elt ▁Highway ▁location . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 7 , ▁it ▁was ▁moved ▁to ▁a ▁location ▁directly ▁behind ▁P ate e ▁House ▁at ▁ 1 2 th ▁and ▁Mitchell ▁in ▁St . ▁Joseph , ▁only ▁two ▁blocks ▁away ▁from ▁its ▁original ▁location , ▁which ▁restored ▁more ▁of ▁its ▁historic ▁context . ▁ ▁The ▁investigation ▁into ▁the ▁shooting ▁death ▁of ▁James ▁was ▁conducted ▁at ▁P ate e ▁House ▁Hotel ▁( former ly ▁the ▁World ' s ▁Hotel ). ▁ ▁Mrs . ▁James , ▁her ▁two ▁children , ▁and ▁J esse ' s ▁mother ▁stayed ▁in ▁P ate e ▁House ▁for ▁two ▁night s ▁after ▁J esse ▁James ▁was ▁killed . ▁ ▁The ▁house ▁has ▁a ▁large ▁bullet ▁hole ▁on ▁the ▁north ▁interior ▁wall . ▁ ▁The ▁hole ▁was ▁actually ▁much ▁smaller ▁but ▁over ▁the ▁years , ▁sou venir ▁hun ters ▁car ved ▁sh av ings ▁from ▁the ▁hole ▁and ▁en larg ed ▁it . ▁ ▁The ▁J esse ▁James ▁Home ▁contains ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁items ▁owned ▁by ▁J esse ▁James ▁and ▁his ▁family . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁top ▁for ens ic ▁scient ist ▁Professor ▁James ▁E . ▁Star rs , ▁of ▁George ▁Washington ▁University , ▁conducted ▁an ▁ex hum ation ▁of ▁the ▁grave ▁of ▁J esse ▁James ▁to ▁sett le ▁persistent ▁controvers y ▁about ▁the ▁remains . ▁In ▁February ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁he ▁announced ▁that ▁DNA ▁tests ▁performed ▁on ▁the ▁remains ▁and ▁compared ▁to ▁the ▁DNA ▁of ▁existing ▁known ▁relatives ▁proved ▁a ▁ 9 9