Ramsey County History – Fall 1968: “The Wandering Skeleton of Charley Pitts”
- Year
- 1968
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 2
- Creators
- Carl A. Eide
- Topics
The Wandering Skeleton of Charley Pitts
Author: Carl A. Eide
More information on what happened to the skeleton of Charley Pitts, one of the members of the James-Younger gang that tried to rob the bank in Northfield in 1876. Pitts was killed, and his body was turned over to Dr. Henry F. Hoyt, who, along with his brother, put it in a box that was sunk in Lake Como. Later the bones were turned over to Dr. John H. Murphy. He gave them to a physician in Chicago. Later, the skeleton went to a museum in Scott County, Minn.
PDF of Eide article
- Year
- 1968
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 2
- Creators
- Carl A. Eide
- Topics