A few years ago I read a highly interesting book about the incredible art theft 
by a Texan. The book is still in print: “Treasure Hunt: A New York Times 
Reporter Tracks the Quedlinburg Hoard” by William H. Honan. The army officer 
art thief hid his loot in a cave in Germany before shipping it back to Dallas.

Bill Steele 
Irving, Texas 
speleoste...@aol.com

> On Nov 13, 2019, at 8:52 AM, mmin...@caver.net wrote:
> 
> I'm forwarding this discussion about Tom Meador from the SWR list. Some old 
> timers may have known Tom, who was very active in the Guads. The Meador 
> Pincher in Three Fingers is named after him.
> 
> Mark Minton
> mmin...@caver.net
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [SWR CAVERS] A relative of Tom Meador?
> Date: 2019-11-13 06:28
> From: Steve Peerman <gypca...@comcast.net>
> To: Donald Davis <dgda...@nyx.net>
> Cc: SWR Cavers Group <swrcav...@googlegroups.com>
> 
> Donald,
> According to Ancestry.com,  they are probably related, but only
> distantly.  Both Joel Tom Meador and Joseph Thomas Meador appear in
> family trees that trace their Meador lineage back to England and the
> Meadow surname in the 16th century.  I didn’t pursue the connection
> any further.  It is very strange that their names are so similar, and
> they both lived in Texas, though from different parts.  Joel Tom Meador
> was born in Tom Green County and Joseph Thomas Meador was born in
> Arkansas in 1916 and lived in Grayson County, TX.
> 
>> On Nov 12, 2019, at 8:57 PM, DONALD G. DAVIS <dgda...@nyx.net> wrote:
>> I'm attaching a letter scanned from the magazine Archaeology,
>> Nov.-Dec. 1995, that I happened on today.  Is this letter about art
>> theft in WWII referring to an older relative of caver Joel Tom Meador
>> (who was born in 1943 and would have been too young for the war, and
>> died in 1986, not 1980)?  The coincidences (including the Texas home)
>> seem weird.  (I'd have sent this also to the Texas e-mail group, but
>> am not a member.)
>> --Donald
> <Archaeology 1995 Meador.jpg>
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