James, Jesse, Bullet Hole Controversy, Letter from George Warfel, artist to Don Reynolds, 1975

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2020.1.343 James Home Living Room diagram by Warfel, 1975: Copyright: 2020.1.343 James Home Living Room diagram by Warfel, 1975
2020.1.343 James Home Living Room diagram by Warfel, 1975

Copyright: 2020.1.343 James Home Living Room diagram by Warfel, 1975

Name/Title

James, Jesse, Bullet Hole Controversy, Letter from George Warfel, artist to Don Reynolds, 1975

Entry/Object ID

2020.1.343

Scope and Content

James, Jesse, Bullet Hole Controversy, Letter from George Warfel, artist to Don Reynolds, 1975. Letter with envelope and diagram. Warfel is communicating with Don Reynolds after his visit to the St. Joseph Museum. Warfel had evidently met with Reynolds over some Jesse James material. Included in the letter is a diagram Warfel made of the living room in the James home at the time of the assassination that he made, he says, from the reports given by the Ford brothers to law enforcement. He does not believe the "bullet hole" deemed to be from the assassin's bullet to be authentic. Rather he believes picture Jesse was straightening to be on an adjacent wall by door. He further believes the bullet hole too high on the wall. He believes the bullet never exited Jesse's head, as shot from behind his face is intact.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Letter

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Correspondence

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Jesse James, James, Jesse, Jesse James Art, Jesse James Bullet Hole

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Dec 31, 2020

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Jesse James

Person or Organization

Warfel, George