Show FEW BID FOR CRIME RELICS sale of Grew some collection sparsely Spa reely attended and articles all sold for small sums relics of 0 famous crimes and criminals no longer have the flit same fascination for tile british man inan in the street is they did less than a generation ago 1190 the whole private collection of the late george R sims journalist author and playwright was auctioned recently in london sir mr slips sims was more than thirty years getting his black museum together and the whole of it relies relics news cuttings and hoots book 1 was sold to nu an utmost indifferent public in less than halt an hour one of the most treasured of the relics a kitchen chair on which a woman man was sitting wham she was murdered realized only 5 shillings little more than 1 autographed letters from notorious murderers various filings belonging to criminals who had bad been hanged oll all went for a few dollars apiece even things having a certain historical value t uch as a set of rusty leg irons used on criminals in the eighteenth century aid a loch from one of the cells in old new gate prison filled to interest buyers |