Jesse James' Death Hoax and Buried Treasures

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The following YouTube video is a must see for Jesse James fans: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48Ec6dMHz5g

There are many people interested in the true identity of James Lafayette Courtney. Here are just a few links to other sites on this subject:

1. The highlight of my writing career occurred when Jonathan Grupper Productions filmed a segment regarding my claim for The History Channel that premiered on "This Week In History", April 2, 2001 and is still aired periodically. Here is a link to - The History Channel

2. Check out this site for many links related to Gunfighters of the Old West - Gunfighters.com

3. Here's a link to an article I wrote for the January, 1999, Texas Electric Cooperatives Magazine - Jesse James was my Great-Grandfather

4. Follow this link to a site by Sharon Ivy. Sharon's husband and his cousin David Hedgpeth had always heard they were related to Jesse James via the Caraway family. These families are also interested in learning about the true identity of James Courtney - Courtney, Caraway, James Family Connections

5. Check out this site for information about the Confederate Army's alliance with Europe. Click here to visit the site Tony Jones and David Collier have created to commemorate The Confederate States Allied Europe

6. Here is an interesting site published by David Hedgpeth. He has a great deal of interest in the identity of James Courtney and the history of the James family. - David Hedgpeth's site

7. This is a site by Dan Reddell, a gentleman interested in the genealogy of the James family and in determining the true story behind the identity of James L. Courtney - Dan Reddell's site

8. Featured on the Web site Outlaws & Gunslingers Legends. Click here to view.

9. Featured on the editorial section of Wild West Magazine. Click here to view.

10. Cooking with Carino - The official site of Chef Johnny Carino Star of PBS televisions “Break Me off A Piece Of That"

11. Dan Duke's Gold Talk

12. Betty Dorsett Duke, Branches and Roots

13. Cheyenne WY Museum - Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum & Store
14. Betty's MySpace page

15. Jim Janke's "Old West"

15. Loret Love’s “Secret Art, Key to the Grail Code”

Friends of Jesse James In Texas:

The following YouTube video is a must see for Jesse James fans: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48Ec6dMHz5g

Now Available! The TRUTH About Jesse James by Betty Dorsett Duke

Betty Dorsett Duke’s provocative new book, The Truth About Jesse James, makes a convincing case that Jesse James pulled off one of the biggest hoaxes in American history by getting away with his own murder. Despite 1996 DNA results highly touted as proving with a high degree of certainty that Jesse James died and is buried in Kearney, Missouri just as history reports, the author presents findings from her investigation of the 1995 exhumation and subsequent DNA testing showing why they are tainted and proved absolutely nothing. Read more

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** Review by Emmett C. Hoctor--the historian who conceived the idea to exhume Jesse James for DNA testing **

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Hoctor Contra James

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Mr. Emmett C. Hoctor conceived the excellent plan to exhume the reported grave of Jesse James in Kearney, Missouri for DNA testing in order to prove, or disprove, the age-old rumor that Bob Ford did not shoot him dead on April 3, 1882 and is not buried where history reports. He chose Prof. James E. Starrs to head the 1995 exhumation project, but now regrets his decision because of Prof. Starrs' unscientific and unprofessional handling of his "baby".

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A Welcome from Betty Dorsett Duke, great-granddaughter of the man known in Texas as James Lafayette Courtney:

Thank you for visiting. I am a great-granddaughter of the man who lived over seventy (70) years of his life using the name of James Lafayette Courtney. I believe my great-grandfather's true identity was Jesse James--the most famous outlaw in American history.

My main objectives in writing my book and in sponsoring this site are as follows:

1. To establish my great-grandfather's true identity and tell his story.

2. To correct the historically accepted version of the life and death of Jesse James.

After eight years of intensive research, I have unearthed strong circumstantial evidence indicating that Jesse James and James Courtney were one and the same.

However, some are understandably skeptical of my claim because of the 1995 exhumation, and subsequent DNA testing of the purported grave of Jesse James in Kearney, Missouri. Exhumation project leader, Professor James E. Starrs, touts that those DNA results proved with a 99.7 degree of certainty that Jesse James lies at rest in that questioned grave. But my investigation of Starrs' findings has yielded a much different conclusion---the 1995 exhumation and subsequent DNA testing proved absolutely nothing because of the following reasons:

1. The questionable origin of the teeth and hair used for DNA testing, and

2. The questionable genealogy of the DNA reference source.

Join me to see what I have discovered in my research and decide for yourself.

"When stemm and tryst James L. Courtney is my heist."

-James L. Courtney/Jesse James

I believe this entry from his diary is just one indication that Grandpa stole the name James L. Courtney. Stemm: a line of descendants from a particular ancestor. Tryst: a prearranged meeting place. Heist: a robbery.

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