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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 .
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).
The priest told her not to touch liquor under any circumstances. He also alerted one of the BOI agents. Mollie recovered from the poison she had already consumed and divorced Ernest after the trials. She later married again. Mollie Burkhart Cobb died of unrelated causes on June 16, 1937. Her children inherited all of her estate. [15]
Mollie later meets Ernest Burkhart, her chauffeur, and falls in love. The pair married in 1917, and had three children: Elizabeth, Anna, and James, also known as Cowboy.
Margie Burkhart, Ernest and Mollie's granddaughter, said in an interview with Grann that after Ernest's death, his ashes were given to her father and Ernest's son, Cowboy Burkhart, with the ...
The mastermind at the time was reportedly William Hale, a wealthy rancher who married his nephew, Ernest Burkhart, to an Osage woman named Mollie Burkhart. De Niro plays Hale in Killers of the ...
Mollie fell ill, but later discovered the poisoning and recovered when she moved away. She divorced Ernest afterward, and their children inherited Mollie's estate. [5] Hale's full plan is suspected to have involved the unrealized murders of Mollie, Ernest, and their children, leaving the Kyle-Burkhart estate solely to Hale. [10]
As she walks away, the scene transitions with an unexpected ‘20s or '30s radio show with actors and musicians playing out on stage the results of Ernest and his uncle William Hale's case.