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Tuesday, August 9. 2005

Alleged Map Thief Pleads Innocent

E. Forbes Smiley III, of Martha's Vineyard Massachusetts was charged with stealing antique maps from a Yale Library. They were found on his person when he was arrested in the library lobby on Monday. Today he plead not guilty. Other libraries he’s visited lately are also finding missing maps. Wasn’t there a non-fiction book on this sort of story out recently?

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Map Dealer in Court Yesterday
E. Forbes Smiley III, who was charged with stealing maps from a university library (see previous entry), was in court yesterday: he pleaded not guilty; his next court appearance is scheduled for October 3. More on the arrest from the...
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The book is "The Island of Lost Maps" ISBN : 0753813157, released in 2002
#1 Brent Fraser on 2005-08-09 14:09 (Reply)

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