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Show SOMETHING OF A MYSTERY. Involving Four Valuable Painting's, a Bsr glar and a Clone Mouthed Lawyer. Four paintings valued at from $15, 000 to $18,000 stolen from the residence of the late Federick L. Ames at North Easton in the summer of 1885 have been recovered "by ths family within a week, ad 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 fcho 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 mysteriGus 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 tho man w ho gave the information. in-formation. Everybody connected with the transaction was pledged to secrecy. rho circumstances of the recovery ir orief are as follows: A man was arrest ed in New York for mnrrifir anrl a certain lawyer was asked to defend him he inquired of the prisoner if he had any money. "No," said he, "but I can give you a pointer bo I can get $ 1.500, and you shall have $500 of it The rest will have to go to a pawnbroker. pawn-broker. " In this way negotiations weri opened by the New York attorney, who wrote to a certain Boston lawyer, he employing others, so that the identity nfthe principals could be effectually concealed, and the money was paid over and the pictures returned. Springfield Republican. |