Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-04-13
FAMOUS PICTURE THEFTS.
Wertheimer Robbery In London no
calls Several Similar Crimes

calls Several Similar Crimes.
The recent burglary in London where
by Charles Wertheimer lost TWO ai'noo'
priceless gems of art recalls 10 Lonuoh
TIT. Bits other famous picture thelts.
In MAY. 1876, picture for when the
Messrs Agnew had paid the then rec
ord price of 10000 guineas was on view
In Rond street. and crowds daily flock
Oh thither to view the masterpiece. vi
the evening of May % the picture was
In its place. On the morning Oh 'ne
naxt day when the attendant openeu
tho rooms an empty frame met MS pe-
wildered eyes.
The theft was wrapped IN mys'ely'
md the whereabouts of the picture re
manned n matter OF conjecture TOT liloie
than twenty years. The canvas now
over was ultimately recovered III l9ol'
through information given by certain
Dot Sheedy. which resulted IN the
Gainsborough's return from America
whittier it had been taken by the ac,u'
q, thief Adam Worth. 1t is now Ill tne
roscassion of ]. Pierpont Morgan
In the ROYAL academy of 1873 was eX-
h,h;ted n lure by Sidney Cooper en-
titled "The NJ Monarch of the Meauo"S'
,rhich lafer IN became the property oi
Ar Alcroft for $500. In September
1881 n fire broke out in room WHY
IN fhe picture had been put during sun
aooorotive alterations which were 'ah
{ ING Mace in the house. Wheh the oon
Nocrotion was got under controi IL Wa'
found that the picture had disappe"reu
:, 49, oou,os having been cut from ll'
7 frame. ,,oord q
: For some time nothing was hearu y
8 the stolen picture, but eveh'uaiiy M'
Aucroft received n letter stating ""
tha writer had been one Of the decor'
Cow, err,rel at the time OF the los
sm1 tbot I've ard two others had'
nrorise Of large reward, stolen III
" nicture, which, as the original co,npn,
had not been kept. he was Wiiilns
Is ,ot,,rr for 400. other letters were Il
Is aoivod from time to time, but no Ill
III sott,oment was arrived at until the ell
Is % January. 1882, when the thleV'
lie were captured by the police anu u
IL nicture was found in their possession
u nicture robbery which createu
w stir throughout the civilized world w
Is that of the Murillo from the Oa'neu,
" 80 Seville This. too, was cut from
frame and, like the Gaihsporous
ly yos taken across the Atlantic 10 NJ
10 vor,, where for some time 1t rema
'ot "a in hiding. At last the thieves
10 mood of money sold it to WIN
tx Sohous who. refusing the reward
10000 that had been offered lor us
nu covery, returned it at once "
,o Spanish authorities. ,., r
we In October, 1904, the Nauohai Z
Oh ,orv suffered a loss in the THEFT VI
,hs nortrait of Baron Dimsdaie.
tne which was by the celebrated mlhiat
lcn nointer Plimer, was In broad uayn
OH ,,necreved from the wall ana carr
off while the attendant was engaged
the showing the whereabouts OF part
ecu lar picture to an inquirng visitor'
its loss was almost Immediately DISCO.
lick od but the thief managed to get Ct
and ~ ond I'm TO the present has ne
- been captured.
ges' Tho following wear the Antwerp
ese scum was robbed OF por'ru,,
un- FRANZ Halls. valued at f1O,OOO, VIII
nei' few years back the Cincinnati ms
tion and the st. Louis museum
visited by picture stealers' VINO Il
off with several figure subjects by
DOT, or Won Bremen, which were cut
cad er 'oi -
ana uolhein's 1.-THE Field Of the Clot
Cold" on view at Hampton Court
e q ooe hears witness to this day
pers theft that may be termed pa'rI
After the downfall of Charles l., =
we'll TO raise funds, purposed the
Of certain pictures, this among
)bert number. The bargain was ali
ID to made but when the would be
was ohosor came TO inspect HOlbein's
engi- terpiece he discovered that the
tered Of Henry VIII. had been cut iron
VIII canvas. A.,
sup. ua naturally cried off, and the
Ev. ture was preserved to the nation
g, he the restoration a nobleman, VINO
ed to tossed to having committed the
would for love Of art and country, ret
Lat tbe missing head, which now ocC
time its original position in the canva
feet circle made by the knife being
waited MAINLY visible.
and