Show VANDALS RUIN PRIZED PAINTING AT CAPITOL Ruthless vandalism the defacIng ing of a large oil painting depict depict- nit ing a sacred scene of oC the thc Madonna and was Child discovered at the state capitol Tuesday and cau caused e ean an Immediate investigation The picture painted by J. J B. B Fairbanks and presented to the Utah Art Alt Institute In 1909 was one of oC the most prized and is part of oC the permanent capitol capi capi- tol exhibit Paintings ot of two nude infants I were marred a piece of canvas I about an inch square having been cut from each Secretary or of State Milton H. H Welling capitol capital custodian called the vandalism the most ruthless ever called to his attention and promised prosecution il if the perpetrators per per- arc caught It was the obscene work of a depraved d person or persons he declared lie He ordered the painting removed as it was Irreparably damaged |