The following day a notice was set to appear on the police blotter of the New York Times. It was a small story about an insignificant yet baffling theft.
According to the article, a mummy had been reported stolen from the basement of the American Museum of Natural History. A security guard was suspected of the theft, since he disappeared the same night as the missing mummy. The only evidence left behind were five smashed jars that were part of the mummy’s collection.
Unfortunately, that same day a brawl broke out at a Dodgers game in Brooklyn. The fight spilled off the field and out into the streets. Police were called, and dozens of arrests were made. The event was unprecedented and drove all mention of the museum theft out of the newspaper entirely.