2023-11-24 23:26:00
A tragedy reminiscent of genocide took place at the beginning of the 20th century in Oklahoma. It turned out that the new Osage reserve was unsuitable for agriculture, but rich in oil. After the discovery of large oil deposits in 1894, the Oseda family came to enormous wealth.
This sparked a wave of hatred from the white workers who worked in their oil fields. One of the envious was the chattel landowner William “King” Hale. He began to make plans with his influential cronies to deprive the gullible Indians of their fortunes. Their mission was to marry wealthy natives and then murder them in cold blood, writes the New York Times.
Mollie, an unmarried Osage Indian, also became one of the victims. In 1917, the handsome nephew of the self-proclaimed “King” Ernest Burkhart married her. Shortly after the wedding, members of her family began to die systematically. With each death Mollie inherited more and more money, along with her new husband Ernest.
For William Hale, Mollie became the perfect victim. She suffered from diabetes, which guaranteed her early death. Hale had her death insured by corrupt doctors who started giving her poison instead of “experimental drugs”.
The killings would have continued had they not shot Anna Brown in May 1921 and dumped her body in a nearby ravine. It was such a brutal murder that it was noticed by the recently formed organization of secret police. Formerly FBI. The agency conducted an extensive investigation that culminated in the arrest of the “King” gang. During the trial, Ernest confessed to the crimes and implicated Hale as the head of the murder operation. The court sentenced them to life imprisonment.
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