Posted
2:58 PM
by Gene
Another would-be member of the EBAY community:A renowned map dealer accused of stealing centuries-old artifacts from Yale University is scheduled to be in court Tuesday in a case that investigators hope will lead them to several antique maps that recently disappeared from other libraries....
[Edward Forbes (!)] Smiley [the Third!], 49 was arrested on larceny charges June 8 after a librarian at Yale's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library found a razor blade on the floor. Police confronted Smiley, who had been reviewing rare books, and asked whether the blade was his.
"Yes it is," he nervously replied, according to a police report. "I must have dropped it. I have a cold."Trying to unblock your nose?