Crime & Justice

Painting Stolen by Mobsters Returned After 50 Years

‘PRICELESS’

A John Opie painting called “The Schoolmistress” was stolen in 1969.

Edith Olmsted
Edith Olmsted 

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Dr. Francis Wood, 96, admires the John Opie painting, "The Schoolmistress", stolen from his parents' Newark, New Jersey home in 1969 and recently returned to him as the rightful owner.
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Edith Olmsted

Edith Olmsted

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