I know she is buried in Alderson, West Virginia, but am not sure about the cemetery.
The Courier-Tribune, Oct. 26, 2016)
The startling headlines on the front page of the Courier on July 9,1934.)
A GOULISH HOAX BARED
HOLD MYRTLE LATIMER
Arrested After Discovery She
Hid Mother's Body 2 1/2 Years
So She Might Collect Pension.
A SCENE OF UTTER FILTH
Interior the Latimor Horror House Almost Beyond the Descriptive Power of Newspaper Men
Is There Chance It Was Murder?
(Her daughter, Myrtle Latimer said her mother died peacefully in her sleep on January of 1932. She wanted to still collect her mother's Civil War Pension check of $30. so kept her mother's death a secret. Myrtle was convicted on charges of forgery and defrauding the federal government. In December 1934 she pled guilty and was sentenced to three years at Alderson, West Virginia, in a women's federal prison.)
On August 6, the paper reported on the mother's delayed burial. "The remains of Mrs. Marietta Bishop, whose body was hidden two and a half years by her daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Larimer, were laid to rest Tuesday morning in the Seneca cemetery, near the grave of Mrs. Bishop's second husband, John Bishop.
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COURIER TRIBUNE, SENECA, KANSAS Monday July 9, 1934. Page 2.
Find Mother's Family History
Told of Her Life in Application for A Pension
In the not-to-be described litter of odds and ends which are stacked heap on heap in the two little front rooms of the home of Myrtle Latimer, Sheriff Charles E. Carman and newspaper men Saturday morning found a brief account of Mrs. Marrietta Bishop's earlier life. It is written in the first person and probably was inscribed by Mrs. Bishop herself before old age made her an invalid.
Mrs. Bishop was seeking a pension. There are large envelopes containing endless documents showing how zealously the late Congressman O. R. Anthony, Jr. and other representatives were working to secure a pension for the old lady.
Seneca people recall Mrs. Bishop's life here for more than half a century. They speak of her as a lovable lady. One former neighbor says Mrs. Bishop used to do nursing about town and at other times plied her needle as a seamstress. Other neighbors in north Seneca spoke in the highest terms of the frail little woman whom they had occasion to visit prior to January, 1932. After that date they saw her no more. To their friendly inquiries her daughter had the most natural answers.
"Mother is feeling badly today. She cannot see visitors. Perhaps you can call tomorrow."
Or
"Mother is with her sister in Kansas City. She had an operation for cancer of the throat. Yes, thank you, she is doing splendidly and we think she'll get well now."
Up to the summer of 1931, Mrs. Marrietta Bishop drew $15 a month county aid. She was getting a pension of $30 a month from the government. In view of depressed conditions, it probably was considered this sum adequate to maintain the mother and daughter whose wants were believed to be few.
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The Knoxville Journal, Knoxville, Tennessee, 8 July 1934 -
Mystery Man in Death Case - Nephew of Slain Woman Is Held by Kansas Officers
Seneca, Kansas. July 7. A mysterious figure tonight entered the investigation of the death of Mrs. Marietta C Crocker Bishop, 88, whose dismembered b body was found where it had lain nearly three years.
Tentatively identified as Ray Crocker of
St. Louis, presumably a nephew of the aged Civil War widow, authorities learned he receivevrd Mrs. Bishop's pension check after her death.
Her daughter Mrs. Myrtle Latimer, 55, who confused she allowed her mother's body to lie on her deathbed for several months before dismembering and cremating parts of it, was held for questioning by federal agents.
She refused to comment on the existence of "Crocker".
According to Mrs. Latimer's story to Sheriff C. E. Carman, Mrs. Bishop died of natural causes January 1, 1932. Desiring to continue collection of her mother's war pension checks, she failed to report the death or provided burial Instead she told authorities she concealed part of the body in a small trunk and cremated the rest.
The Courier-Tribune, Oct. 26, 2016)
The startling headlines on the front page of the Courier on July 9,1934.)
A GOULISH HOAX BARED
HOLD MYRTLE LATIMER
Arrested After Discovery She
Hid Mother's Body 2 1/2 Years
So She Might Collect Pension.
A SCENE OF UTTER FILTH
Interior the Latimor Horror House Almost Beyond the Descriptive Power of Newspaper Men
Is There Chance It Was Murder?
(Her daughter, Myrtle Latimer said her mother died peacefully in her sleep on January of 1932. She wanted to still collect her mother's Civil War Pension check of $30. so kept her mother's death a secret. Myrtle was convicted on charges of forgery and defrauding the federal government. In December 1934 she pled guilty and was sentenced to three years at Alderson, West Virginia, in a women's federal prison.)
On August 6, the paper reported on the mother's delayed burial. "The remains of Mrs. Marietta Bishop, whose body was hidden two and a half years by her daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Larimer, were laid to rest Tuesday morning in the Seneca cemetery, near the grave of Mrs. Bishop's second husband, John Bishop.
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COURIER TRIBUNE, SENECA, KANSAS Monday July 9, 1934. Page 2.
Find Mother's Family History
Told of Her Life in Application for A Pension
In the not-to-be described litter of odds and ends which are stacked heap on heap in the two little front rooms of the home of Myrtle Latimer, Sheriff Charles E. Carman and newspaper men Saturday morning found a brief account of Mrs. Marrietta Bishop's earlier life. It is written in the first person and probably was inscribed by Mrs. Bishop herself before old age made her an invalid.
Mrs. Bishop was seeking a pension. There are large envelopes containing endless documents showing how zealously the late Congressman O. R. Anthony, Jr. and other representatives were working to secure a pension for the old lady.
Seneca people recall Mrs. Bishop's life here for more than half a century. They speak of her as a lovable lady. One former neighbor says Mrs. Bishop used to do nursing about town and at other times plied her needle as a seamstress. Other neighbors in north Seneca spoke in the highest terms of the frail little woman whom they had occasion to visit prior to January, 1932. After that date they saw her no more. To their friendly inquiries her daughter had the most natural answers.
"Mother is feeling badly today. She cannot see visitors. Perhaps you can call tomorrow."
Or
"Mother is with her sister in Kansas City. She had an operation for cancer of the throat. Yes, thank you, she is doing splendidly and we think she'll get well now."
Up to the summer of 1931, Mrs. Marrietta Bishop drew $15 a month county aid. She was getting a pension of $30 a month from the government. In view of depressed conditions, it probably was considered this sum adequate to maintain the mother and daughter whose wants were believed to be few.
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The Knoxville Journal, Knoxville, Tennessee, 8 July 1934 -
Mystery Man in Death Case - Nephew of Slain Woman Is Held by Kansas Officers
Seneca, Kansas. July 7. A mysterious figure tonight entered the investigation of the death of Mrs. Marietta C Crocker Bishop, 88, whose dismembered b body was found where it had lain nearly three years.
Tentatively identified as Ray Crocker of
St. Louis, presumably a nephew of the aged Civil War widow, authorities learned he receivevrd Mrs. Bishop's pension check after her death.
Her daughter Mrs. Myrtle Latimer, 55, who confused she allowed her mother's body to lie on her deathbed for several months before dismembering and cremating parts of it, was held for questioning by federal agents.
She refused to comment on the existence of "Crocker".
According to Mrs. Latimer's story to Sheriff C. E. Carman, Mrs. Bishop died of natural causes January 1, 1932. Desiring to continue collection of her mother's war pension checks, she failed to report the death or provided burial Instead she told authorities she concealed part of the body in a small trunk and cremated the rest.
I know she is buried in Alderson, West Virginia, but am not sure about the cemetery.
The Courier-Tribune, Oct. 26, 2016)
The startling headlines on the front page of the Courier on July 9,1934.)
A GOULISH HOAX BARED
HOLD MYRTLE LATIMER
Arrested After Discovery She
Hid Mother's Body 2 1/2 Years
So She Might Collect Pension.
A SCENE OF UTTER FILTH
Interior the Latimor Horror House Almost Beyond the Descriptive Power of Newspaper Men
Is There Chance It Was Murder?
(Her daughter, Myrtle Latimer said her mother died peacefully in her sleep on January of 1932. She wanted to still collect her mother's Civil War Pension check of $30. so kept her mother's death a secret. Myrtle was convicted on charges of forgery and defrauding the federal government. In December 1934 she pled guilty and was sentenced to three years at Alderson, West Virginia, in a women's federal prison.)
On August 6, the paper reported on the mother's delayed burial. "The remains of Mrs. Marietta Bishop, whose body was hidden two and a half years by her daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Larimer, were laid to rest Tuesday morning in the Seneca cemetery, near the grave of Mrs. Bishop's second husband, John Bishop.
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COURIER TRIBUNE, SENECA, KANSAS Monday July 9, 1934. Page 2.
Find Mother's Family History
Told of Her Life in Application for A Pension
In the not-to-be described litter of odds and ends which are stacked heap on heap in the two little front rooms of the home of Myrtle Latimer, Sheriff Charles E. Carman and newspaper men Saturday morning found a brief account of Mrs. Marrietta Bishop's earlier life. It is written in the first person and probably was inscribed by Mrs. Bishop herself before old age made her an invalid.
Mrs. Bishop was seeking a pension. There are large envelopes containing endless documents showing how zealously the late Congressman O. R. Anthony, Jr. and other representatives were working to secure a pension for the old lady.
Seneca people recall Mrs. Bishop's life here for more than half a century. They speak of her as a lovable lady. One former neighbor says Mrs. Bishop used to do nursing about town and at other times plied her needle as a seamstress. Other neighbors in north Seneca spoke in the highest terms of the frail little woman whom they had occasion to visit prior to January, 1932. After that date they saw her no more. To their friendly inquiries her daughter had the most natural answers.
"Mother is feeling badly today. She cannot see visitors. Perhaps you can call tomorrow."
Or
"Mother is with her sister in Kansas City. She had an operation for cancer of the throat. Yes, thank you, she is doing splendidly and we think she'll get well now."
Up to the summer of 1931, Mrs. Marrietta Bishop drew $15 a month county aid. She was getting a pension of $30 a month from the government. In view of depressed conditions, it probably was considered this sum adequate to maintain the mother and daughter whose wants were believed to be few.
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The Knoxville Journal, Knoxville, Tennessee, 8 July 1934 -
Mystery Man in Death Case - Nephew of Slain Woman Is Held by Kansas Officers
Seneca, Kansas. July 7. A mysterious figure tonight entered the investigation of the death of Mrs. Marietta C Crocker Bishop, 88, whose dismembered b body was found where it had lain nearly three years.
Tentatively identified as Ray Crocker of
St. Louis, presumably a nephew of the aged Civil War widow, authorities learned he receivevrd Mrs. Bishop's pension check after her death.
Her daughter Mrs. Myrtle Latimer, 55, who confused she allowed her mother's body to lie on her deathbed for several months before dismembering and cremating parts of it, was held for questioning by federal agents.
She refused to comment on the existence of "Crocker".
According to Mrs. Latimer's story to Sheriff C. E. Carman, Mrs. Bishop died of natural causes January 1, 1932. Desiring to continue collection of her mother's war pension checks, she failed to report the death or provided burial Instead she told authorities she concealed part of the body in a small trunk and cremated the rest.
The Courier-Tribune, Oct. 26, 2016)
The startling headlines on the front page of the Courier on July 9,1934.)
A GOULISH HOAX BARED
HOLD MYRTLE LATIMER
Arrested After Discovery She
Hid Mother's Body 2 1/2 Years
So She Might Collect Pension.
A SCENE OF UTTER FILTH
Interior the Latimor Horror House Almost Beyond the Descriptive Power of Newspaper Men
Is There Chance It Was Murder?
(Her daughter, Myrtle Latimer said her mother died peacefully in her sleep on January of 1932. She wanted to still collect her mother's Civil War Pension check of $30. so kept her mother's death a secret. Myrtle was convicted on charges of forgery and defrauding the federal government. In December 1934 she pled guilty and was sentenced to three years at Alderson, West Virginia, in a women's federal prison.)
On August 6, the paper reported on the mother's delayed burial. "The remains of Mrs. Marietta Bishop, whose body was hidden two and a half years by her daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Larimer, were laid to rest Tuesday morning in the Seneca cemetery, near the grave of Mrs. Bishop's second husband, John Bishop.
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COURIER TRIBUNE, SENECA, KANSAS Monday July 9, 1934. Page 2.
Find Mother's Family History
Told of Her Life in Application for A Pension
In the not-to-be described litter of odds and ends which are stacked heap on heap in the two little front rooms of the home of Myrtle Latimer, Sheriff Charles E. Carman and newspaper men Saturday morning found a brief account of Mrs. Marrietta Bishop's earlier life. It is written in the first person and probably was inscribed by Mrs. Bishop herself before old age made her an invalid.
Mrs. Bishop was seeking a pension. There are large envelopes containing endless documents showing how zealously the late Congressman O. R. Anthony, Jr. and other representatives were working to secure a pension for the old lady.
Seneca people recall Mrs. Bishop's life here for more than half a century. They speak of her as a lovable lady. One former neighbor says Mrs. Bishop used to do nursing about town and at other times plied her needle as a seamstress. Other neighbors in north Seneca spoke in the highest terms of the frail little woman whom they had occasion to visit prior to January, 1932. After that date they saw her no more. To their friendly inquiries her daughter had the most natural answers.
"Mother is feeling badly today. She cannot see visitors. Perhaps you can call tomorrow."
Or
"Mother is with her sister in Kansas City. She had an operation for cancer of the throat. Yes, thank you, she is doing splendidly and we think she'll get well now."
Up to the summer of 1931, Mrs. Marrietta Bishop drew $15 a month county aid. She was getting a pension of $30 a month from the government. In view of depressed conditions, it probably was considered this sum adequate to maintain the mother and daughter whose wants were believed to be few.
***************************************************************************
The Knoxville Journal, Knoxville, Tennessee, 8 July 1934 -
Mystery Man in Death Case - Nephew of Slain Woman Is Held by Kansas Officers
Seneca, Kansas. July 7. A mysterious figure tonight entered the investigation of the death of Mrs. Marietta C Crocker Bishop, 88, whose dismembered b body was found where it had lain nearly three years.
Tentatively identified as Ray Crocker of
St. Louis, presumably a nephew of the aged Civil War widow, authorities learned he receivevrd Mrs. Bishop's pension check after her death.
Her daughter Mrs. Myrtle Latimer, 55, who confused she allowed her mother's body to lie on her deathbed for several months before dismembering and cremating parts of it, was held for questioning by federal agents.
She refused to comment on the existence of "Crocker".
According to Mrs. Latimer's story to Sheriff C. E. Carman, Mrs. Bishop died of natural causes January 1, 1932. Desiring to continue collection of her mother's war pension checks, she failed to report the death or provided burial Instead she told authorities she concealed part of the body in a small trunk and cremated the rest.
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