Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1909 — POLICEMAN HELD AS VANDAL [ARTICLE]

POLICEMAN HELD AS VANDAL

Charged With Stealing From Bage Rhododendron Collection. New York, July 12.—One thousand rare hybrid rhododendron plants, valued at $5 each, part of a gift of $50,000 made to Central park by Mrs. Russel Sage, have been dug up and stolen during the past six weeks. Three arrests have been made. The prisoners are a policeman, a chauffeur and a bartender. The plants were carted off in the dead of night in u taxicab. The rhododendons were planted at Mrs. Sage’s expense and comprised the finest collection in the world, having been imported from Belgium.