Warrenton, May 2—Monuments twisted from their bases, broken marble slabs and wrecked graves greeted visitors to Fairview cemetery this morning. The preceding night vandals had gone through this beautiful city of the dead and 35 plots suffered damage.
The wreckage was not confined to any section or family but seemed utterly aimless. A few tracks made as the tombs were hurled from their bases are the only clues left and these are useless as the number of visitors attracted crossed these and made the use of bloodhounds impractical.
No reason can be attributed for the crime.
From the front page of the Concord Times, Monday, May 3, 1926
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