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...noticed last week that someone has stolen the German Constitution of 1849 out of the Library of the Reichstag -not a copy but the original document. "The theft seems to have been committed quite a long time ago," apologized a Reichstag librarian, "but as soon as it was discovered, today, the police were told at once...
...almost impossible to conceive of a motive for the vandalism reported yesterday afternoon from Lowell House. Theft might explain the disappearance of an entire canvas, but could not account for the cutting of the face from a large-sized portrait...
...gallery of Victor Gilbert Lariston Garnet Murray-Kynnyn-mond Elliott, the present (5th) Earl of Minto. Done in the 18th century by the masterful brush of Sir Joshua Reynolds, the ist Lady of Minto's value as last estimated was anywhere up to $150,000. When the theft was discovered His Grace posted a reward of $10,000 for the capture of the thief, the return of his ancestress...
Enemies of President Williams charge that, merely to avoid a church scandal, he has permitted the publishing house books to be doctored to hide the money theft. His friends deny this vehemently. Pierson, they aver, was murdered not because he carried incriminating records, but because he, a notorious philanderer, had vexed some wench's man. This sword of scandal the "enemies" tried to plunge into the head of their convention. But all during last week's sessions Dr. Williams kept bobbing out of harm, skillfully, urbanely...
...Theft...