DNA Study: Bones Not Those of James Gang Gunslinger

Published on: 10/10/2011

For decades, the Northfield Historical Society thought it held the bones of the Jesse James gang gunslinger, Charlie Pitts, in its basement. Results from genetic testing of the skeleton, which Reynolds presented at the 22nd International Symposium on Human Identification, confirm earlier DNA findings showing the bones bore no relation to Pitts' descendants.