Q State your name? A C. E. Timmons. Q Where do you live? A No. 14 W. Second street, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Q Are you the father of Dot Timmons Purdy? A Yes. Q Was Dot Timmons Purdy killed in Tulsa recently? A Yes. Q What day? A The 20th of January; she was shot that day. Q Have the murderers of that girl been apprehended by the police and put in jail? A One of them. Q Have you information as to other parties connected with that murder? A I have through him. Q What is that information? A The confession of this boy in jail. Q Did he implicate anyone else? A Yes. Q Whom did he implicate? A Kenneth Hartrager. Q Do you know where Kenneth Hartrager now is? A The last I heard he was at Willow Springs, Kansas. Q How did you learn that? A Through his stepfather. Q Did you get that information through your own efforts, or were you aided in that investigation by the county attorney's office? A I was helped by Mr. Bayes, a detective that worked out of the county attorney's office.
Statement of C. E. Timmons & Guy D. Purdy, Vice Conditions for Tulsa Race Riot Investigation. Specifically, a murder and corruption in the county attorney's office.
Statement of C. E. Timmons & Guy D. Purdy, Box 25, Record Group 1-2, State of Oklahoma vs. John A. Gustafson, Chief of Police Tulsa (Tulsa Race Riot Investigation Vice Condition); Civil Case No. 1062, Attorney General, Oklahoma State Archives Division, Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Oklahoma City, OK
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Q State your name? A C. E. Timmons. Q Where do you live? A No. 14 W. Second street, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Q Are you the father of Dot Timmons Purdy? A Yes. Q Was Dot Timmons Purdy killed in Tulsa recently? A Yes. Q What day? A The 20th of January; she was shot that day. Q Have the murderers of that girl been apprehended by the police and put in jail? A One of them. Q Have you information as to other parties connected with that murder? A I have through him. Q What is that information? A The confession of this boy in jail. Q Did he implicate anyone else? A Yes. Q Whom did he implicate? A Kenneth Hartrager. Q Do you know where Kenneth Hartrager now is? A The last I heard he was at Willow Springs, Kansas. Q How did you learn that? A Through his stepfather. Q Did you get that information through your own efforts, or were you aided in that investigation by the county attorney's office? A I was helped by Mr. Bayes, a detective that worked out of the county attorney's office.
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