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| has gloss | eng: Osage Indian Murders - Between 1921 and 1923 over a dozen people on the Osage Indian Reservation died under suspicious circumstances. The Department of the Interior requested the aid of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to investigate. William "King of Osage Hills" Hale was a suspect. Posing as medicine men, cattlemen, and salesmen, FBI agents infiltrated the reservation and eventually solved the murders. Hale, his nephews and some members of the Osage Nation were convicted of the murders and sentenced to life in prison. Hale contracted for the murders to collect insurance money and gain control of valuable oil properties owned by the murder victims. |
| lexicalization | eng: Osage Indian Murders |
| instance of | c/Murdered Native Americans |
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