For other people named William Hale, see William Hale (disambiguation).
William King Hale
Hale in 1922
Born
(1874-12-24)December 24, 1874
Hunt County, Texas, U.S.[a]
Died
August 15, 1962(1962-08-15) (aged 87)
Phoenix, Arizona U.S.
Burial place
Wichita, Kansas
Occupation
Cattleman
Known for
Being a major perpetrator of the Osage Indian murders
Political party
Democratic
Criminal status
Paroled (1947)
Relatives
Ernest Burkhart (nephew)
Conviction(s)
First degree murder (18 U.S.C. § 452)
Criminal penalty
Life imprisonment (1929)
William King Hale (December 24, 1874 – August 15, 1962) was an American political and crime boss in Osage County, Oklahoma, who was responsible for the Osage Indian murders, for which he was later convicted. He made a fortune through cattle ranching, contract killings, and insurance fraud.
Born in Hunt County, Texas, Hale worked as a cowboy in Texas and Indian Territory before settling in what would become Osage County around 1900. By the 1920s, he had amassed substantial influence in the county when he ordered the contract killings of Osage woman Mollie Kyle's family in a criminal conspiracy to gain control of their headrights. He was convicted in federal court for ordering the murder of Henry Roan in October 1929, sentenced to life in prison, and released on parole in July 1947. Hale died in Arizona in 1962.
His role in the killings is a major focus of David Grann's 2017 book Killers of the Flower Moon. Robert De Niro portrayed him in Martin Scorsese's 2023 film adaptation of the book.
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