Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-25
STILLMAN NOTES :.
STOLEN, SHE SAYS
Ex-Follies Girl Reports Theft OF
Bankers Letters From
l. Slippers Toe
MIGHT HAVE AIDED WIFE

New York. Feb. 25.--Twelve letters,
written by James A. Stillman to Mrs.
Beatrice Keller, were stolen from Mrs.
Keller's apartment on February 4,
Mrs. Keller declared yesterday. At
the same time. a set Of mink furs.
which she says were given to her BY
Stillman as a Christmas present In
1910, were taken. The furs have been
recovered. The letters, Mrs. Keller
says. are still missing.
The Keller apartment was broken
into through n rear window opening on
n fire escape. The furs and the letters
were in n closet in a bedroom. The
letters. wrapped into bundle, had
been stuffed into the toe Of gray
suede slipper which had been placed at
the bottom Of a pile Of other footwear.
Only the furs. the letters and a por-
trait study Of an artists model were
taken by the thieves. Mrs. Keller said.
Mrs. Keller reported her loss to the
police and also inserted an advertise
ment in the classified columns Of a
newspaper offering 5000 reward for the
return of tho furs, which were valued
Mt $500. The furs were returned to
Mrs. Keller by Louise Weidman. six
teen. of 1920 Boston road. the Bronx,
who said that she had bought them for
$3.50 from man.
Three Are Arrested
Investigation of the girls story led
to the arrest Of Ernest Denker. thirty.
n chauffeur, his wife, Florence. and
yall 81. ko hn1l
terday in $500 bail by Magistrate
Edgar V. rockingham in the West
Side Court. They will come up for
examination on March 3, and on the
same date Denker will be heard on a
charge Of violation Of the Sullivan law.
Mrs. Keller. who at one time played
in Flo Ziegfeld company Of which
the late Anna Held was the star, has
been connected with the Stillman case
on other occasions. She now has pend :
ing n suit against Mrs. Anne u. Still
man for the recovery Of $1,000 alleged
to be due her for services rendered Mrs.
Stillman in connection with the case.
In connection with this suit, Mrs.
Keller. through her attorney. Rufus NJ
Overlnnder, alleges that she had an
agreement with Mrs. Stillman's attor-
ncys to bring from various cities wit
ncsses who could testify to irrcgularitie,
on the part of James A. St:lman. The
Stillman letters. which she says nre now
missing. have not entered into the case
she says. although she has considered o.
several occasions turning them over tC
Mrs. Stillman for the use Of her at.
torneys.
Guest on His Yacht
Mrs. Keller said yesterday. following
the hearing in the West Side Court. tha,
she had met Stillman first Mt dime,
ut Delmonico's "a few years ngo." She
knew him then, she said, ms "Jim Law.
son." and did not find out until Inter
thnt he was James \. Stillman. She
knew him for many years and had fire..
quently visited the Stillman yacht
Modesty. which has figured In the di'
vorce proceedings. Mr.. Stillman, sh,
said. had lived at her home.
When the Stillman case first was
talked Of Mrs. Keller said, she hat
been obliged to change her address
because of the opportunities of "Jim
Lawson and Of agents acting on be-
hnlf Of both sides. who wished to oh
tain possession of the letters. She ha,
thought of turning the letters over t,
Mrs. Stillman. because she felt sorr,
for her. but had changed her mind be
cause she felt that it wasn't just thu
right thing to do. The letters wcr,
signed Jim" She refused to discuss
their contents, but said that she though
they might have proved valuable to Mrs
Stiilman y case.