STOLEN FROM CHATEAU AT VERSAILLES
VALUED AT TEN MILLION FRANCS
THIEVES SCALE TOWER WITH LADDERS.
(United Press Association.—Copyright.) (Sydney Sun Cable.) PABIS, 12th October. Thieves broke into the gem room of the Chateau do Chantilly at Versailles, and carried off the famous Grand Conde Kose diamond, valued at ten million francs* as well as other valuables.
The robbery was most daring. The thieves evidently arrived in a lorry, carrying long ladders. They knew the attendants were sleeping in an opposite wing to the treasure tower where the diamond was stored. There is a drawbridge connecting the park and the treasure tower. This is raised at night time, but the thieves threw a ladder across, thus gaining access to the walls of the tower, which they scaled. One thief kept watch while the others rifled the cases of all pocketablo articles, including the Condo diamond. Other articles of artistic interest were not touched, including priceless enamels by Cellini.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 91, 14 October 1926, Page 11
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