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eronimo died a prisoner of war at Fort Sill, Okla., in 1909. A longstanding tradition among members of Skull and Bones holds that Prescott S. Bush father of President George Bush and grandfather of President George W. Bush broke into the grave with some classmates during World War I and made off with the skull, two bones, a bridle and some stirrups, all of which were put on display at the groups clubhouse in New Haven, known as the Tomb.
The story gained some validity in 2005, when a historian discovered a letter written in 1918 from one Skull and Bones member to another saying the skull had been taken from a grave at Fort Sill along with several pieces of tack for a horse.
Ramsey Clark, a former United States attorney general who is representing Geronimos family, acknowledged he had no hard proof that the story was true. Yet he said he hoped the court would clear up the matter.
Tom Conroy, a spokesman for Yale, declined to comment on the lawsuit but was quick to note that the Tomb was not on university property.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/20/us/20geronimo.html
former9thward
(32,093 posts)who was a member of Skull and Bones? Or ask the Skull and Bones group? I doubt either Bush or Kerry control it now.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)grasswire
(50,130 posts)Very creepy.