b'McCurdys Mummy: The Bandit Who Wouldnt Give UpBy Michael Zimmerman, M.D., Ph.D. February 18, 2 p.m. (Bradford movie theater)Following a train robbery In 1911,Elmer McCurdy and his gang were surrounded by a sheriffs posse and Elmer was fatally shot. Instead of being buried, he was kept in a back room of the funeral parlor where curiosity seekers could view the mummified bandit who wouldnt give up. Later believed to be a dummy, he landed in a California Funhouse where a film crew discovered this dummy was,in fact, a mummy. Next stop: the Coronersoffice where the mummy gave up theembalmed truth, allowing this now famous outlaw to be sent home for a proper burial. Dont miss this intriguing story told by aretired anthropologist and pathologist who played a role in McCurdys eventual returnto Oklahoma.44 Elmer McCurdy Tombstone | Carleta Latham | CCBYNCSA2.0 | Cropped'