THE LOST GAINSBOROUGH.
CONFESSION OF THE THEFT. Vttu iutcttttoß-£l«etoie Telegraph—Copyright. Brussels, July 24. Adam Wirfcb, a noted thief, at present undergoing a term cf imprisonment in the Louvain gaol, has confessed to the theft cf the Duchess of Devonshire picture. Wirth is now believed to have been concerned in the late Hatton Gardens and post office robberies in London, and is also credited with having committed many audacious bank, jewellery, and other robberies on the Coutineut, in America, and at Capetown, which have baffled the efforts of the police to bring the offender to justice. The picture was stolen for the sake of ransom money, which, however, the thief was unable to claim. The whereabouts of the picture is unknown.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 8544, 26 July 1893, Page 5
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