Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-25
VICTIM OF S275,OOO GEN THEFT
A FORMER PHILADELPHIA
Mrs Regina lhiser. Ellis Cimbeps Niece Charges JetreL
Disappeared From Lock Box in Biltn,ore Hotel

Mrs Regina Milhiser. who says that
jewels valued at S2T5.000 mysteriously
disappeared in New York. was formerly
Miss Regina Viola Greencwald, of Phil
ndelphia.
Philadelphia police are cooperating
with New York police in an effort to
locate the stolen Jewels.
Mrs. Millhiser charges she placed the
Jewels in her safe deposit box in the
Biltmore Hotel and that the gems dis.
appeared from the box. In short
statement telling of the missing jewels,
the attorneys for the hotel do not con
cede this fact. protecting their client
under the phrase that Mrs. Millhiser
ALLEGES that she placed jewelrv of con
siderable value in tho box.
Niece of Ellis Gimbel
Mrs Nilhiser. who is q niece Of Ell
lis Gimbel and who was born and edu.
Gated in this city. living hero until
the time of her marriage to Clarence
Millhi,or. rho millionaire mill owner
anu HUtl'NT Nl INlCulllNUus U. nus
placed the matter in the hands of her
ATTORNEYS. but has evincod no desire
10 prosecute the case until the hotel
authorities have had every opportunity
70 recover the Jewels.
Mrs Nillhiser SAYS she placed the
Jewels. along with others valued at
$500. in all. in the safe deposit box on
:, g Lr,. h,,e ha We f1e tb
in n New York hospital. She claimed
the contents of her box on June IL.
When the clerk handed her the box
she onennd it. Two packages apnar
entity the same ones she placed in the
vault. were there She examined them,
however, and then announced that Jew
cr> valued AZ At least S273,OOO wer"
gone.
The hotel management was notified
Immediately. and although they did not
conccdc that the Jewels were stolen from
the box. all possible eff rts we're made TO
recover the gems The New York police
denartmcnt, the hotel detectiv" force
and other agencies are at work on the
case. as we'll as the detective bureaus m
other cities in the East
The system at the hotel is such. the
management claims. that II would ne
| impossible for any one but Mrs. MIL
hiser to obtain the safe deposit box.
The boxes are kept in plain sight Of al
in the hotel lobby. behind the cashier :
1 cage. Two KEYS are kept for each box.
One is retained by the cashier and one
by the person taking tho box. Neither
can open the box without the other key
Visited at Biltmore
| Mrs Millhiser is q strikinglv hand
some and impressive woman. the hotel
manager saws, and is we'll known about
the Fillmore. where she and her tam
ily have been frequent visitors Tor tour
wears. This fact would prohibit the
possibility Of any one but Mrs. Mill
hiser obtaining her KEY and thus Sc
curing the jewels. it is claimed as the
person opening one Of the safe deposit
boxes must first be identified before the
box is handed over and the two keys
are fitted to the locks.
II was suggested TO Mrs. Millhiser
at the time she reported the disappear
ance that she might possibly have made
IN error III u''I lHNtIlpIN iIu NAul lH'
Jewels she supposed were lost might
have been placed in another place. She
denied this possibility.
Both Mrs. NIillhiser and the manage
ment are at a loss to explain the fact
that approximately S225 900 worth o.
iewelrv was left untouched in the saf'
deposit box.
The statement given out by the at
tornevs of the hotel follows:
On May 20 Mrs. Clarence Millhiser
Of Richmond, Va. who with her lat
husband was a guest of the Biltmore
procured from the hotel one of the SAT-
deposit boxes maintained for the ron
venience of guests desiring TO stor'
valuables She alleges that she place.
in this box on that date, the day Of hcl
husbands death, jewelrY of consider
able value and that when she went u
the box on June 13 to remove thC
iewelry a part of the same vas
missing"
Wife as EXecutriX