I didn’t remember it quite right. They settled with the IRS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theft_of_medieval_art_from_Quedlinburg
Enough of this. It’s barely cave related. Bill Steele > On Nov 13, 2019, at 10:00 AM, Bill Steele <cwilliamste...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > The guy who sent the art back to Texas kept it hidden in an apartment in > Dallas where he took men he met in bars to impress them. When he passed away > his family found it and attempted to get it appraised and sold. They sold > some of it before an appraiser saw that one item was listed as missing art > stolen by the Nazis. He alerted the NYT reporter. One or more family members > were convicted of tax evasion and sent to prison. Or at least that’s how I > remember the story. > https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-01-08-ca-8092-story.html > > Bill Steele > >> On Nov 13, 2019, at 9:45 AM, mmin...@caver.net wrote: >> >> According to the Archaeology article I attached, it wasn't a theft of art, >> but rather an attempt to protect it from being seized by Russian forces. I >> guess it all depends on your point of view. >> >> Mark M >> >>>> On 2019-11-13 10:06, Bill Steele wrote: >>> 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> >> _______________________________________________ >> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >> Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ >> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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