A Well-Traveled Corpse

  You've got to feel sorry for Elmer McCurdy—not for his miserable life, but for the miserable 60 years after his death. This bank and train robber was once called “The Bandit Who Wouldn't Give Up,” and that was more true than anyone could have imagined. The man who was born on January 1, 1880 in Maine and died October 7, 1911 in Oklahoma traveled around the nation in one amusement or sideshow after another for six decades until someone gave him a decent burial. Here's how it ha