Thanks to Ruth Pride for bringing the following Indianapolis Star wire news report to our attention. "Vandals damage 50 to 100 headstones at South Bend cemetery" http://www.indystar.com/data/wire/out/0122ap_m0l2b9s009.html This was at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in South Bend, which has 5,000 some gravestones and was mentioned in the earlier post about damage possibly being covered by plot-owners homeowners policies. The local story is on the South Bend Tribune's website at: http://www.southbendtribune.com/local/ under "Local News". The link is too long to post here, but I'll add one to the INPCRP Cemeteries in the News page in case you have trouble accessing the story from their main page. Lois

My Grandmother use to tell of people staying beside the freshly dug graves of ancestors so grave robbers couldnt steal the body and sell it for medical research. Has anyone heard of this? Also, in reference to the South Bend article. I think people who vandalize cemeteries are as low as it gets. Bring back the death penalty please. Mark Davis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lois Mauk" <loismauk@home.com> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 8:34 PM Subject: [INPCRP] Vandals damage 50 to 100 headstones at South Bend cemetery > Thanks to Ruth Pride for bringing the following Indianapolis Star wire news > report to our attention. > > "Vandals damage 50 to 100 headstones at South Bend cemetery" > http://www.indystar.com/data/wire/out/0122ap_m0l2b9s009.html > > > > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > Blessed are the Elderly, for they remember what we will never know. > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/02