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Ernest George Burkhart (September 11, 1892 – December 1, 1986) was an American murderer who participated in the Osage Indian murders as a hitman for his uncle William King Hale's crime ring. He was convicted for the killing of William E. Smith in 1926, and sentenced to life imprisonment .
On June 28, 1923, Hale and Burkhart put George Bigheart on a train to Oklahoma City to be taken to a hospital. George Bigheart was the son of James Bigheart, the last hereditary Osage chief. [31] Hale was Bigheart's neighbor and friend, and had recently been designated by the court as Bigheart's guardian.
Leadership quotes “Believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart even when it leads you off the well-worn path, and that will make all the ...
Directed by Martin Scorsese, the movie stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Ernest Burkhart, a World War I vet who moves to Fairfax, Oklahoma, to work for his uncle, William Hale (Robert De Niro).
(Scorsese said in an interview with The New Yorker that the descendants of Mollie and Ernest Burkhart told him that the couple was in love.) Osage consultants worked to make the story feel authentic.
Mollie Kyle (also known as Mollie Burkhart and Mollie Cobb; December 1, 1886 – June 16, 1937) was an Osage woman known for surviving the Osage Indian murders.She gained initial prominence in newspaper coverage during the trial of William King Hale and gained renewed prominence in the 21st century when she was portrayed by Lily Gladstone in the film Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).
Ernest Burkhart was a World War I veteran who got pulled into his uncle’s greedy plot to rob the Osage Nation of its wealth. Ernest’s loyalty was tested once he married a wealthy Osage woman ...
In 1923, George Bigheart was taken to Oklahoma City for treatment after drinking poisoned whiskey. Hale and Ernest took Bigheart to the hospital where he asked to see his attorney William Vaughn. Vaughn was killed on the railroad right-of-way outside Pawhuska, Oklahoma the next day after consulting with Bigheart. Bigheart later died as well. [4]