BostonSu, Can you please link to the information about the handset being disconnected? Everything I've read, including the write-up on charleyproject, where the author is very careful about what qualifies as a "fact" and pulls only from reliable sources and looks up cases in contemporary and new newspaper articles, says "ripped from the wall".
For example: https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2...ries-boston/3F0hZDplpXMUI5TQht85XO/story.html
I had always read "ripped " from the wall.