Sword missing for 40 years finally returned by thief

[Mike Wehner]

• A man that stole a sword from the statue of a Revolutionary War general in 1980 has returned the sword and apologized for his theft.
• The man, who is a veteran, said his conscience caught up with him and he had no choice but to fess up.
• The bronze sword was returned anonymously, and the man will not face any charges for his act four decades earlier.

We all do stupid things when we're young. For one man in Massachusetts, the thing that haunted him the most from his days as a reckless youth was the drunken theft of a bronze sword from a statue of a Revolutionary War general in Westfield. Now, four decades after the unfortunate act, the sword has been returned and the man has apologized for his actions.

As AP reports, the man contacted the chair of the Westfield Historical Commission, Cindy P. Gaylord, explaining what had happened 40 years earlier and asking for forgiveness and anonymity. After agreeing to keep the man's identity a secret in exchange for the sword, Gaylord took delivery of the stolen relic from the man and his wife.

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