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...They're murderers. That's my tree. They can't cut that down. I believe it's a big plot, a conspiracy between a whole lot of people to cut that tree down. That's how much power the Lampoon...
...Former Cambridge Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci, on the city's removal of the locust tree formerly located outside the Harvard Lampoon's One Freedom Square headquarters. The Lampoon president denied any association with the tree's demise. But the Cambridge arborist said members of the semi-secret society, which periodically publishes a humor magazine, contributed to the gradual deterioration of the former Mt. Auburn St. landmark by attacking it last year. Over 140 axe marks were found in the tree when it was felled, some of which were six inches deep...
...said that the Lampoon staff had attacked thetree last year, about two-and-a-half months afterasking the city to cut it down. When removed, hesaid, the tree had about 140 axe marks, and anarea around its circumference had been completely"debarked." Some of the cuts were as deep as sixinches, he said...
Dean of Students Archie C. Epps lll said that"some persons--we do not know if they were membersof the Lampoon--attacked the tree...in effectkilling the tree...
Epps said that the Lampoon had agreed to payfor the tree's removal in the aftermath of lastyear's incident. He added that the organizationhad also agreed to make amends for the dark deedby planting another tree in its place, as well asnumber of others in the general vicinity