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= favors akown to then. Consequently, he had @ tremendous Solio yubetnity composed not only of the riffrasy element wht At one time Hole allegedly insured a 30 000+cere Fei and for one dollar per acre, then one night had his ter re to the grasa on this’ land. As a result Hale ooliecte [#] on the insurance poltcy. ” : Lea ws PS ' Hale's nephews, Ernest and Bryan Burkhart, ‘who either’ Eile ‘with Hale to Osage or joined him later, were employed by 2888 vale and completely dominated by,him. Hale also had in his employ from time to time a number of reckless characters many J 'of: ‘whom were either ex-convicts ‘or fugitives Jrom Justice aad ‘ee ere known killers for a price.” — a Bs aA Lizzie _Q,y otherwise known as “Lizzie Kile, was an Osage equa? who: .tn 1920 was aiready old and in poor health. Lizzie. 23g Q's ebtate® ‘approximated $200, 000. She tad three Caughters, Anna, 245 7 Mollte and Rita.- , ey se .. f wis a dissolute character and notorious tn the Osage p27. She had | a preference for white men with several of whom, from. tine cere to. time, she had affairs. She had previously been married to one. J 29°.°-" Odte Brown, a. white man. In 1920 Anna's estate opprozinated - eae :$100, 000, boo a . Rita married one Villian EB. Smith, a white nan, with 7 22 06 whom she lived up to the time of her death. ‘ IS Mollie became the wife of Ernest Burkhart, Hale's nephew. B36... Mollie appears to have been the intended means of drawing to Hale, i “through the Burkharts, the assets of the entire family. * Anna had been somewhat intimate with at least one af me boys but apparently she was too notorious for even the. 8 to contract a formal marriage. But Anna Brown had money. stake was large. te os & ¢ 1 * oo th tt age In 1920 Lizzie @, the aged mother, was brought to Ernest Mas Burkhart's home at Grayhorse and was living with her daughter, 2 .°8° “Mollie. She was the second of the family taken directly under. : the wing of Hale tn the general acheme. an Barly tn 192] Ttezie O deyeloned a mo lady wh RS wee te be ee oe ewe ae ke evidently would result in her death. caving. the bulk of her eatate to Ernest Burkhart's wife sldren. But there were even higher stakes to be won. : J ie ee Hoon 4a if the old woman should outlive Anna Brown, then, under “of the State, Lizzie Q's fortune would be increased by Aely f Anna Brown's estate. But if Anna should outlive her mother, the greater part of her fortune would be diverted to collaterals. Tope - Oe mentee AR og OE OA, Tee ema ee og cn BERN ORM eet veering t ; - a r. as Me : AAA et eile ait