Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 300, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1910 — GEMS WORTH OVER MILLION [ARTICLE]

GEMS WORTH OVER MILLION

Mere Bagatelle to Bouth African Visitor Who Wanted No Protection— Hostess Worried. Edgewater Park, N. J. —General and Mrs. E. Burd Grubb emitted a sigh of relief when Mrs. John Joel of South Africa left their residence and took with her a necklace valued at more than a million dollars. This necklace has caused the Grubbs ten sleepless nights because to Mrs. Joel the gem was of so little value that she refused to place It In a safe deposit vault or allow her brother-in-law, General Grubb, to notify the police that the jewel was In the house. : ■ Mrs. Joel Is the sister of Mrs. Grubb, and is the wife of one of the former partners of African diamond king Barney Bernato. Her husband is a trustee of the De Beers company, and 1b reputed to be worth more than one hundred million dollars. When Mrs. Joel arrived at Edgewater park some time ago she carried In her Jewel case gems worth more

than one million five hundred thousand dollars. General Grubb stood guard at night over the jewels.