FAMOUS SWORD
RELIC OF WALLACE FOUND IN SCRAP IRON LONDON, Oct. 20. The famous Wallace Sword, stolen from a Stirling Museum three years ago, has been recovered from a heap of scrap iron near the police station at Botlnvell bridge, Scotland. The sft sword, rusty beyond recognition, was found a month ago, lying in the River Clyde, by a local resident out wading. He thought it was a worthless piece of junk and took it to the police. Believed to be a relic of Sir William Wallace, the Scots patriot who fought against the English, the sword was stolen under mysterious circumstances from the Wallace Museum in Stirling, by four large men who overpowered an aged caretaker. At one time a political significance was imputed to the theft, and the houses of several Scots nationalists were searched. Despite continued efforts to locate the sword, no news of it was learned until yesterday.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20102, 23 November 1939, Page 5
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