Territory Posse of Oklahoma Westerners 2, no. 1 (June 1968).
“on the level”: White to Grove, June 23, 1959, NMSUL.
“an outlaw”: Ibid.
“Johnson knows”: Report by Weiss and Burger, Aug. 14, 1924, FBI.
“HENRY GRAMMER SHOOTS”: Lamb, Tragedies of the Osage Hills, 119.
“CHEROKEES NO MATCH”: Muskogee Times-Democrat, Aug. 5, 1909.
“that Indian deal”: Report by Burger, Nov. 30, 1928, FBI.
The legendary quick-draw: There were also suspicions that Grammer had been shot as
well and had a bullet wound near his left armpit.
“taking care”: Grand jury testimony of John Mayo, NARA-FW.
“Hale knows”: Report by Weiss and Burger, July 2, 1924, FBI.
“damned neck”: Report by Weiss and Burger, Aug. 16, 1924, FBI.
“making all the propaganda”: Report by Wren, Nov. 5, 1925, FBI.
“I’m too slick”: Document titled “Osage Indian Murder Cases,” July 10, 1953, FBI.
“like he owned”: Transcript of interview with White, NMSUL.
18: THE STATE OF THE GAME
“We’ve been getting”: Unpublished nonfiction account by Grove with White, NMSUL. In
bureau records, Lawson’s first name name is spelled Burt; in other records, it is
sometimes spelled Bert. To avoid confusion, I have used Burt throughout the text.
“hot Feds”: White to Grove, May 2, 1959, NMSUL.
“We understand from”: Unpublished nonfiction account by Grove with White, NMSUL.
“Some time around”: Report by Smith and Murphy, Oct. 27, 1925, FBI.
“Have confession”: White to Hoover, Oct. 24, 1925, FBI.
“Congratulations”: Hoover to White, Oct. 26, 1925, FBI.
“Once, when he”: Homer Fincannon, interview with author.
“not to drink”: Report by Wren, Oct. 6, 1925, FBI.
“illness is very suspicious”: Edwin Brown to George Wright, July 18, 1925, NARA-CP.
“Understand I’m wanted”: Unpublished nonfiction account by Grove with White,
NMSUL.
“like a leashed”: Guthrie Leader, Jan. 6, 1926.
“You could look”: Transcript of interview with White, NMSUL.
“We all picked Ernest”: Statement by Luhring in grand jury proceedings, NARA-FW.
“small-town dandy”: Transcript of interview with White, NMSUL.
“We want to talk”: Unpublished nonfiction account by Grove with White, NMSUL.
“If he didn’t”: Gentry, J. Edgar Hoover, 386.
“perfect”: Tulsa Tribune, Jan. 5, 1926.