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1925 Amelia Bingham jewels heist...
1925 Amelia Bingham jewels heist...
Item # 723560
December 10, 1925
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Dec. 10, 1925
* Broadway stage actress Amelia Bingham
The front page has a banner headline: "ARMED BANDITS BIND AND ROB AMELIA BINGHAM, ACTRESS" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.
Complete with 28 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, generally nice.
AI notes: In 1925, veteran American stage actress and theatrical producer Amelia Bingham was the victim of a dramatic jewel theft at her New York residence, an incident widely reported in the press of the day. Two armed burglars gained entry to her home, confronted her maid, and forced their way into Bingham’s bedroom, where they bound the actress, her maid, and a seamstress with silk stockings while ransacking the room. The thieves escaped with approximately $1,500 worth of jewelry, a considerable sum at the time, yet remarkably failed to discover a bag beneath Bingham that reportedly contained as much as $20,000 in cash and valuables. Despite the danger, Bingham remained notably calm throughout the ordeal, later remarking that the experience felt “just like the stage,” a response that reflected both her theatrical background and personal composure. The robbery became one of the last sensational public episodes in the life of a woman who had once been among Broadway’s most prominent and pioneering figures, just two years before her death in 1927.
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