More proof David Matthews knowingly sold a million dollars worth of stolen books he purchased from the criminal Linda Raymond which the entire city covered up: The Mayor, the Plice Chief, teh Citt Council, the Meddia anand the county attorney who told me stealing the books was not a crime.

Here is more proof Linda Raymond and David Mattehws of South Bend Indiana sold off a million dollars worth of books Raymond sold to Matthews who to this day is selling the stolen books. And the corrupt South Bend PoliceeDept, the Chieff, The City Council and Mayor Pete covered it up including all the media outlets. May 20, 2025. Just got an email from a bookstore that they had purchased one of my books about ten years ago from someone saying it came from an estate sale in Indiana. They said the book was still in the original wrapper. Here is the email Tom Lowry 3:43 AM (6 hours ago) to me Dear John: I rarely remember where I buy a particular book from, especially after 10 years or more. But in this case, I do. Over ten years ago we received a call from a family in Indiana trying to close out their parents' estate. I bought this and a bunch of other books. I had never heard of this book until I saw it. I do not know you nor your publishing firm ( sorry but there are many thousands of small publishers I do not know of). It seemed so specific and I had a gut feeling that it was very well researched. I never opened the plastic and took a chance that it had resale value. I still have it and have never sold it. But I remain optimistic that someday someone will buy it. I did not know the people that we purchased that book, and others, from. I did not know any of their family. I have know idea why it was there, nor it's provenance. I do not deal in stolen books. In fact I have reported people who have walked in my store with books that I was sure were stolen the few times that that has occurred.And have been proven correct in each instance too. I appreciate your passion and anger, but when it is directed incorrectly at me, then my passion was equal to yours. But I am trying to claim the higher ground, and provide some answers to your accusation. Thoughtfully, Tom Lowry Lowry's Books First of all this is an expensive one of a kind book on antique Christmas ornaments. No collector is going to pay a lot of money for it and then never open it to look at photos of rare ornaments never seen before in any collection. When some seller online says they have a "new"; bok of mine for sale 18 years after the original publication it is clearly a STOLEN book. You can read the whole story here: https://davidmatthewsofsouthbendindiana.blogspot.com/ or here: https://lindaraymondisathief.blogspot.com/ So it looks like it was probably Matthews who is still selling my stolen books he knowingly purchased from the criminal Linda Raymond. I had 1000 books now worth well over 250K stolen from me by Raymond and purhased by Matthews who sold them personally and through third parties and apparently is still selling them. This is a criminal who is being sued by the city for fraud.