THE LOST GAINSBOROUGH.
A Confession. [Special to Pbess Association.] BRUSSELS, July 24. Adam "Wirth, a noted thief, at present undergoing a term of imprisonment in Louvain gaol, haß confessed to the theft of the Duchess of Devonshire's 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 Continent, 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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Star (Christchurch), 25 July 1893, Page 3
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118THE LOST GAINSBOROUGH. Star (Christchurch), 25 July 1893, Page 3
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