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Show Watch Believed to Be Sacred American Relic In the private collection of an Indiana In-diana man is a watch that may be the identical timepiece which Washington Wash-ington presented to Lafayette as a token of his appreciation of the services serv-ices rendered by the famous Frenchman. French-man. That a watch was given is a matter of record, and It Is also a fact that the present was stolen from Lafayette's quarters. The collector's watch fits the description de-scription of the historic timepiece, experts ex-perts say. It has four dials and fire hands. One of the dials records the days of the mouth and another the days of the week. A miniature portrait por-trait bust of Washington appears In the upper side .of the face. It is in colors and is considered a masterpiece master-piece of craftsmanship. Detroit News. |