Debt may force Lincoln library and museum to sell artifacts
Police: Stalker sent 65,000 texts, had bath at victim’s home
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The foundation that supports the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum says it might have to sell artifacts if it can’t pay off a decade-old loan that financed items related to the 16th president.
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation has revealed it owes $10 million on a 2007 loan it used to buy the Barry and Louise Taper Collection, which includes a stovepipe hat Lincoln purportedly wore, bloodstained gloves he wore the night he was assassinated and an 1824 book containing the first known example of his handwriting.
The foundation paid $25 million and borrowed $23 million.
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PHOENIX (AP) — A first date turned into a nightmare for a Phoenix man when the woman he met became so obsessed, she bombarded him with more than 65,000 text messages and took a bath after breaking into his house, authorities said in court documents.
The documents filed Wednesday outline a series of incidents in which police say Jacqueline Claire Ades, 31, stalked the victim, who reported he had met her through an online dating website and only gone on one date.
The first incident occurred on April 8 when Ades entered the victim’s home in the upscale Phoenix enclave of Paradise Valley when he was not there, the documents said. due in October 2019.
“We now face significant uncertainty about whether the foundation’s lender will be willing and able to refinance the loan at affordable
Officers said they found Ades taking a bath and that she had a butcher knife in her car.
Ades was arrested on suspicion of criminal trespassing but didn’t show up for a court appearance.
A few weeks later, the victim contacted authorities and said Ades was sending him around 500 texts daily since their date. In some, Ades threatened to kill him and wear his body parts, according to the court documents.
Authorities say Ades also showed up at the victim’s workplace claiming to be his wife.
Paradise Valley police arrested her Tuesday.
Ades remains jailed on suspicion of stalking, threatening and harassment terms,” the foundation said in a statement.
Foundation officials have been in talks with Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s by communication. The charging documents note that she shows indications of being mentally disturbed
Ades gave a rambling jailhouse interview with news outlets Thursday in which she called the man her “soulmate.”
She said she never had any intention of hurting him and did not consider him a victim.
“I just want to love him so much. That’s it,” Ades said.
Ades declined to answer questions about the charges against her.
Her next court appearance is scheduled for Tuesday.
She will be represented by a court-appointed public defender. office about securing state money but say they haven’t received any financial commitments, the foundation said in a news release.
The foundation plans to continue private fundraising and to discuss a plan that includes state funding, but without commitments “it will have no choice but to accelerate the possibility of selling these unique artifacts on the private market, which would likely remove them from public view forever.”
Rauner spokeswoman Patty Schuh called the museum “a jewel for the state.”
“We are certainly working with the Abraham Lincoln Library Foundation as they work through their options,” Schuh said. “We are listening to them and we are listening to their business plan.”