'Daily Yellowstone Journal,' Miles City, MT
8 January 1885, Image 1 (excerpt):
Frank Conley, assistant deputy United States marshal brought before Judge Staehle yesterday a soldier from Fort Custer named John Kells, a private of troop I (sic), First cavalry, charged with murder of Joseph Burk, of the same group and regiment. Kells plead not guilty. The murder was committed November 15th, last.
'Daily Yellowstone Journal,' Miles City, MT
28 February 1885, Image 8:
The grand jury at Miles City failed to find cause for indicting John Kells, accused of murdering a fellow soldier at Fort Custer, and he was discharged.
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U.S. Registers of Enlistments in the U. S. Army, 1798-1914:
(1st) No record found.
(2nd) Joseph Burke enlisted on October 25, 1876, at San Francisco, California, in Company G, 1st U.S. Cavalry; age 28; born in Dublin, Ireland; occupation, soldier. Discharged October 24, 1881, at Ft. Bowie, Arizona Territory, expiration of service, a corporal.
(3rd) Joseph Burke enlisted on October 25, 1881, at Ft. Bowie, Arizona Territory, in Company G, U.S. 1st Cavalry; age 33; born in Dublin, Ireland; occupation, soldier. "Died Nov. 15 '84, gunshot wound at Ft. Custer, Montana Territory, a private."
Joseph Burke, Company G, 1st U.S. Cavalry, was originally buried in section B, grave 5, at Fort Custer, Montana Territory. When Fort Custer was decommissioned his remains were reinterred at Custer National Cemetery, Crow Agency, Big Horn County, Montana.
Contributor: RunninonMT (49509864)
8 January 1885, Image 1 (excerpt):
Frank Conley, assistant deputy United States marshal brought before Judge Staehle yesterday a soldier from Fort Custer named John Kells, a private of troop I (sic), First cavalry, charged with murder of Joseph Burk, of the same group and regiment. Kells plead not guilty. The murder was committed November 15th, last.
'Daily Yellowstone Journal,' Miles City, MT
28 February 1885, Image 8:
The grand jury at Miles City failed to find cause for indicting John Kells, accused of murdering a fellow soldier at Fort Custer, and he was discharged.
~~
U.S. Registers of Enlistments in the U. S. Army, 1798-1914:
(1st) No record found.
(2nd) Joseph Burke enlisted on October 25, 1876, at San Francisco, California, in Company G, 1st U.S. Cavalry; age 28; born in Dublin, Ireland; occupation, soldier. Discharged October 24, 1881, at Ft. Bowie, Arizona Territory, expiration of service, a corporal.
(3rd) Joseph Burke enlisted on October 25, 1881, at Ft. Bowie, Arizona Territory, in Company G, U.S. 1st Cavalry; age 33; born in Dublin, Ireland; occupation, soldier. "Died Nov. 15 '84, gunshot wound at Ft. Custer, Montana Territory, a private."
Joseph Burke, Company G, 1st U.S. Cavalry, was originally buried in section B, grave 5, at Fort Custer, Montana Territory. When Fort Custer was decommissioned his remains were reinterred at Custer National Cemetery, Crow Agency, Big Horn County, Montana.
Contributor: RunninonMT (49509864)
'Daily Yellowstone Journal,' Miles City, MT
8 January 1885, Image 1 (excerpt):
Frank Conley, assistant deputy United States marshal brought before Judge Staehle yesterday a soldier from Fort Custer named John Kells, a private of troop I (sic), First cavalry, charged with murder of Joseph Burk, of the same group and regiment. Kells plead not guilty. The murder was committed November 15th, last.
'Daily Yellowstone Journal,' Miles City, MT
28 February 1885, Image 8:
The grand jury at Miles City failed to find cause for indicting John Kells, accused of murdering a fellow soldier at Fort Custer, and he was discharged.
~~
U.S. Registers of Enlistments in the U. S. Army, 1798-1914:
(1st) No record found.
(2nd) Joseph Burke enlisted on October 25, 1876, at San Francisco, California, in Company G, 1st U.S. Cavalry; age 28; born in Dublin, Ireland; occupation, soldier. Discharged October 24, 1881, at Ft. Bowie, Arizona Territory, expiration of service, a corporal.
(3rd) Joseph Burke enlisted on October 25, 1881, at Ft. Bowie, Arizona Territory, in Company G, U.S. 1st Cavalry; age 33; born in Dublin, Ireland; occupation, soldier. "Died Nov. 15 '84, gunshot wound at Ft. Custer, Montana Territory, a private."
Joseph Burke, Company G, 1st U.S. Cavalry, was originally buried in section B, grave 5, at Fort Custer, Montana Territory. When Fort Custer was decommissioned his remains were reinterred at Custer National Cemetery, Crow Agency, Big Horn County, Montana.
Contributor: RunninonMT (49509864)
8 January 1885, Image 1 (excerpt):
Frank Conley, assistant deputy United States marshal brought before Judge Staehle yesterday a soldier from Fort Custer named John Kells, a private of troop I (sic), First cavalry, charged with murder of Joseph Burk, of the same group and regiment. Kells plead not guilty. The murder was committed November 15th, last.
'Daily Yellowstone Journal,' Miles City, MT
28 February 1885, Image 8:
The grand jury at Miles City failed to find cause for indicting John Kells, accused of murdering a fellow soldier at Fort Custer, and he was discharged.
~~
U.S. Registers of Enlistments in the U. S. Army, 1798-1914:
(1st) No record found.
(2nd) Joseph Burke enlisted on October 25, 1876, at San Francisco, California, in Company G, 1st U.S. Cavalry; age 28; born in Dublin, Ireland; occupation, soldier. Discharged October 24, 1881, at Ft. Bowie, Arizona Territory, expiration of service, a corporal.
(3rd) Joseph Burke enlisted on October 25, 1881, at Ft. Bowie, Arizona Territory, in Company G, U.S. 1st Cavalry; age 33; born in Dublin, Ireland; occupation, soldier. "Died Nov. 15 '84, gunshot wound at Ft. Custer, Montana Territory, a private."
Joseph Burke, Company G, 1st U.S. Cavalry, was originally buried in section B, grave 5, at Fort Custer, Montana Territory. When Fort Custer was decommissioned his remains were reinterred at Custer National Cemetery, Crow Agency, Big Horn County, Montana.
Contributor: RunninonMT (49509864)
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