Penni,
Please keep the group informed as to what happens with this. I hope they
catch the creeps. If they are doing it in this cemetery, I bet they will do
it in another one. Maybe publicity about it will scare them off????? (We
could always hope)
Angela Tielking
----- Original Message -----
From: "pennijo" <pennijo(a)abcs.com>
To: <INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 10:01 PM
Subject: Re: [INPCRP] cemetery graverobbers
I'd love to see someone make an example of someone who would dig
up a
grave. I'm going to do something about this if at all possible, my titles
have to give me some kind of pull somewhere. I know Jeanie from DNR so I
will call her and let the Historical Society know and I'll put something
in
the paper and do my best to do something about this. There is no way
a
hole
about 6 foot long and 6 foot deep is an act of nature. Plus I about
broke
my
leg falling in one of them so I take that personally. I'm going
to call
the
lady who owns the property and let her know what is going on and
I'm going
to see if she wil let our Society clean up the cemetery and restore it
because it has definiately been vandalized also.
Penni Bennett
pennijo(a)abcs.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ernie & Connie Lasley" <elasley(a)sigecom.net>
To: <INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 9:35 PM
Subject: Re: [INPCRP] cemetery graverobbers
> We have had several incidents here in Gibson County where Civil War
> soldiers graves have been dug up. Even the brass buttons and belt
buckles
> from a uniform bring a high price on eBay, and I have seen Civil War
> artifacts in antique shops that the shopkeeper clamed "were dug up on a
> battlefield", but possibly came from grave robbing.
>
> Besides local law enforcement and State Police, contact Jeannie and the
> DNR, make them aware of what you found. See if you can find the
stones,
> they may be under the pile of dirt, or in the bottom of the hole
covered
> up. You may find that they were Revolutionary War, Civil War, or War of
> 1812 Veterans' graves. Contact the local media, TV, etc and report the
> grave robbing to them, especially if you can confirm it was a War
Soldiers
> grave. What county was this in?
>
> I found one last fall that had a wrought Iron fence around it, the
robbers
> used one section of the fence as a ladder to climb in and out of
the
> grave! I would LOVE to catch someone doing this and make an example
out
> of them.
>
> Ernie
>
> At 07:44 PM 11/17/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> > Recently I went with 2 friends to an old cemetery in the woods. To my
> >disgust I found very, very deep holes near each stone and many stone
that
up
> >and disapered, but where the stones had disapeared were large holes in
the
> >ground. I came to the onclusion that maybe a mystery someone had buried
the
> >stones. Anyways my friends and I think this cemetery has been a vicitm
of
> >grave robbers this summer. Our county police officers
don't seem to be
> >interested. Can anyone tell me what to do to get our police officers
> >interested or to get something done about this? Thank you.
> >Penni Bennett
> >pennijo(a)abcs.com
>
>
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