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New Clues in Art Heist Mystery Brian Ross and Jill Rackmill reported for ABC News on PrimeTime March 11, 2004.
"Federal prosecutors did not want the thieves to get away with a deal. 'You can't turn your back on a very serious criminal offense, and if you do, you basically give ammunition to other people to steal priceless works of art,' said Donald Stern," who was the former U.S. attorney for Massachusetts, during the 1997 Youngworth negotiations.

Earlier tipster makes his pitch on stolen art page 1 by Dan Golden Boston Globe September 12, 1997 page 1

Earlier tipster makes his pitch on stolen art page 1 by Dan Golden Boston Globe September 12, 1997 page 25

Quest to Solve 1990 Art Heist Gets New Life By Elizabeth Mehran Los Angeles Times September 23, 1997

Talks Continue In Boston Officials meet with convicts [William Youngworth and Myles Connor] who say they can help recover the art. by Judy Rokowsky and Stephen Kukjian Boston Globe September 10, 1997

Private spat may be driving Gardner talks Sources say Connor is worried about valuables Youngworth is guarding Boston Globe By Dan Golden and Judy Rakowsky September 4, 1997 page B1

Private spat may be driving Gardner talks Sources say Connor is worried about valuables Youngworth is guarding Boston Globe By Dan Golden and Judy Rakowsky September 4, 1997 page B4

Gardner confirms hiring attorney for discussions. by Ric Kahn and Matthew Taylor Boston Globe September 4, 1997 also page B4 We’ve seen it! Informant shows reporter apparent stolen masterpiece By Tom Mashberg Boston Herald August 27, 1997

Gardner rebuts `details' of heist Says ex-convict's claims are wrong by Ric Kahn and Stephen Kurkjian, Boston Globe August 27, 1997
Sources familiar with the investigation believe that Youngworth -- who has already met with the Gardner's head of security and with federal investigators -- was recycling inaccurate details from old news reports.

Report reignites art heist probe Officials approach reporter [Tom Mashberg] by Stephen Kurkjian and Judy Rakowsky, Globe Staff August 28, 1997
Ultimately, the investigator said, those who led Mashberg to the warehouse and showed him the painting apparently are savvy enough to realize they cannot win the immunity from prosecution they are seeking by bluffing that they have the artwork.

US reportedly wants to talk to Connor on Gardner theft by Ric Kahn Boston Globe August 21, 1997

Gardner heist details offered to FBI But sources say accused criminal has little to trade by Judy Rakowsky Boston Globe August 14, 1997:

New Deal Offered in Gardner theft
Inmates [Youngworth and Connor] insist they can arrange return by Stephen Kurkjian Boston Globe December 6, 1997

Court asked to void sentence of figure [Youngworth] in museum probe by Stephen Kurkjian Boston Globe June 6, 2001 2001

Offer Made On Painting photo by Ric Kahn and Stephen Kurkjian Boston Globe September 12, 1997

US attorney demands proof on stolen art by Ric Kahn and Judy Rakowsky Boston Globe September 11, 1997

Differences stall art negotiations
Authorities at odds with duo [Youngworth and Connor] on return of Gardner works by Stephen Kurkjian Boston Globe September 9, 1997

Antiques Dealer Youngworth sentenced; hope lives for art deal September 14, 1997 by Stephen Kurkjian Boston Globe September 14, 1997

Gardner case's twists, turns lead to dead ends March 18, 2000

Historic Tale of Infamous Hub Heist March 19, 2000

Ex-FBI Agent asks inmate William Youngworth for help on Gardner artwork Boston Globe July 1, 1999

Art Talks on again, Youngworth claims Stephen Kurkjian Boston Globe Thursday February 19, 1998
"Saying he was speaking for US Attorney Donald K. Stern, Brien O'Connor said last night that the office's position had not changed: "Youngworth would not be granted comple or partial immunity unless he can provide specific and credible evidence that he has access to the artwork."

Documents show Gardner gadfly [Youngworth] was informant By Tom Mashberg March 18, 2004
"With the 14th anniversary of the Gardner theft today, Youngworth wrote to the museum asking 'Are you still ready to write out that check?' and asserting: I will need to travel to Europe" to recover the $300 million in pillaged treasures.

New Clues in Art Heist Mystery By Brian Ross and Jill Rackmill January 6, 2006

Mystery of the paint chips haunts Gardner Museum 30 years after heist By Shelley Murphy Boston Globe March 16, 2020

The Art of the Heist The Guardian November 18, 2000 Many officials at the Gardner museum, and also some officers at the FBI, did favour some form of compromise [with Youngworth], but those higher up in the legal establishment had no desire to send such a message to the criminal fraternity at large. The attorney general's office in Washington warned against pandering to "cultural terrorism".

Boston Art Caper (Contd): The Art of the Deal New Yok Times January 13, 1998

The deal of the art More than seven years after one of the heists of the century, the case of the missing Gardner Museum paintings provokes an all-out media war by Dan Kennedy The Boston Phoenix September 4, 1997 At the Globe, where Mashberg worked for several years and made himself supremely unpopular with his editors and some fellow staffers, there are murmurings that the reporter has gotten too close to Youngworth, and that he'll pay for his indiscretions.

Younworth Interview, Your Brush With the Law Blog Posts: 26 December 2011 and January 1, 2012

GARDNER THEFT: 15 YEARS LATER by William Youngworth

Brian Ross Interview with William Youngworth

Mystery of the paint chips haunts Gardner Museum 30 years after heist By Shelley Murphy Globe Staff,Updated March 16, 2020

2022 interview of William P. Youngworth III by Charles Sabba

2007 interview of William P. Youngworth, Electric Sky Productions The Art of the Heist Episode 2

Youngworth Trial Coverage 1997

The Isabella Gardner Museum heist By Rochelle Steinhaus Court TV November 26, 2002

CHIPS OFF THE OLD MASTER? PAINT SAID TO COME FROM STOLEN REMBRANDT By Associated Press October 15, 1997

$1m Rembrandt taken from Boston Museum by Robert Anglin and Robert Ward Boston Evening Globe April 14, 1975