Jason Savedoff may not have just stolen notable documents from the Maryland Historical Society, as police have charged, but prosecutors say he may have flushed at least one down a toilet as police closed in. Assistant State's Attorney Tracy Varda told a judge Tuesday that the document could not be recovered and it is not clear what it was.Savedoff is de onderzoeksassistent van Barry Landau, een redelijk gerespecteerde verzamelaar van "presidential memorabilia" en auteur van The President's Table: Two Hundred Years of Dining and Diplomacy. Landau was ook aanwezig in de Maryland Historical Society toen Savedoff aangehouden werd en later vond de politie in het appartement van Landau nog allerlei documenten die normaal gesproken niet in particulier eigendom kunnen zijn:
They have traced over 200 of them to repositories in five states and Washington, D.C., and possibly, Cambridge University. Many others are, in the words of a prosecutor, "not the kind of things that are accessible — legally accessible — on the open market": letters written by Napoleon Bonaparte, Marie Antoinette, Sir Issac Newton, Ludwig von Beethoven, and a host of prominent scientists, artists, inventors, writers, and political leaders.Maar wat deed Landau op de ochtend voordat hij betrapt werd in de Maryland Historical Society? Hij deelde cakejes uit aan de staf!
Landau introduced himself as a scholar and donated a copy of his first book to the society, and each time he came bearing cookies. But when officials tried to write him a thank-you note, it was sent back as undeliverable. An email address Savedoff gave also appeared to be invalid. Staff became suspicious and called a meeting, and planned to check their driver's licenses upon the next visit. Of Landau, Arnold said: "He certainly was very personable. He had class. He knew how to conduct himself in a research library." But Savedoff, of whom little is known, was "rough around the edges" and "repeatedly asked naive questions," he said.Waar las ik nou laatst over het fenomeen dat wij nog altijd denken dat dieven er ook uitzien als dieven? En dat dieven dus hun uiterste best doen er als een betrouwbaar iemand uit te zien?
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