The evening times., 1895-11-20
two STUDENT BURGLARS
Union College Sophomore and
Freshman Found to Be Thieves.
CAUGHT BY THE OTHER BOYS
Not Particular What They Took, and
Guns, Canned Goods, Money, Sill
verware, Musical Instruments aud
MisceIIa neOus Things.

Schenectady, Nov. CO. G. Humphrey,
OF Batavia, and c. NJ. Miller, of Sydney,
Union College students, were arrested last
night charged with burglary Humphrey is
Il sophomore and Miller q freshman.
They roomed together in the north dor
mitury, and In their room was found q
wagon load OF property that seemed to con-
meet them with at least half !, dozen bur
glarics which have been committed here
during the past two months. among the
articles recovered were shatguns, mand1-
lins, reviewers, canned meats ana innumer-
able other things.
Humphrey and Miller have been suspect
ell by their rcliow-studcnis, Some OF the
th.f,s having been committed ON College
Hill, and it is to The detective work OF
fellow students that they owe their ar
rest. Both have influential relatives at
Albany, and they take their arrest coolly.
DROPPED \ HAT.
The first tangible clue WIS obta ined
when a daring burglary was committed
ut the fine residence OF William johnson
In Union street, near the college. 4 hat
was dropped by one of the burglars in
their hasiy flight after being discovered,
and as it was believed To- bc Humphreys $
lie was watched.
The burglarics continued. some Of them
being committed early in theevening. The
thieves were not particular reg garding
booty, anything from money to canned
goods being taken.
The students who were watching Humph-
rey were furnished by the police with list
OF articles stolen from various places, and
this afternoon some OF them were found in
their rooms. The students notified the col
lege authorities. and Dean Ripton informed
the police. Half an hour later Assistant
Chief of = Pclice Deforest had arrested the
men, and Il policeman was standing guard
over room literally packed with stolen
stuff.
Enough of the booty has been identified to
connect the prisoners with the following
burglaries:
October 5, silver spoons taken from ].
II. Collins saloon.
October 8, canned goods from ex-Mayor
Grahams residence and ovcrcoats from
the Y. NJ. C. A. Building.
October 20. $40 worth of stamps from
the college office and musical instruments
from the house of Treasurer II. W. Oar
ling, of the General Electric Company.
THEY WERE MUSICAL.
October 81. Money and musical instru-
ments from the house of Auditor E. d.
Clark of the General Electric Company.
November II, Provisions and money
from several grocery stores aud meat mar
kets aud 5000 worth of rifles and rcvolvers
from j.. Richards sporting goods store.
There was plumber also of many minor
robberics, such as silver door plates from
houses, SC. Sums of money amounting to
about 500 were also taken from the
rooms of fellow students.
The most daring burglary was that of
November II, when C. W. Kcndall's resi-
dence was robbed at T:30 p. III. of $50 in
bills
Neither of the prisoners belongs to col
leGe fraterntles, but Humphrey is men,
ber OF the Masonic order. Both were study
ing for civil engineers and stood well in
their college work. Humphrey Is twenty
one years of age and Miller eighteen.
The police tried to connect the prisoners
with n burglary In Chapel street Sunday
evening, but both deny any connection with
IL. They say they were attending service
at the Methodist church.