Rachel's case notes

People

Dr. Charles Lowry

What we know:

• He is a Civil War professor
• He has been seen frequently at the Y Building where we found the bone.
• He got pretty upset after we found the bone.
• He is working on a biography of General Shegog.
• He is secretly working with student Kevin Stark, who scanned a treasure map at the university.
• He is not the most liked professor at the university.

What we don't know:

• Why he would plant the bone if his work was already a secret.
• If he has found the tunnels.
• If he has a copy of the General's "Treasures of the Academy."
• If he is related to Lowry of the University Greys.
• What the receipt in his garbage can was for.

General Shegog

What we know:

• He was a Civil War general who had a house in Oxford.
• He collected treasure from soldiers and even had his own treasure, a gold crucifix.
• He designed a labyrinth of tunnels beneath the university, where he buried his treasures to hide them from the Union soldiers.

What we don't know:

• Too much to list

Mrs. Shegog

What we know:

• She is the great-great granddaughter of General Shegog.
• She lives in Oxford, in the same house General Shegog once lived in.
• She is in possession of the general's old belongings, including a poem that may lead to the buried treasure.

What we don't know:

• As much as I hate to question her, we're not sure if she's telling the truth about the heart-shaped ruby locket in the newspaper story.

Jerry Boyce/O'Brian, the janitor

What we know:

• He told us a story about another bone sighting on campus that we cannot confirm.

What we don't know:

• If he is the real janitor because a different janitor was spotted near Professor Lowry's office.
• If he's not the real janitor, how is he involved with Professor Lowry?

I.T. Stark

What we know:

• He was a member of the Union army who defected to the Confederate side to join Gen. Shegog.
• He built the tunnels for the general.

What we don't know:

• If Kevin Stark is related to him.

Kevin Stark

What we know:

•  He is a pharmacy student at Ole Miss.
•  He is secretly working with Professor Lowry.
•  He is in possession of a map signed by General Shegog.

What we don't know:

•  If he's related to I.T. Stark.
•  Why he's working with Professor Lowry.

Evidence

The bone

What we know:

• We found it.

What we don't know:

•  Whose bone is it?
•  How did it get there?
•  Did somebody plant it?

The hand-drawn map

What we know:

• It's called Treasures of the Academy.
• It's markings are consistent with the university's layout.
• It's signed and dated by General Shegog.

What we don't know:

• If it's real.
• Why would Kevin Stark have it?
• Where the treasure is located.

The poem, "Treasures of the Academy"

What we know:

• It was found in General Shegog's belongings.
• It is very old and looks authentic.
• At the end, it has a different meter and rhyme scheme.

What we don't know:

• If the poem will lead us to the treasure.
• If anyone else, like Professor Lowry, has a copy of it.