Bibliograph

Osage Indian murders, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Type

Label

Osage Indian murders, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Language

eng

resource.governmentPublication

federal national government publication

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Osage Indian murders

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

238012006

Responsibility statement

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Summary

Between 1921 and 1923, several members of the Osage Indian Reservation died under suspicious circumstances. The FBI became involved after the Department of Interior wrote to Director William J. Burns requesting assistance in investigating these deaths. William "King of Osage" Hale was suspected of being involved in the deaths. Posing as medicine men, cattlemen, and salesmen, FBI agents infiltrated the reservation and solved the murders. Hale and other members of the Osage Indian Tribe were convicted and sentenced to life in prison, It was determined that the murders were committed in an attempt to collect insurance money and gain control of valuable oil properties owned by the deceased persons

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