Old Drum Statue at the Johnson County Missouri Courthouse on Holden Street

ID: 3 ~ Source: Missouri State Archives ~ Creator: Missouri State Archives ~ Date: undated

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Old Drum Statue

By University of Central Missouri History Program Paxton Stover & Dr. Jon Taylor

On October 28, 1869, Charles Burden found his favorite dog, Old Drum, shot dead. Burden learned that his neighbor and brother-in-law, Leonidas Hornsby, had killed Drum because he had been harassing his livestock. Burden, with the help of lawyer…