MENTALLY WEAK
PICTURE THIEF SENTENCED; By Telcgraoh—Press A&ioeia.tSo'S—Cotittlite BCHie, June 5-. Perugra, tho man who stole tire picture "La Gioconda" was sentefieed" atFlorence to a year's imprisonment. Medical testimony showed: biai to be mentally weak. Leonardo da Vinci's famous pi-cttiro was stolen from the Louvre- many months o.i?o, and-for a long time all attempt* to trace it failed. Eventually it was found that Perngra, an Italian workman, was !:!»■ thief—ho was seeking a nm'cfc wad to fortune—and the picture was recovered.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2170, 8 June 1914, Page 5
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80MENTALLY WEAK Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2170, 8 June 1914, Page 5
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