Geronimo was the Apache chief who fought the US Army in the 1880's, was captured in 1886 and spent the rest of his life at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He died in 1909. It appears that "members of the Skull and Bones" secret society, at Yale University, stole his remains from the fort while stationed there during WWI. The remains are allegedly kept in a crypt at the New Haven, Connecticut Skull and Bones clubhouse. One of the club members who was part of the alleged theft was Prescott Bush, the grandfather of President George W. Bush. Both Bush I and II and John Kerry are members of this society. The descendants of Geronimo have filed a lawsuit this month in Washington in an effort to regain control of the remains and give them a proper burial.
(Source: "Geronimo kin sue Skull and Bones" by the AP. The Record on February 19, 2009).
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