Editing Skull and Bones (section)

===Crooking===
{{See also|Geronimo#Alleged theft of Geronimo's skull}}
Skull and Bones has a reputation for stealing keepsakes from other Yale societies or campus buildings; society members reportedly call the practice "crooking" and strive to outdo each other's "crooks".<ref name="Mark2006">{{cite journal |first1=Kathrin Day |last1=Lassila |first2=Mark Alden |last2=Branch |year=2006 |title=Whose skull and bones? |url=http://archives.yalealumnimagazine.com/images/issues/2006/05/Yale_Alumn_Magazine.pdf |journal=Yale Alumni Magazine |pages=20–22}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Landrigan |first=Leslie |date=2018-09-17 |title=Skull and Bones, or 7 Fast Facts About Yale's Secret Society |url=https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/skull-and-bones-or-7-fast-facts-about-yales-secret-society/ |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=New England Historical Society |language=en-US}}</ref> The society has been accused of possessing the stolen skulls of [[Martin Van Buren]], [[Geronimo]], and [[Pancho Villa]].<ref name="greenburg">{{cite web |last=Greenburg |first=Zach O. |date=January 23, 2004 |title=Bones may have Pancho Villa skull |url=http://www.yaleherald.com/article.php?Article=2801 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220084748/http://www.yaleherald.com/article.php?Article=2801 |archive-date=December 20, 2008 |access-date=November 5, 2011 |work=[[The Yale Herald]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Citro |first=Joseph A. |url=https://archive.org/details/weirdnewenglandw00jose/page/270 |title=Weird New England |publisher=Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |year=2005 |isbn=1-4027-3330-5 |edition=illustrated |pages=[https://archive.org/details/weirdnewenglandw00jose/page/270 270–71]}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> In January 2010, Christie's canceled a planned auction for  a human skull with links to Skull and Bones.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Christie's drops human skull from auction |date=January 22, 2010 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/01/22/new.york.skull.auction/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100122202428/http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/01/22/new.york.skull.auction/index.html |archive-date=January 22, 2010}}</ref>[[File:Skull and Bones Kingsley.jpg|thumb|The tomb before the addition of a second wing]]
[[File:Yale Skull and Bones facade from angle.JPG|thumb|A 2009 view of the tomb from across High Street]]