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Hoosier charged with stealing library papers

Federal authorities charged an Indiana man with stealing historical documents from the library at Transylvania University more than a decade ago.

An FBI affidavit unsealed Tuesday charged 70-year-old Eugene Zollman of LaPorte, Ind., with theft of major artwork.

Authorities said Zollman is accused of taking documents of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy during the Civil War, during visits to the university in Lexington in 1994.


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