The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-11
VERY RARE CASE.
Son Of a Rich Banker Proves 10 be a
Burglar in City Of New York.
He FOOLED TIE POLICE

Stole Because Small Salary Didn't Al
low Him to Entertain Women Law
ishly.-Loving Cup he Took From
Peabody Home Leads to Arrest.
Tells How Easy it is to Rob.
The New York World says Karl
Won Metz Meyer, a lieutenant in the
Norwegian army, who came to this
corntry on three-years furlough to-
study banking, was arrested in his
home, No. 1876 Columbia Heights,
Brooklyn Friday night on a charge Of
burglary. His father is wealthy
banker at Christiansand, Norway,
with branch in Munich.
II am a burglar" cried Meyer Ia
handsome, soldierly looking man of
twenty-four, when arrested. II am
a burglar and conscience stricken
burglar. I have recently committed
eighteen robberies on Columbia
Heights alone.
Come with me-" continued Meyer,
"I'll show you where many of the
pawn tickets are" He led the de-
tectives into a room that adjoined
his own and turned up the carpet In
corner. There were twenty-oRe
tickets, representing iewelry and
silverware valued at $1,000. .......t.
"Why did I turn burglar?" Meyer
went on. well I turned burglar
when I began to live beyond my.
means. I needed money and ] got it
by breaking into homes. It Is an easy
thing to break into Brooklyn home.
never carried jimmy or reVoI-
yer. I didn't want to be caught With
either in case Of arrest. / went 20
the rear of houses by climbing ever
fences. ......, ..-
For two months ten detectives
from Brooklyn headquarters have
been looking fer Meyer. In their
night vigils they became we'll CO.
quainted with the handsomely DRESS
ed young man who lived at No. 1876
Columbia Heights and they felt ,sor-,
ry for him when he told them that
he was unable to go to sleep. To the
detectives the man was known as
q Lieutenant" having informed them
who he was and what he was doing
: in this country. ,.r-- --....,.
The man was seen almost nightly.
on the streets by the detectives and
policemen. He could always tell
them that a man was better dead
than a sufferer from insomnia. He,
would enter his own home and next
morning a new robbery would be re-
ported. ......., q.
Until the burglary Of the house Of
Charles S. Peabody, No. 12S Willow
ST., June 18th, there was never SO
much as suspicion against the Nor
wegian lieutenant and banking clerk.
The Peabody burglary took place in
the early morning. Meyer had gain
ed entrance a. the rear, and when alA
was quiet he stole, out of the front
door. One of the things he toolt was
a large silver loving cup, which be-
longed to Dudley Peabody, son Of
Charles S. .l.....,..,. .,.: =:
Half block down the street Meyer
caught sight of 8 detective In the
shadow Of a house, While passing "a
vacant lot he dropped the loving cup
over the fence. There 1t was found
an hour later by a milkman and re-
turned to the Peabody home. 80.
Couldn't sleep again." spoke up
Meyer as he addressed the policeman;
then he passed on. When the loving
cur incident was told the policeman
on post recalled having spoken to
Meyer, who walked past the spot
whare the cup was found.
ves--lieutenants Tenney and
Ward was assigned to keep a watch
on Meyer. The Norwegian seemed to
know he was under suspicion. He
continued his nightly walks but the
robberies ceased. Not one bit of evil
dence could the detectives get against
him and they feared to arrest the
man because Of his position.
Friday night, however, the two
men from headquarters went 10 MeY-
ers room and burst in upon him,
telling him he was under arrest; that
he was the burglar for whom the Io'
lice had been looking for many
months. After Meyer had completed
his confession and shown where the
pawn tickets were hidden, he said:.
II came to this country two years
ago. T attribute my downfall to wo-
men. It was all my own fault; they
fascinate me. I got a place In the
foreign department Of the Adams Ex-
press Company and made good from
the first day. Then ] lost my health
but this breakdown was not due to
destination of the usual sort, but
to my fondness for staying up late
and talking to- some pretty woman y