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The Missouri Historical Review, Voulme LXXXIX, Number 3, April 1995 article, "Catalyst for Terror: The Collapse of the Women's Prison in Kansas City" by Charles F. Harris, page 290-306 contains the following names:

1.) Nancy "Nannie" Harris McCorkle, daughter of Reuben Harris and Laura Fristoe Harris, born in 1844. Thomas Harris, brother, rode with Quantrill along with Jabez McCorkle, husband died in 1863 from gunshot wound to leg. Brother-in-law, John McCorkle rode with Quantrill. Laura Fristoe Harris was aunt to the Younger brothers.
2.) Charity McCorkle Kerr - sister to John and Jabez McCorkle, married to Nathan Kerr, Quantrill guerrilla.
3.) Armenia Crawford Selvey, sister to Susan Crawford Vandever, were neices to Rueben Harris, cousins of Nannie Harris McCorkle. Their brother, Riley Crawford, was Quantrill's youngest guerrilla.
4.) Susan Crawford Vandever. See above. Footnote indicates reference to June Baldwin Bork, Burnett's and Their Connections (Apple Valley, Calif.: June Baldwin Bork, 1989), I: 387.
5.) Josephine Anderson, age 14, sister to William "Bloody Bill" and Jim Anderson, Quantrill guerrillas.
6.) Mollie Anderson, age 16, same as above.
7.) Janie Anderson, age 10, same as above. (not arrested)
8.) Sue Munday, orphan, arrested with the Anderson girls.
9.) Mattie Munday, orphan, same as above.
10.) Mollie Grindstaff, arrested with the Munday girls.

When the building collapsed all ten girls were on the second floor. Charity Kerr was ill in bed, Grindstaff was fixing her hair with several girls watching them on the floor. Nannie McCorkle and Mollie Anderson went down the hall to get a bucket of water. The ceiling cracked and the building collapsed in a cloud of dust. The casualties were:

1.) Charity McCorkle Kerr, died.
2.) Susan Crawford Vandever, died.
3.) Armenia Crawford Selvey, died.
4.) Josephine Anderson, died.
5.) Mollie Anderson, severley injured.
6.) Mollie Grindstaff, slightly injured.

I will have to locate the reference, but history has it that the four victims were buried in Raytown cemetery.

Hope this helps.
Howard Mann

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