Posted on 01/01/2020 8:29:02 AM PST by Artemis Webb
DNA and genetic genealogy have helped investigators solve a century-old Idaho mystery.
Outlaw Joseph Henry Loveless was killed and dismembered in 1916 and buried in a shallow grave in Buffalo Cave outside Dubois. At the time, Loveless was wanted for escaping from a jail where he was being held for killing his wife with an ax.
Loveless’ remains were found in the cave four decades ago—but not his head--and they remained unidentified until just recently.
Lee Bingham Redgrave, a genealogist with the nonprofit DNA Doe Project, determined the remains belonged to Loveless after painstaking research that included constructing an elaborate family tree of Loveless' extended relatives.
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[[Who killed him and cut off his head?]]
Relatives of a past president perhaps?
Her family?
He very likely was- they did that for photos- photos back then were a big deal- they had to sit completely still for a good long time, and often had to have their heads propped against something behind them to keep them from moving- and the photographer likely insisted on them using makeup to cover blemishes- heavy makeup- they didn’t have photoshop back then to make everything look good after- so they overcompensated with makeup, wardrobes, etc-
That’s part of it, but keep in mind everyone in photos from that era is dead...
Movie, staring Clint Eastwood, The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) delivers the line,- "Hell with {them} that fella[s]. Buzzards Gotta Eat, Same As The Worms!!"
By 1916 photography had progressed to the snapshot stage.
I guess they’ve pretty much eliminated suicide, huh?
Really. That’s what I want to know. Who killed him? That case certainly hasn’t been solved. Easy enough to determine he was him since the body was wearing the same clothes as the wanted poster. Unless he put his clothes on someone else to help in his escape. People need to stay out of that cave.
I watched ID channel last night about the 1992 murder of a young PA teacher, Christy Mirack. Familial DNA testing was done last year and in two days they found the bad guy. Fascinating but yet another reason (even if you have nothing to hide) to not send in your DNA to those Ancestry and 23 & Me or whatever testing places. Of course, dingy Aunt Gertie probably already sent in hers and that’ll link back to you.
Long time practice of shoot, shovel, and shut up.
He axed his wife.
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What did he axe her? ;-)
Is there a Clinton connection?
What you are recommending amounts to saying that your relatives should be allowed to get away with murder and mayhem.
I don’t consider my self or my family to be above the law, but you do you.
wetplate and other types similar were very popular still for a good long time- they are even still somewhat popular- (which was used a lot by folks like ansel adams, and still used today by landscape photographers- though not as widespread- folks can now achieve looks similar to wetplate, tin type, medium format etc with digital photos and using photoshop to manipulate the photos now
[[What did he axe her?]]
Where the ax was
and don’t forget- not a lot of folks could afford the old brownies- and the film and developing costs etc, and the like- they still would get dressed and get their portraits done professionally and it was still a big deal- and many pro photographers still used the honkin big old cumbersome equipment- We have family portraits from the early 1900’s and even mid 1900’s that the photographers used those cameras-
The brownies were good, but the photo quality just lacked what medium format and wetplate could deliver- That’s why folks like Ansel still preferred to tote the huge cameras around- and why portrait professionals used them- They still use medium format, though much modernized ones-
His wife’s family finally caught up with him ?
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Still hung over from celebrating I see.
Are the wetplate photos the ones on glass? My sister has boxes of those that had been stashed in our family homestead.
The Secret Service can now close the case file opened by S.S. Agents West and Gordon, during the Ulysses S. Grant administration.
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