* M y i*%\ jf o hs son : Girley Johnson* s wife _ xrley Johnson is the man whom the defense attempted to prove that killed Henry Roan at the instance of Ro^y^Junch. She has given us *inf<^r£feXlon that I believe will be able to prove that. Gin? le^fkKJhnson was not. in and around where Cornett and the Rowe brothers claimed he was in Jamary, 1923, but wa3 in De IX y a , Oklahoma working. This information we are following out now and I 1 c _ for good results. Mrs. Johnson gave us a good deal of information with r-, -Hrcnce to one Henry Majors and another party coming to her and* attempting to 0 ive her $600.00, if she would come down to Guthrie and make them a witness, stating to 4- /V ■»■«** “s A A n-*+A ^ & /-» <-• rv ^ V* a*, o A-,i1 T*h V.nrt 1 "H i m ht-i H & raA inct: , ilOr WJCU U JUU’ ACj W£»o AiiU f <SJ- ow f w w *-—*'*â– * "as well maha herself $600*00. This she flatly and indignantly refusal co do and chased them away from har place. She arrived in Oklahoma City too late to testify before the Grand Jury. Most of v/hat she had to say was covered in Agent Smith* s report that went to you October 4th. -k & r » 7 The party that we had in mind that was to swear he saw Kerry Roan and John Ramsey together out in Sol Smith’s pa^iure about tv/c weeks before Henry Roan's body was found is a man by the name ofTNewton, and he lives in Hominy, ^Oklahoma. subpoenaed — . *“• « it. «*h A T- , v*** + V a ^ «• -i* ^ UU auyjJ uet a* uuiurc ulao ui J j wu. u iuvj u4j. i1 ed too late to get in before the Grand Jury. 77e did not question him at that time on account of thinking it would be more productive of results if we would have this man handled by one Jim Rhodes, who is a former officer in Fairfax and a witness for the Government in the Henry Roan case, and very friendly and wil- ling to talk to Newton. Newton, so Rhodes states, told one of his fri-..-r 03 V: confidence of seeing Ramsey and Roan together* In order to yet this ii- forma- tion out of him we want to get these three parties together and I oelieve that we can get the information. If we should go to him and would get him committed to a false statement, it would be a pretty difficult matter to put him straight* 3e a rVsei A man by the name ofYseree and his wife test if ied at the trial up at Guthrie of seeing a car come through by Sol Smith’s ranch -house about a week or ten days before Henry Roan*s body was found and further testified trial a day or two thereafter they saw this car in the canyon that v,*.s alleged to have been the one? that He nr j Roa...
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