Some book worms live outside the law
MADISON, Wis. - A man smashed a display case at the Wisconsin Historical Society to steal a Revolutionary War-era book worth $5,000, authorities say.こういう輩はさっさと吊るせ。む、ウィスコンシン州は全米で最初に死刑全面廃止した州か…*2。
Matthew Brooke, 26, [...] went to the Historical Society on Thursday, [...] and smashed the window on a second-floor antique display case with his elbow. He allegedly swiped the "Pennsylvania Evening Post" from inside the case.
The book is a collection of the newspaper's issues dating from January to April 1777.
A police officer found the book stuck in the waistband of Brooke's pants [...]. Brooke told detectives he took the book because he wanted to read a story on page 106 about a historical figure named William Hill.*1
*1:なんだろう。105頁が開かれて展示されていて、その続きが読みたかったということだろうか。（引用者註）
