THEFTS OF HISTORIC RELICS
FAMOUS RELIQUARY TRACED TO ENGLAND. FRENCH GOVERNMENT DEMAND | RESTIVI.TUiN. *~ ' Revived Oct. It, U.-IS p.m. j : Pan's, October 14. * | A famous reliquary, worth £BOOO, stolen from a church at Amhazac, was traced to London, owing to the port- " folio of a nun ninicj Thorna*. contain- " in« a r.-eeipt, lieing found in the Seine, •'llw French Government demand-the restitution of the reliquary. J A ParU dealer in antiquities confessed : that hi purchased many rare treasures i from 'Fiomas, of whieli he surrendered a relic, consisting of a finger of St. | Louis, stolen from a church at Passy. I- : French detectives secured many letters ;e. addressed to Parisian dealers in'antiquia ties by persons purporting to be seeularisrd monks, stating that, fearing imic pending ruin owing In the Government's ~- policy, they dc-ire.i to ->li tin- church -h trca-nres, -uh-tit;i! ; ag imitations.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 15 October 1907, Page 3
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141THEFTS OF HISTORIC RELICS Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 15 October 1907, Page 3
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