Below please find the FBI theft notification from Alice Hudson WITHOUT ATTACHMENT. Apologies to those who were inconvenienced by the large attached jpeg. Attachments are not typically allowed via Maps-L but I made an exception in this case in order to widely distribute the photograph of Forbes Smiley III. -a- ================================================ MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ================================================ Subject: recent rare map thefts! Date: Thurs, 7 Jul 2005 From: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] ----- Message from [log in to unmask] on Wed, 06 Jul 2005 11:28:06 +1000 ----- To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [ILAB Security] Fwd: Theft notification from the FBI To send messages to the ILAB Security mailing list, please send to [log in to unmask] For the information of members >FBI ALERT/REQUEST FOR INFORMATION >The Federal Bureau of Investigation has requested that this Alert/Request >for Information be posted on this listserve. > >On Wednesday, June 8, 2005, an individual identified as Edward Forbes >Smiley III, age 49, (photo attached) of, among other places, Martha's >Vineyard, Massachusetts, was arrested by local authorities in Connecticut >for the alleged theft of a map from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript >Library, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. The map allegedly >stolen was the New England map from John Smith's Advertisements for the >unexperienced planters of New-England ? (London, Printed by I. Haviland? >1631.) > >Smiley is alleged to have visited the reading room at the Beinecke Library >on June 8, where he allegedly surreptitiously cut the above-described map >from the volume. There were allegedly additional maps found in Smiley's >possession that appear to have been stolen from the Beinecke Library, as >well as several additional maps whose previous owner remains >unidentified. In the aftermath of the arrest, the FBI has been in contact >with certain other rare book libraries and learned that those institutions >are finding rare maps missing from volumes that Smiley had viewed. > >The FBI requests that institutions holding rare maps in their collections >review their records and collections as soon as possible 1) to determine >whether Mr. Smiley reviewed books/maps in their possession and 2) to >determine whether any maps are believed missing. > >The FBI requests that any information be provided to Special Agent Steve >Kelleher, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 600 State St., New Haven CT >06511; telephone (203) 503-5116. > Visit our home page at http://www.cornstalk.com.au(See attached file: Smiley.jpg)_______________________________________________ Security mailing list To send messages to the ILAB Security mailing list, please send to [log in to unmask] http://mailman.rockingstone.nl/mailman/listinfo/security --