William Hail News Today

>> william k. the king of the osage. he was the master mind behind the plot. >> bill hail had come from texas to be a rancher in the late 19th century. leasing grazing lands from the osage. he had become one of the wealthiest non-natives in town and recruited his nephew to join him. >> the plan was kill everyone off and he would get everything. >> basically he infiltrated his wifes family. >> thats exactly what he did. >> infiltrated and married in. he had children. but he also committed this ho...

Century, leasing grazing land from the osage. he had become one of the wealthiest non-natives in town, and in 1912, he recruited his nephew ernest to join him in osage country. >> so the plan was to kill everyone off and then eventually -- >> so basically ernest burkhardt infiltrated his wifes family. >> thats exactly what he did. he infiltrated. he married in. he had children, but he also committed this horrendous murder plot so they could have head rights and money. >> by 1926, the fbi had gat...