ONCE A DON JUAN.
BUT WISER NOW.
A SOCIETY SENSATION. (Received Tuesday, 10.20 a.m.) LONDON, Monday. A curious story of the alleged theft of a miniature valued at £SOO, belonging to Sir Archibald Hamilton, was told at the trial of Baron and Baroness Ostensaeken, both Russians. It is alleged that they had been guests at a tea given by Sir A. Hamilton, who showed them his art collections. After they left, the miniature was missed and the couple arrested on alighting from the boat train at Southampton, when the miniature was found in the possession of the baroness ,who is described as a charming woman. She alleged that when looking over the collection, she admired the miniature, whereupon Sir A. Hamilton said, “You really like it, Baroness,” and thrust it into her hand, adding, “Then it’s yours.” Sir A. Hamilton denied this story, adding that he “might have been a Don Juan in his youth but was older and wiser now.’ The Baron was acquitted, but the Baroness was committed for trial. Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 19 January 1926, Page 5
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177ONCE A DON JUAN. Wairarapa Daily Times, 19 January 1926, Page 5
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