Theft from library unsolved after 40 years

  • The valuable 250 piece carved ivory collection donated to the museum in 1960 by Fred T. Evans, was stolen less than 19 years later. The crime has never been solved.
    The valuable 250 piece carved ivory collection donated to the museum in 1960 by Fred T. Evans, was stolen less than 19 years later. The crime has never been solved.
    The crime of the century in Cherokee County remains unsolved after nearly 50 years.A valuable and unique gift was presented to the Columbus Library in October of 1960. That gift was a 250-piece collection of carved ivory donated to the Columbus Library by Fred T. Evans.Thought to be the largest, and possibly the only, collection of its size in the United States, it was donated to ...

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