PITTSBURGH -- Maybe the vandals who spray painted the Carnegie Library in Oakland should have read some of the books inside first.
Unusual graffiti was found written on parts of the library on Forbes Avenue on Monday morning, WTAE Channel 4's Sheldon Ingram reported.
"I wish I were a pair of ragged claws scuttling across the floors of silent seas," said a note on a wall, attributed to J. Alfred Prufrock.
Instead of crediting Prufrock, the quote should have been attributed to T.S. Eliot and his poem, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."
"They should come into the library and use our services," library spokeswoman Suzanne Thinnes said.
On the library steps, a message said "for freedom - enter here." Another message said, "This is not a good way to handle my problems."
The library staff agrees.
"We were obviously very upset," Thinnes said. "That requires a lot of staff time, as well as money that could be used to go into library services."
Surveillance video shows that the graffiti vandals are two white males, and that they spray painted the building at 2:25 a.m. Monday, according to the library.
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