If high crimes and misdemeanors don't do it, a stolen skull may finally take down the Bushes. Yale's Skull and Bones society is being sued by the Apache heirs of their chief, Geronimo. Why? Because Pres Bush (that's Prescott, not president) allegedly went to Fort Sill back in the early 20th century and stole (among other things) Geronimo's skull. The skull is said to have ended up in a glass case at Bones' corporate headquarters, known as the "Tomb", in New Haven.
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 Geronimo’s 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.
