Mar 17, 2010

Student Is Accused of Stealing and Selling Valuable Historic Letters



(NYTimes) William John Scott is a freshman at Drew University. He studies political science. He plays defense on the lacrosse team. He describes himself on Facebook as a night person who likes to party.
But federal prosecutors say he is something else: a busy archives thief who stole famous letters written by a founder of the United Methodist Church and world leaders, including Abraham Lincoln and Madame Chiang Kai-Shek. Continued


Image: Library of Congress

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