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Article: ISHOF memorabilia recovered.(Making News)
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- Pool & Spa News
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- March 14, 2005
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The International Swimming Hall of Fame has recovered the most valuable parts of its memorabilia collection after a temporary employee allegedly stole them from the Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based museum.
Paul Nicholas Christow, 48, was filling in for his brother, a museum maintenance worker with a broken leg, last autumn. Police said Christow, who was arraigned in January on charges of theft and trafficking of stolen goods, swiped between $400,000 and $500,000 worth of medals, trophies and lithographs. Many of the Olympic medals lifted were donated by Johnny Weissmuller when the museum opened in 1965.
Posing as a lawyer liquidating an estate, Christow ...