FORGERY OF RELICS
SPECTACULAR ART IMPOSTER. A TERM OF IMPRISONMENT. (Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, January 17. Hunter Charles Rogers, the most spectacular art imposter of the century, was sent to goal for a year for forging .of relics of famous men. He obtained considerable notoriety oy claiming to have dug up Shakespearean relics and treasures in a garden in Warwickshire. and claiming that a humble cottage at Slough was packed with Shakespearean manuscript, a marriage certificate, and even cloaks alleged to have been worn at theatrical performances. Experts were induced to visit and inspect the collection, and one after another pronounced them forgeries, though so clever that it took time to arrive at definite conclusions. Nevertheless Rogers persisted, and continued to gather together collections of alleged relics of Milton, Penn, Gray, and many others, pursuing his strange hobby until he found himself in gaol to-day.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20310, 19 January 1928, Page 9
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