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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 .
His accomplice, Byron Burkhart, Ernest's brother and another Hale nephew, had turned state's evidence. The trials received national newspaper and magazine coverage. Sentenced to life imprisonment, Hale, Ramsey, and Ernest Burkhart later received parole despite protests from the Osage. Hale and Ramsey were both paroled in 1947.
Both Hale and Burkhart were sentenced to life in prison, though Burkhart was paroled in 1937 and Hale was released in 1947 after serving 20 years in prison, according to Grann's book.
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).
Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Ernest Burkhart, who marries a local Osage woman, Mollie, at the behest of his uncle William Hale. If Mollie's family died, the headrights to the oil would pass to him.
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).
Eventually, Burt Lawson, a man serving a prison sentence in McAlester, Oklahoma, came forward to testify he was instructed by Hale and Ernest Burkhart to plant the explosive device in the Smiths' home. [17] Hale generated additional suspicion when he brought suit to collect a life insurance policy for Henry Roan. [18]
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