NK - FW: **** I'VE BEEN ROBBED!!!! ****

[Niewoehner, Hugh]

This is off the Calon list.  Edri lives in Fayetteville so it's possible his
goods may show up on this side of the border.  

	Damon
	-posted from off list

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Backlin [mailto:dbackli at YAHOO.COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 6:08 PM
> Subject: **** I'VE BEEN ROBBED!!!! ****
> 
> 
> Sometime between 10 pm last night and noon today, someone 
> broke into my van
> and stole 2 boxes of trim, plus an assortment of buttons and 
> cloak clasps. I
> am missing approximately 75 spools of trim priced anywhere 
> from $1.50 to
> $2.75 per yard, with an estimated retail value of 
> $2500-$3000. The local
> authorities have been notified, but do not understand what 
> "trim" is and do
> not seem inclined to look for the culprit(s).
> 
> Only the metallic trims are missing... non of the 
> non-metallics appear to
> have been touched. I am also missing one 5ft Wal-Mart folding 
> camp table and
> a brown shield-shaped wooden sign with "All the Trimmings/ Ld 
> Edrei the
> Quiet" calligraphed in red paint. This is my means of living, 
> NOT just a
> simple hobby. I have lost nearly half of my inventory to 
> these thieves and
> can not afford to replace all of it immediately (and 
> insurance won't pay for
> it).
> 
> Description of boxes: one Sterlite clear white box with blue lid, one
> Rubbermaid claer blue box with white lid, 3 small square 
> Sterlite boxes (one
> green, 2 blue) containing buttons. 1 clear white box with 
> white lid marked
> "oil pendants".
> 
> The missing items could show up anywhere: at a flea market, a 
> thrift store,
> possibly an SCA event or Civil War re-enactment.
> 
> If any SCA individual finds the boxes of trim, I will 
> commission 2 sets of
> garb trimmed with your choice of trims from my inventory.
> 
> If ANYONE has any information contact me or the Fayetteville AR Police
> Department at 501-587-3555.
> 
> THank you for your time.
> 
> Ld Edrei the Quiet
> mka David Backlin
> 
>