Katherine Cross

Katherine Cross

Katherine Cross (March 13, 1899 - October 10, 1917) was a young Oklahoma woman who has received notoriety simply for her legendary headstone epitaph, "Murdered by Human wolves."

The death of Katherine Cross has been shrouded in mystery and has caused her grave to become a popular "ghost story" setting amongst local story tellers. Many modern legends pertaining to the unusual epitaph claim that her body was found shredded to pieces, that she was killed by werewolves, or that she was killed by the Ku Klux Klan.

According to the October 25, 1917 Seminole County News, however, Katherine died while under the care of Dr. A.H. Yates and Fredrick O'Neal, a schoolteacher from Konawa who was acting as his assistant. Katherine's death certificate lists the cause of death as a "criminal operation" and many feel that due to the time period and the location, that this was the result of a botched abortion.

This, according to the news article, was the "Second Charge" against the two gentlemen. Dr. Yates and Fred O'Neal were held in county jail for the death of 18 year old Elise Stone. Elise was admitted to Dr. Yates office on August 15, 1917 where she remained for four days, at which time she was taken to his home. Her death, according to Dr. Yates, was the result of a "congestive chill." Although most of Konawa was satisfied with Dr. Yates' decision, the few who were suspicious contacted County Attorney A.G. Nichols. Nichols and the county physician, along with an order by M.L. Rascoe, Justice of the Peace, exhumed the body of Elise to perform an autopsy and the findings also listed the cause of her death as a "criminal operation".

In fiction

Oklahoma author Steven E. Wedel published a fictionalized account of Cross's death in 2004. The novella, titled "Murdered by Human Wolves," was released by Scrybe Press and includes a feature article written by Wedel. In the article Wedel interviews Mary Franklin, a paranormal researcher who had been studying Cross's life and death for several years. Franklin recounts several strange incidents that happened to her in the course of her research.

ources

* [http://www.adaeveningnews.com/siteSearch/apstorysection/local_story_304165150.html Ada Evening News]
* [ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ok/seminole/history/cross.txt Seminole County GenWeb Project]

External links

* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7423442 Find A Grave] entry for Katherine Cross
* [http://www.werewolfsaga.com Steven E. Wedel's Werewolf Saga]


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