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Ross Olszewski of the Jamestown Police Department is pictured Monday morning taking photographs at Dow Park. A copper statue part of the “Underground Railroad Tableau” series was stolen sometime between Thursday and Monday.
P-J photo by Eric Tichy
Jamestown police are looking for an older-model pick-up truck with a wooden tailgate in connection to the theft of an Underground Railroad statue from Dow Park.
The statue may have been spotted in the vehicle Saturday between noon and 3 p.m. on Washington Street heading north toward Fluvanna Avenue.
The statue, which is part of a series tiled “Underground Railroad Tableau” and created by the late David Poulin had just recently been cleaned, with the assistance of the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation, and re-installed last Thursday. City Parks Department employees realized Monday that the statue was missing and contacted the police department.
etichy@post-journal.com
Jamestown police on Tuesday said it is looking for an older-model pick-up truck with a wooden tailgate following the theft of a statue from Dow Park.
P-J photo by Eric Tichy
Jamestown police are looking for an older-model pick-up truck with a wooden tailgate in connection to the theft of an Underground Railroad statue from Dow Park.
The statue may have been spotted in the vehicle Saturday between noon and 3 p.m. on Washington Street heading north toward Fluvanna Avenue.
The statue, which is part of a series tiled “Underground Railroad Tableau” and created by the late David Poulin had recently been cleaned with the assistance of the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation and re-installed last Thursday. City Parks Department employees realized Monday that the statue was missing and contacted the police department.
etichy@post-journal.com This statue honors the anonymous fugitives who touched Jamestown in the pursuit of freedom along the underground railroad.
Ross Olszewski of the Jamestown Police Department is pictured Monday morning taking photographs at Dow Park. A copper statue part of the Underground Railroad Tableau series was stolen sometime between Thursday and Monday.
P-J photo by Eric Tichy
A statue part of a series at Dow Park in Jamestown memorializing the local Underground Railroad movement appears to have been stolen. The piece is one of three at the park created by the late David Poulin titled “Underground Railroad Tableau.”
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BUFFALO, NY (WBFO) – Jamestown Police are looking for the whereabouts of a 500-600-lb. statue memorializing the Underground Railroad.
Jamestown Police said Parks Department employees reported the copper statue missing Monday morning from its home in Dow Park. The statue, one of three entitled “Underground Railroad Tableau” by sculptor David Poulin, represents the path to freedom through Jamestown to Canada.
The statue in “Underground Railroad Tableau” was reported missing from Jamestown’s Dow Park Monday. JAMESTOWN POLICE / FACEBOOK
The missing statue is that of “Tom,” a runaway slave in torn clothing, his hand outstretched toward another statue, that of Catherine Harris. Harris and her father were the first “colored” people in Jamestown when they moved there from Pennsylvania in 1831. Nearby is a plaque, describing a reward of $150 for Tom’s return.