The “T—” is a reference to the Tomb, the Skull and Bones clubhouse on the Yale campus.

Mead’s letter is a remarkable document.

Written within months of the alleged theft, by a person who was at Yale rather than Fort Sill, it represents the reaction of a fellow Skull and Bones member to news of what his compatriots had done.

The letter names specific individuals: “your club and Knight Haffuer” — Knight Haffuer being the Yale class of 1920 member Charles C.

Haffner Jr., who was at Fort Sill in 1918.