This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Durrill Yankee Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FMB.2ACE/2371.1 Message Board Post: In the Wednesday, October 28, 1874, p. 1 edition of the Sedalia Daily Democrat, is a long article about the Colorado authorities notifying that the murderer of Mr. Durrill was headed to Pettis Co. James W. Yankee, the accused murderer, was arrested at the home his father, Jacob Yankee, on Flat Creek. He will be extradited to Colorado. Of course, he denies the murder and says it was another man named James. James went to Clear Creek, Colorado with Ira and seven others from Pettis Co. in May of 1874. Ira's brother was visiting the Yankees at the time of the arrest.