VANDALISM IN FLAT

Evening Star, Issue 19637, 17 August 1927, Page 1

VANDALISM IN FLAT

Jj-JU.I HJ(J D.\MAG'K DON)-;. 'The police arc looking for members of a parly of men who entered an unoccupied Fifth avenue apartment and wantonly did damage ol ,i'2tl ; UUo to £30,000 (reports the New York correspondent of the ‘ Manchester Guardian '). 'Two who are already in custody are the doorman and the lilt operator, and one of the men tor whom they atv .searching is a former employee. The men were irresponsibly drunk. Among the valuable paintings almost irreparably damaged arc Vandyck’s ‘ Portrait of the Marehcsa Limellini and Her Two Childieo,’ valued at .CTO,O(X), and Rubens's ‘Portrait ol an Old Man/ worth ,L'3,UUO. The keyboard on a pipe organ, which cost Li,ooo, was .smashed chandeliers destroyed, and furniture reduced to firewood. The vandals ale a ham which they found in the ice sale, ami used iho hone to destroy the mirrors and glass doors. The paintings and other objects injured arc worth L’GO.OOib but can bo partially repaired, leaving the final loss as stated. Tito owner of the apartment is Mr G. B. I.ihtne, and the house is in the heart of tie million a ires’ colony.