Osage Indian murders
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The Osage Indian murders was a serial killing event that took place in Osage County, Oklahoma, United States, during the 1910s–1930s. Newspapers described the increasing number of unsolved murders and
This document in the "Hale–Ramsey Murder Case" is from the Oklahoman Collection at the Oklahoma Historical Society photo archives.
Henry Roan, Rita Smith, and William Vaughan
A political cartoon depicts Mollie Burkhart and William King Hale from the Enid Morning News, Sunday edition on February 7, 1926.
William King Hale
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William King Hale was an American murderer and crime boss in Osage County, Oklahoma, who was responsible for the most infamous of the Osage Indian murders. He made a fortune through cattle ranching, c
Osage Indian murders
…program, including lawyers and judges. Most of the murders were never prosecuted. Nevertheless, several perpetrators were convicted of murder, including William Hale, a powerful rancher who ordered the murders of his nephew's wife and other members of her family to gain control of their headrights and oil wealth…
Hale in 1922