Ernie Pyle continued to work at his typewriter Sunday afternoon despite the rain, the cold and the sour cream in his eyes. The uprooted plant didn’t disturb him, nor did the tomato on his hand.
It was discovered on Sunday that someone had smashed either a burrito or a gyro on the late WWII correspondent’s statue in front of Franklin Hall and set a large plant in his lap.
IU alumni Ernie Pyle was a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and WWII correspondent who was killed in 1945. The statue was dedicated on Oct. 17, 2014 and sits outside Franklin Hall.
The event was not reported to the Indiana University Police Department, but the only potential for investigation was the uprooted plant, IUPD Capt. Andy Stephenson said.
The police department only involves itself in cases of criminal mischief when there is monetary loss, he said.
There are video cameras in the surrounding area IUPD can use if a crime is reported.
Cody Thompson
