The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-04-10
Hotel Clerk Is Alleged
to Have Made the Big
Haul.
ARRANGES TO
SELL NECKLACE
Jeweler Notifies Police
Who Lay for Their
Quarry and Nab Him.
Has Record

A message was received in
Richmond last night stating
that James L. Foye, former
clerk at the Biltmore hotel,
New York, had been arrested
for the theft of 100000 worth
of jewels belonging to Mrs.
Clarence Millhiser, of this city.
The jewels were stolen from Il
safe in the hotel between May
Goth and June 18th, last year.
Upon the death of Mr.. Mill
hiser last May, Mrs. Millhiser
placed the jewels in the vault,
and when she went for them on
June 18th they were gone,
The robbery created a sensa-
ton in New York.
The Millhisers are we'll known here,
where they lived for many years. Mr.,
Millhiser was one of the most public
spirited OF citizens and was connected
with many of the large concerns here.
lege, to be used in memorial to his
on. The telegram from New York
by the Universal Service follows:
James f. Foye. AZ, a former room
clerk at the Bitmore hotel, was ar
rested today charged with being I'M
worth of jewels from. Mrs. clarence
\ Milhiser. widow of d millionaire man
! ufacturer formerly Of Richmond, Va
The jewels were stolen from Mrs.
MnIhistr's safe deroEtf4~bo TN rne
vault of~the hotel between May 20
| last, the day of her husbands death.
! and June Ia.
| x2o, 900 NECKLACE
| Foye was arrested after leaving a
! jewelers. shop near Times Square. 1t
/ is alleged that he had accepted s2e, 900
| by previous arrangement for nine
! pearls that are alleged 10 have been
in a necklace of Mrs. Miilhisers- The
police had been notified by the jeweler
! who had recognized the pearls alleged
!. to have been submitted by Foye as
meeting the description of pearls
/ stolen from Mrs. Millhiser.
I The detectives, who arrested Foye.
/ said that he tore slip OF paper TO
! pieces. 1t is being reassembled in
I the hope that it will lead TO the dis
oloure OF tho whereabouts of the
nainder of the stolen Jewels,
veillance since the robbery. The man
ner of theft limited the suspects TO
hotel employees who had access to the
! vault. All of these were investigated
and, according to the police, Foye
was found to have had a criminal
| record.
/ The police said that Foye WAS ar
rested in 1913 on a swindiing charge
in Philadelphia and that he served
i part OF a three year sentence in the
/ Pennsylvania state penitentiary after
i conviction for the theft of securities
worth 100000 from the General
Electric company, He was eventual
ly. pardoned by Goverpor Brum-
baugh.
Foyc remained at the Biltmore I'M
/ til December. He was with the
/ British food commission until several
weeks ago Since quitting there he
has been out of work. He was once
secretary OF Charles f. Gates, the
Wall Street plunger. The police say
that during that period he caused
/ the arrest of his mother. Florence
Foye on. a charge OF begging.
] Mr.. Miilhiser died in Mount Sinai
hospital. He had come to New York
from Richmond two years before with
his wife and two daughters. They
! took suite at the Biltmore early last
year after living in the interim in a
| Park avenue apartment He was a
nephew of the Gimbles of department
store fame and an officer and direc-
l tor OF many corporations He left
practically all of his large estate to his
widow and daughters.
Mrs. Millhiser placed her jewels
in the safe deposit box few hours
after her husbands death and did not
| again look into the box until she was
ready to leave the hotel for her
summer home in Deal, n. j. A hun
dred city and private detectives invcs
i tigated the robbery and the expense
/ of the search was large. Although