Salt Lake Telegram | 1910-08-31 | Page 1 | Aged Musician Mourns Loss of Cherished Violin

AGED t MUSICIAN MOllS LOSS OF VIOLIN KANSAS CITY Au Aug 31 Out Out in his bis little cottage near tho the suburbs of the tho city M. M V. V Wandell an aged musician today mourns tho the loss of his Stradi Stradi- varius violin worse worM than he hI has at nt any anytime anytime time since it was stolen from him a acar year car ago ngo Yesterday he located tho third and last of tho the men who stole the tho instrument instrument ment meat and from the Inters Inter's lips came the tho same story that hi his two partners partners had bad told told that that the tho violin had bad been de de- de- de So the police have told Wanell Wan Van ell eli there thoro is no of ever getting the violin back The instrument was more moro than ISO years year old It had been handed down to the musician by b- his ancestors He Ho played for a living and to him there was wag no music so 80 sweet as ns that which the tho beloved Stradivarius gave forth Tho llio robbers set Bet upon him one ono ni night ht and tore his violin from his arms He Ho remembered their faces and located all of them unaided Two aro are in prison Tho third has confessed