Geronimo’s Heirs Sue Secret Yale Society Over His Skull

NY Slimes ^ | 2/19/09 | JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr.

[meandog]

HOUSTON — The descendants of Geronimo have sued Skull and Bones, a secret society at Yale University with ties to the Bush family, charging that its members robbed his grave in 1918 and have kept his skull in a glass case ever since.

Legend has it that Prescott S. Bush stole Geronimo’s skull.

The claim is part of a lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington on Tuesday, the 100th anniversary of Geronimo’s death. The Apache warrior’s heirs are seeking to recover all his remains, wherever they may be, and have them transferred to a new grave at the headwaters of the Gila River in New Mexico, where Geronimo was born and wished to be interred.

“I believe strongly from my heart that his spirit was never released,” Geronimo’s great-grandson Harlyn Geronimo, 61, told reporters Tuesday at the National Press Club.

Geronimo 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 group’s clubhouse in New Haven, known as the Tomb.

[meandog]

Ooooooh-wahooo-wahooo (Atlanta Braves, FSU hand chop)

[RonF]

Is a rumor of this sort sufficient to get a search warrant?

[heartwood]

If Geronimo has heirs, you could do DNA testing.

[scooby321]

should I buy a Sunday paper or a share of this company.

[Republic_of_Secession.]

The whole thing is rather creepy as well as a source of great conspiratorial fodder.

[Brookhaven]

“Is a rumor of this sort sufficient to get a search warrant?”

Do they know where Geronimo is buried? Is the skull missing from his grave? If so, then I think this rumor would be enough for a simple search.

[Domandred]

Skull and Bones, a secret society at Yale University with ties to the Bush family

NYSlimes couldn't resist could they. Skull and Bones been around a lot longer than Bush, and John Kerry was also a member.

[Badeye]

Bush Derangement Syndrome is a terrible, long term mental disease.

[Puppage]

[jws3sticks]

Was Geronimo a "feather" or a "dot" Indian?

Just wondering...

[Puppage]

The descendants of Geronimo have sued Skull and Bones, a secret society at Yale University with ties to the Bush family

Dude, smoke 'em peace pipe, will ya?

[Bringbackthedraft]

Ah Ha! Did they search the mantle at the Bush house in Texas? LOL! It never ends!

[reagan_fanatic]

“I believe strongly from my heart that his spirit was never released,” Geronimo’s great-grandson Harlyn Geronimo, 61, told reporters Tuesday at the National Press Club.

His spirit resides in his skull? Somebody get a sledgehammer and let him that poor guy out.

[Puppage]

[DJ MacWoW]

Geronimo is buried at Ft Sill. Son says there is a scenic spot that was Geronimo’s favourite place to sit at Ft Sill.

[jws3sticks]

Not to disrespect.

Crazy Horse is fantastic, too.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“Ramsey Clark, a former United States attorney general who is representing Geronimo’s family, acknowledged he had no hard proof that the story was true.”

Rumor is enough for Ramsey!

[Puppage]

His spirit resides in his skull? Somebody get a sledgehammer and let him that poor guy out

And, to think of all those crank calls I made as a kid. "Do you have Sir Walter Raleigh in a can?"

All the time I was asking the wrong question!

[Wil H]

Is a rumor of this sort sufficient to get a search warrant?

The skull exists and the Society members apparently claim it to be Geronimo's so I think the ancestors' claim is valid.What do you expect?

The Ancestors say the grave was robbed, The Skull and Bones Society said their member did it and they have the contents.

I'd say that was sufficient info for a warrant. In fact, anyone who claims to have a human skull on display and cannot account for how they legally came into it's possession is sufficient reason for a warrant.

[a fool in paradise]

Skull and Bones, a secret society at Yale University with ties to the Bush family

John F. Kerry was ALSO a member of Skull and Bones. A FACT lost on the Pravda Media.

I loathe communists and red dupes.