By Dorothy Hoobler, Thomas Hoobler
Turn-of-the-century Paris was once the thrashing middle of a speedily altering global. Painters, scientists, revolutionaries, poets--all have been there. yet so, too, have been the shadows: Paris was once a violent, legal position, its sinister alleyways the haunts of Apache gangsters and its cafes the collection areas of murderous anarchists. In 1911, it fell sufferer to possibly the best robbery of all time--the taking of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre. instantly, Alphonse Bertillon, a detective world-renowned for pioneering crime-scene research thoughts, used to be referred to as upon to unravel the crime. And fast the Paris police had a suspect: a tender Spanish artist named Pablo Picasso...
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Later, they would realise that she had hoped that the smell would be accepted as that emanating after a gun had been fired. Unfortunately for her, expert evidence would prove that she could not have got such a smell coming from the kitchen in her bedroom. The only possible way she could have got this smell was if she had been in the kitchen prior to, during, or immediately after Tom had been shot. On 23 March, she told the Gardaí that the amount of money stolen in the raid was £16,500, made up of: �4,500 Payment from billboards (displayed on pub premises) £1,800 Catherine’s personal cash £2,000 Sterling £3,000 Takings from Monday to Thursday, 11 to 14 March £500 Takings for Friday, 15 March £1,700 Takings for 16 March £1,500 Takings for 17 March £1,500 Takings for 18 March The interviews by Fergus O’Brien and Joe Collins with Catherine Nevin revealed numerous contradictions and lies in her story, and were instrumental in casting her in the role of a very credible and likely suspect.
Needless to say, all of her accusations and theories turned out to be ‘pie in the sky’. 3 THE TECHNICAL INVESTIGATION Garda experts from the Technical Bureau arrived throughout 19 March and began their investigations, which continued well into the next day. Catherine remained at the pub throughout, despite being advised to leave and seek hospital care for the aches and pains of which she was complaining. Her raucous behaviour was causing a great deal of annoyance, as the Gardaí examining the scene did not want any distractions.
Someone shouted downstairs when I heard the loud bang like a saucepan falling. Tom came back after a short time and Dominic left. I let him out. I went to bed when Dominic left. I was in bed by half twelve. I hid our gun in the bedroom but Tom brought it downstairs as he thought it too dangerous. I have cartridges in my bedroom and Tom has some. It’s up in the rafters in the store. I am the licence holder. Tom never has less than £500 in his wallet. He [the intruder] seemed big, aggressive; I thought he was going to kill me.