transport McCurdy to the Boot Hill section of the Summit View Cemetery in Guthrie, Oklahoma. A graveside service attended by approximately 300 people was conducted after which McCurdy was buried next to another outlaw Bill Doolin. To ensure that McCurdy's body would not be stolen, two feet (60 cm) of concrete were poured over the casket. See also Jeremy Bentham, whose mummified remains were put on display, in accordance with his will. Jonah Hex, a fictional, comic–book character whose post-demise exploits in The Last Jonah Hex Story echo McCurdy's posthumous fate. References Bibliography External links Urban Legends Reference Page: Elmer McCurdy The Straight Dope: Was a dead body found inside an amusement park "mummy"? Grave of Elmer McCurdy the Sideshow Mummy Sideshow World: Elmer McCurdy 1880 births 1911 deaths 20th-century American criminals People shot dead by law enforcement officers in the United States Train robbers American bank robbers Burials in Oklahoma Deaths by firearm in Oklahoma Mummies Outlaws of the American Old West People from Knox County, Maine Criminals from Oklahoma Sideshow attractions People from Cherryvale, Kansas Criminals from Maine