VALPARAISO, Ind. — An employee at a northwest Indiana library found a gun inside a hollowed-out book donated to the branch.
The Times of Munster reported Saturday that police in Valparaiso are holding the gun as evidence.
Assistant Library Director Phyllis Nelson said an employee at the Valparaiso branch of the Porter County Public Library discovered the antiquelooking firearm when she opened the book last week.
Police describe the weapon as a gold, wooden-handled, .31-caliber, single-shot, black-powder gun.
Nelson said thousands of books are donated each month and no records are kept.
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