PROVIDENCE, R.I.
A Brown University spokesman says a Virginia antiques collector has turned over a Civil War-era sword that was stolen from the Providence school in the 1970s.
A federal judge in Virginia ordered Williamsburg collector Donald Tharpe last week to surrender the Tiffany silver sword to Brown. Tharpe bought it for $35,000 in 1992 after it had passed among dealers for years.
A Brown spokesman told The Providence Journal on Monday that Tharpe has given the sword to a Virginia attorney who represented Brown and it's being shipped to
Providence.
Brown officials say the sword was stolen in the 1970s from the Annmary Brown Memorial at the school. The sword was given to her husband, Col. Rush Hawkins,
in 1863 for his service to the Union during the Civil War.
Source: www.hamptonroads.com
A Brown University spokesman says a Virginia antiques collector has turned over a Civil War-era sword that was stolen from the Providence school in the 1970s.
A federal judge in Virginia ordered Williamsburg collector Donald Tharpe last week to surrender the Tiffany silver sword to Brown. Tharpe bought it for $35,000 in 1992 after it had passed among dealers for years.
A Brown spokesman told The Providence Journal on Monday that Tharpe has given the sword to a Virginia attorney who represented Brown and it's being shipped to
Providence.
Brown officials say the sword was stolen in the 1970s from the Annmary Brown Memorial at the school. The sword was given to her husband, Col. Rush Hawkins,
in 1863 for his service to the Union during the Civil War.
Source: www.hamptonroads.com