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up to some time in 1921 oile.in theemploy of Smith I livei in his canon nouse
with my family Save time around the ear i
part ol 1931 I discovered an intimacy notween my wife and 7| E "Bill " Siith, Jnioh
finally developed in hreaaing up "y iwelly
and oaueed me to leave the employment of
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months before I 1e£t theeeSmith and moved fro-§§g.
was in Graynoree e. e
Hale on the main
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the 10n3'91eoe of fuse and
the jump irom the short piece;19nsfp1ooq and-that wou1d.he more
aura shot than lighting the long
with a.eI11&1:0hvE_'.31.ll Hale talked
~t:ying to get me to do it, ,h1m.I would see about it; <
-time in September, 1922, I was *
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with murder, and did not seesarrested
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, daya before _il1 Smith's house wasQ blown up, when Hale came to the jail -
to see me. I was in e cell by mysel£._-Bi11"Hale said to me, "Burt, you willi
be needing aune'attornaya pretty soon
and I know you haven't got any money
to pay them with, and I went that Job,
pulled. How I can come and get you
out oi Jail and take you over thereagg you an do the Job, and I can get
yokiback-in fani nobody will everthe a v- 1 said "311 _ -attacheéit the nitrof' 9 e
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.'* oer and found Bill Hale in it. He told noe~=to.get'in, which I did and he drove off
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thiah ill-*roaohti'ron1 tixeloelikariril Smit -8 lbaok o the a1 egr" ' a ea.ake_{If_me anything a.:ou.t.Sm1th'e
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to'»m:l.th'e housefnefore they come home
and, p1._1t-jythe hozc in the cellar, and client
tplco;-the---£usor.an6. lay it out as for as it
wi11*reaoh.,' but be sure not to pull it loose
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and watch and whenlmith comes home and. goes
to bod, you wait-about three quarters of an
hour and give hm plenty of time to go to
sleep, than you touoh her off and run like
hell and oomo back here to the house." ..'o
then Halted. tq_11ite,a while an1'£lnal1.:/-E-Isleaa11@l£i;_".'ie11,_ 1ta,'_t1.me_ to god? Ernest
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1 beh1nd,$m1th'e house. ,1 then eat down
ue,in#thd dark and waited. Finally B111
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took box fuse, and Y
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went tue<hook way and into Smithle ;_%_d k _m_and placed the box in the'£ar 1
earner oi the cellar, then laid the fuse ~
aneweut into Smith's nouae-~ I.eow the
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the lighte went out. I eat there for
quite a while, I had no way to tell92wuat'
time it wee, but I would figure it wee
about three quarters of an hour, and after
I thought they were all asleep, then I
lighted a short pieoe of fuse, that Bill
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we left the house and fixed the ends, and
.touehed off the long fuse with it. As soon
eswthe long and began to smoke, I beat it
as fest as I eoul for Ernest Burkhert'a,
own the alley. when I got to Burk-
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write a. lett err for me to Hale since. I
Tbeen?-Min the penitentiary asking him * -'me, Q1200 and _he Wouldngt even answer
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92 ' _:J:¢'T _, v---.-goo; he was goingto get himself into trouble. - ' 1', 3 -,,,,._,_ ._¢Ef§?=-aiiflielsioe1re»a.e.1'}:ed, i dell, I'll do it at night , - _Km-.'.='i,»,_l=., ;*'-*-'¬}£f,11l:|i*;iI,.d.1d.the=»:other jobs, when everyone is = ~ T - - . }:;,-I '
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