Fairhope Safe Opened, Marijuana Found Inside
Safe closed since '71 opened
Fri, Jun 20, 2008 11:08 am
Source: blog.al.com
The event was planned and advertised weeks ago: At the new Fairhope Museum of History, officials would open a city safe that had been abandoned and unused since 1971.
What would be inside? Nothing? Old city records?
This morning, a crowd of nearly 30 Fairhopers watched as a locksmith lifted away its heavy, black door. A few called out the obvious -- its shelves were filled with marijuana. The safe apparently had last been used by the Police Department prior to 1971 to store drug evidence.
Among the safe's items were a green diary with a peace symbol drawn on its front and several match boxes filled with dry, 37-year-old dope.
Why was this evidence left behind or forgotten?
"That's not the sort of historical question we'd wanted to have to ask," said Donnie Barrett, the museum's director. "But it's better than nothing."
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azpitts
Sep 17 2008, 3:24 pm
superdanknasty
Aug 29 2008, 3:45 pm
Tim
Jun 23 2008, 11:49 am
Adam
Jun 22 2008, 4:31 pm
maxChron
Jun 21 2008, 2:51 am
Antique Weeds
Jun 20 2008, 8:56 pm
Like a window into the past - an herbal time capsule.
kinder
Jun 20 2008, 7:41 pm
doughboy911
Jun 20 2008, 3:10 pm
hmmmm
Jun 20 2008, 11:47 am
Off Camera: Who Can Roll A Nice Spliff?
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