Ofterdingen and Kropotkin

From behind 1.25

6. Oktober, 1967 Freitag
Gestern in Miami betraten fuenf maskierte Pistolenbesitzer das Haus der du Ponts (33 Zimmer, Plaetze fuer Golf, Tennis, Schwimmen) und verliessen es nach gemuetlichen zweieinhalb Stunden mit Werten bis zu anderthalb Millionen Dollar, immer hoeflich. Als den gefesselten du Ponts kalt wurde, bekamen sie Decken uebergelegt, und als es du Pont am Bein juckte, kratzte ihn einer der Herren. Die du Ponts sprechen nicht unfreundlich von ihnen.
Jahrestage, 146

October 6, 1967 Friday
Yesterday in Miami five masked men bearing firearms entered the residence of the du Pont family (33 rooms, golf course, tennis course, pool) and left again leisurely in the possession of valuables amounting to $1,5 Million after two and a half hours. They always showed courtesy. When the tied up du Ponts felt cold they were covered with blankets, and when du Pont felt an itch on his leg one of the gentlemen scratched it for him. The du Ponts express no ill will toward them.
Jahrestage, 146.

One of the world's rarest coins, an 1866 silver US dollar worth more than $1m and feared lost, has been found by a librarian in the United States.
It was stolen almost 40 years ago from the prestigious du Pont family in an armed raid in Miami, Florida.
The man who found it said it turned up amongst a hoard of coins given to him by an "eccentric friend", AP reported.

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