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Show SOMETHING OF A MYSTERY. Involving Four Valaablc, Paintings, a TXxr glar and a Close Mouthed Lawyer. Four paintings valued at from .$15, 000 to $18, 000 stolen from the rosideuoe of the late Frederick L. Amos at North Easton in the summer of 1885 have been recovered by the family within "a week, apd the recovery has been as mysterious as was the robbery nine years ago. The members of the family are still in the dark in regard to the whereabouts of the pictures all these years. They have no idea as to the identity iden-tity of the burglar, nor do they know the lawyers who were most concerned in the recovery of the pictures. When the' pictures were lost, F. L. Ames offered of-fered a reward of $1,500 for their recovery. re-covery. Inquiries were made a week ago as to whether the reward was still good. The reply was in the affirmative, and after some mysterious negotiations the pictures were given into the possession of the family and the $1,500 paid to a lawyer in Boston, to bo turned over eventually to the man w ho gave the information. in-formation. Everybody connected with the transaction was pledged to secrecy. The circumstances of the recovery in crief are as follows: A man was arrest ed in New York for murder, and when a certain lawyer was asked to defeud him he inquired of the prisoner if ho had any money. "No, " said ho, "but 1 can give you a pointer so I can ge: $1,500, and you shall have $500 of it The rest will have to go to a pawnbroker. pawn-broker. " In this way negotiations were opened by the New York attorney, who wrote to a certain Boston lawyer, ho employing others, so that the identity uf the principals could be effectually concealed, and the money was paid over and the pictures returned. Springfield Republican. |