14 jul 1959 ano - A second suit filed by 5 Wyandot descendants

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July 14. A second suit was filed in behalf of five Wyandot descendants in Greater Kansas City. Alan Farley represents Chief George Zane, Jr. Marie Hatthorn, Julia Grindel, Ruby Vickers and Dr. Frank Northrup. They noted they were filing in behalf of all tribal descendants in Greater Kansas City. The defendants are the U.S. government, Fred Seaton, Secretary of Interior; the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma, a corporation, and L.C. Maddox, Wyandotte County register of deeds. The suit alleges a treaty in 1855 provides that the portion of the land enclosed and used as a public burial ground, shall be permanently reserved and appropriated for that purpose. The petition asserts the plaintiffs have a personal right to burial in the cemetery without cost that they are being deprived of these rights without due process of law, and are being denied equal protection under law. K.C. Times, July 15 (WNK)