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U.S. Civil War veterans' graves robbed in New York

(EXCERPT) GROVELAND, N.Y. -- Grave robbers have dug up the remains of
two Civil War veterans in upstate New York in an apparent search for
military artifacts, a week after the skull and bones of a Civil War
general were stolen from his grave, officials said Tuesday.

"We don't have any idea what was buried with these people, but we
think they were looking for Civil War relics," said James Merrick,
town supervisor in the community of Groveland.

"It takes a certain kind of person to rob jewelry that's buried with
someone," Merrick said.

The incidents m...

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   Brooke Rowe
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