[MassHistPres] ALERT!! Stolen Monument!!

[Garrett Laws]

One thing that might be a good start is to have local scrap yards made aware
of thefts or even better stop in and introduce yourself to the local
scrap/salvage yard. Don't forget to drop a business card so they have a
contact if they have someone bring in something odd or unusual... If you
know a local police inspector it would probably be helpful to have them do
the same.

Two places I have brought scrap metal to in the past are Anesthis Metals in
Somerville and Minichello Brothers in Everett.

If you befriend the scrap guys and get them on your side, a thief will have
less places to go with their targeted items.

Garrett
The Copper & Slate Company

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Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] ALERT!! Stolen Monument!!


We should all be aware that this is only one example of the type of thefts
that are becoming common throughout the region.  The goal of actions like
this is the copper - which has increased fairly dramatically in value in the
recent past.

Most of the thefts have occurred at construction and utility sites, where
large amounts of copper wire can be found.  However, statues, commemorative
plaques, and the like are also at risk.

I'm not sure what can, realistically, be done to prevent these events.


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: JonBlmrl at aol.com
> Just a repeat of the earlier posting, without the hasty errors.  In an
> effort to get the message out as soon as possible and so perhaps generate
a
> lead,
> the story is being aired on the major networks -who have been very
> cooperative and supportive- and in as many papers as possible: likewise
> helpful.  Thank
> you all so much.
>
> The bronze  cannon sculpture has been stolen from atop the seven foot tall
> Sumner H. Needham granite monument located in the Bellevue cemetery,
> Lawrence,
> Mass.  The theft occurred, we believe, Monday night,  the ninth of
October.
>
> The sculpture consists of two bronze cannon  measuring about 2.5 feet
each,
> crossed at a 90 degree angle and  joined in at the center by a bronze pin
and
>  weld.  I estimate the  weight to be 300 pounds +-.
>
> The sculpture was installed in  2002 as a replacement for the original
which
> went missing perhaps  fifty years ago.
>
> Sumner Needham was a man like so many others who  happened to be in the
> military.  He died for the cause for  which he was fighting.  By
historical
> account
> and by the first  hand record of the pastor who laid him in the grave,
Mr.
> Needham had  the unfortunate distinction and honor of being the first
union
> soldier  to  die in
> the Civil War of the United States.
>
> The monument  was erected by the city in 1862 as a permanent remembrance
of
> the  loss  and to
> the cause for which he died.
>
> The cannon were  pried from their mooring, dropped to the ground and
rolled
> away,  presumably to an awaiting vehicle.
>
> If you have any  information, Please contact us at 978 686 9881 or the
> Lawrence  Police Dept., Detective Mary Bartlet, at 978 794 5900 or email
at
> _redtears17 at aol.com_ (mailto:redtears17 at aol.com)
>
>
>
> Thank you,  Sincerely, Sean F. Sweeney
> Lawrence Civil War Memorial  Guard.
>
>
>
>
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