Art: Easter Present

For months the citizens of Bardstown (pop. 4,135), Ky. have been praying for the return of their stolen art treasures: nine valuable paintings, cut from their frames in St. Joseph's Roman Catholic cathedral one night last fall (TIME, Nov. 24). Last week, on Good Friday, the FBI announced that they had recovered the paintings. Agents had picked up two men in a Chicago parking lot. In the back of their car the agents found four paintings, neatly rolled up and apparently undamaged; the other five were picked up from a New York buyer. Among...

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