Topic ID #9525 - posted 2/13/2011 4:17 PM
Jennifer Palmer
Webmaster
Should legendary Leather Man be exhumed? North Haven history teacher says no
Jennifer Palmer
Webmaster
GRAVE CONCERNS: Should legendary Leather Man be exhumed? North Haven history teacher says no
Published: Sunday, February 13, 2011
By Pamela McLoughlin, Register Staff
The Leather Man lived the simplest of lives in the mid- to late 1800s, walking the countryside in a set pattern through parts of Connecticut and New York, sleeping in caves, saying very little, living off the land and, later, eating through the kindness of strangers.
He became a folk hero, as much for the mystery of his past as for the uniqueness of his lifestyle and personality.
Now, 122 years after his death, the Leather Man is at the center of a controversy.
Historians in Ossining, N.Y., have successfully petitioned a court to exhume his grave in a local cemetery because of its dangerous proximity to a busy road and to perform forensic tests on the Leather Man’s remains because of the historical significance.
Read more here.
Published: Sunday, February 13, 2011
By Pamela McLoughlin, Register Staff
The Leather Man lived the simplest of lives in the mid- to late 1800s, walking the countryside in a set pattern through parts of Connecticut and New York, sleeping in caves, saying very little, living off the land and, later, eating through the kindness of strangers.
He became a folk hero, as much for the mystery of his past as for the uniqueness of his lifestyle and personality.
Now, 122 years after his death, the Leather Man is at the center of a controversy.
Historians in Ossining, N.Y., have successfully petitioned a court to exhume his grave in a local cemetery because of its dangerous proximity to a busy road and to perform forensic tests on the Leather Man’s remains because of the historical significance.
Read more here.
Post ID#18673 - replied 5/4/2011 11:53 AM
Jennifer Palmer
Webmaster
More on the "Old Leather Man": http://www.gadling.com/2011/05/03/the-old-leather-man-controversy-over-digging-up-a-legend/
Post ID#18675 - replied 5/5/2011 12:17 PM
FireArch
Moderator
Sounds more like the road is in dangerous proximity to the cemetery. Maybe they should move the road?
Post ID#18758 - replied 5/27/2011 2:34 AM
Jennifer Palmer
Webmaster
An update. Looks like they dug him up after all:
Leather Man's mystery remains after Ossining exhumation
Leather Man's mystery remains after Ossining exhumation
Post ID#18759 - replied 5/28/2011 10:34 AM
DustCovered
Interesting story. Must be some hellacious soils there hehe
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