CHURCH ROBBERIES.
VALUABLE ANTIQUITIES.
PARTICULARS OF TEE CRIMES. . BY. TELEGRAM— PRESS ASSOCIATION—OOPI'RIGIIT. " (Rcc. Oct. 14, 11.48 p.m.) " .• ; October. .14. Further particulars havo transpired with regard to tho recently reportod arrest of Antoine Thomas, a merchant, in connection with. tho sratcmatic robbery of antiquarian valuables from French churches. ' Famous reliquary worth £8000, stolen from a 'church at Ambazac, was'.traccd to London, owing to • Thomas's . portfolio (containing a receipt) being found in tho Soino. The French Government demand restitution of the reliquary. '■ A Paris dealer in antiquities confessed that he purchased many rare treasure's- from Thomas.- Surrendered relics included a finger of St. Louis, stolen from, a church at Passy. French detectives have .secured, many, letters •addressed-to Parisian dealer's in antiquities by persons purporting to be secularised monks, stating that, foariiig impending ruin 'owing to tho ppvernment's' policy, they de-sired-to'sell the ohurch treasures, substituing imitations..
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 17, 15 October 1907, Page 5
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143CHURCH ROBBERIES. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 17, 15 October 1907, Page 5
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