This message was forwarded to the list from Larry Cruse.--------Johnnie ---------------------------------- Forwarded ---------------------------------- : [log in to unmask] at @UCSD : 1/5/96 9:05AM : map thefts (fwd) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is more information about the Bland/Perry case. Susan, Moderator, LSOlist > From: Cynthia Requardt <[log in to unmask]> > To: Multiple recipients of list <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: map thefts > > The following appeared in the Baltimore Sun today. > > Map Theft Suspect in Custody > > Gilbert J. Bland, Jr., a Florida rare maps dealer suspected in the theft > of valuable maps last month from the George Peabody Library in Baltimore > and other rare books libraries, was being held yesterday by police in > Coral Springs, Fla. > > Police said Mr. Bland, 46, turned himself in Tuesday after learning of > three warrants issued by University of Virginia police last month. The > warrants charge him with felong grand larceny in map thefts from books at > the university's Alderman Library on Dec. 5 and 6. > > He remained in custody yesterday, awaiting an extradition hearing > scheduled for today in Coral springs, police said. > > Ira Still, a Coral Springs attorney who represented Mr. Bland until his > arrest, described his client as "very embarrassed, frightened and upset" > about the Virginia charges. "He always maintained that [the theft at the > Peabody Institute] was the only thing he ever did." > > Mr. Still said he was dismissed by Mr. Bland because "he said he could > not afford an attorney." > > > Cynthia H. Requardt > Kurrelmeyer Curator of Special Collections > Johns Hopkins University > 410-516-5493 > [log in to unmask] > > > -- Susan M. Allen, Director of Libraries and Media Services Kalamazoo College Library, 1200 Academy Street Kalamazoo, Michigan 49006-3285 616-337-7149; FAX 616-337-7143; E-mail: [log in to unmask]