Name/Title
Black CaneDescription
Black wooden cane with gold top, tip missing from bottom. Inscribed: “JTV Thompson, Liberty, MO.”Context
Donated by Ann S. Grundy. Cane used by JVT Thompson. From the home of attorney James Sandusky Simrall, 504 W. Kansas (donor’s grandfather), who was asked to run for the Senate by the Kansas City Pendergast machine. James died in 1946. His son-in-law, Judson Lee Palmer, was a lawyer with Jim Davidson of North Kansas City who trained for the Army Air Corps at William Jewell College. According to the donor’s parents, Davidson’s wife was ill and he embezzled money from his clients. When the law firm closed, Palmer went to work for Chicago Title.Location
Display Cabinet
Cabinet 9Room
Back Display Area