Re: [Rose-list] thief prosecuted

**j*@uswest.net**

That is so amazing to me!!  How on earth could someone steal something and
derive pleasure from it when they were admiring what they had stolen???? It
makes no sense to me... especially when it is something they know someone else
truly enjoys......wow!
Am I making any sense???
Julie

jgadney wrote:

> Greetings all:
>
> The reports on thefts of plants reminds me of a case I was involved in.
>
> It involved a miserly woman in her 60s who was determined to take all of her
> belongs to heaven, along with other people's. She was particularly
> interested in plants.
>
> I noticed that a few perennials were missing from my border. I knew I
> couldn't blame deer, squirrels or rabbits, so assumed it was some kind of
> human skunk. I kept watch. One evening, just after dark, this senior thief
> stopped at my garden (it was along a sidewalk in front of the house), looked
> all directions to see if anyone was looking and started to pull an
> 8-foot-tall banana tree out of the ground (the tree summered in our Iowa
> garden). I ran out of the house just as she was pushing the tree into her
> car. She got in a sped away. Well, I knew her, got the license number and
> called the police.
>
> The Great Banana Tree Caper was solved in short order. I filed theft and
> property damage charges against her. She pleaded guilty and was fined. After
> the story broke, other people who were victims of plant thefts came forward
> and put the blame on her. They couldn't say for sure, so she wasn't charged
> with any other plant thefts.
>
> I'm a railroad fan, and early this spring purchased a weathervane with an
> old steam locomotive on top (instead of the rooster or whatever). I placed
> it on a pole in our front yard. It was gone the next morning, as was the
> pole. I liked that ornament. If I ever find another, it won't go in the
> front yard.
>
> I keep most of my plants in the back yard where it's harder for thieves to
> enter. Perhaps I could train some of the rabbits to be Attack Bunnies.
>
> John G. Adney
> Marion, Iowa (zones 4-5)
>
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