Exhuming a Kansas Mystery of Hillmon and a Fraud Suspect
Professors seek to exhume the body of Hillmon in Lawrence on Oct 3 1878 mystery. John H Brown and companion travel to the Southwest for cattle land. A March 17 1879 shooting leads to inquests. insurers pursue fraud amid competing verdicts and a missing man candidate Walters emerges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie E. Quinn
Lawrence
John H. Brown
Medicine Lodge
Crooked Creek
Spring Creek
Brown
Hillmon
Barber County
Medicine Lodge Cresset
Sadie
E. Hillman
Lawrence Standard
J.H. Brown
Frederick Adolph Walters
Fort Madison
Iowa
Walters
Hillman
Exhumation planned in Hillman Walters mystery in Kansas
Denver based anthropologist Dennis Van Gerwen plans exhuming Grave 555 at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence to compare Hillman and Walters through skull features and DNA. He notes age and facial reconstructive methods, with supports from CU and KU experts, while insurance legal battles and hearsay rules frame the historical debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Dennis van Gerven
John Wesley Hillman
van Gerven
University of Colorado
Nile Valley
Kansas
Geraldo (Rivera
al) Capone
van Gerwen
Douglas County District Court
City of
Lawrence
Oak Hill Cemetery
Backhoe
Gran Pajaten
Peru
James Mielke
Kansas University Anthropology Department
Hillman
Life
Frederick Adolph Walters
Walters
Hillmon
CU Law
Mimi Wesson
Daniel C. Davis Jr
Dennis
Sallie Hillman
U.S. Supreme Court
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co
Supreme Court
Sallie Hillmon
Connecticut Mutual
Oak Hill
Wesson
American West
Paul Bergman
University of California At Los Angeles School of Law
Eviction looming for Boys Choir of Harlem in debt crisis
The Boys Choir of Harlem faces eviction from its longtime home as its debt climbs to about 5 million dollars and New York City orders the rent-free space vacated by Tuesday. City officials cite financial and management concerns tied to a 2004 agreement and a sexual abuse investigation involving founder Walter Turnbull. Supporters push to extend the partnership or secure aid, while the choir Academy of Harlem serves more than 600 students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boys Choir of
Harlem
Nelson Mandela
Pope John Paul II
Department of Education
David Dinkins
Charles Rangel
Dinkins
Dennis Walcott
Education Department
Choir Academy of
Walter Turnbull
Turnbull
Jacquelyn Ames
Stephan Savola
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charlie Brennan
Rocky Mountain News
Geraldo
Rivera
Dennis van Gerwen
Alvina Kasten
Wichita
Kasten
National Archives
Kansas City
Insurance Company
American University Washington College of Law
Berkly
Burgis
Joe
Levi Baldwin
Henry Simmons
Leavenworth
Simmons
Frederick Walters
Boys Choir of Harlem
By Deepti Halela
Associated Press
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!