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Thieves Attempt To Steal Statue From Baylor Memorial
Thieves attempted to steal one of the statues from a campus memorial to 10 Baylor students who died in a tragic bus accident in 1927, but they didn’t get far before the effort collapsed under its own weight.
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Thieves attempted to steal the statue of Abe Kelley (holding the ball) from the campus memorial to Baylor’s Immortal 10.
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WACO (May 26, 2009)—Thieves attempted to steal one of the four statues from a campus memorial to 10 Baylor students who died in a tragic bus accident in 1927, but they didn’t get far before the effort collapsed under its own weight.
The thieves removed the statue of Abe Kelley from the memorial, but it was found just 50 feet away.
A university spokeswoman said the statue was evidently too heavy for the thieves to carry any farther.
It wasn’t damaged.
The memorial features statues of Kelley and three other students who died in the accident.
The other six are depicted in bas-relief.
Kelley was one of the heroes of the crash.
He managed to push teammate Weir Washam out of the bus window moments before the train struck the bus.
The 10 were on their way to a basketball game at the University of Texas on Jan 22, 1927 when a train collided with their bus in Round Rock.
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Ahhhh, Nathan. You are so sweet. We love you too, honey.
Hey Nathan, why don't you just leave Waco and don't forget to take your white hood with the eye holes cut out of it with you!
Sure hope Nathan isn't a prime example of what Baylor is turning out.
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