Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-07
GET ARMY RAFFLES|LAW CURBS TRUSTS
Norwegian Ex-lieutenant Ac-
cused of BurgIaries.
SAID TO HAVE CONFESSED
Son of Banker Entered Many Brook.
lyn Homes Clad in Even
ing Dress.

NEW YORK, July TT don't consider
myself burglar" remarked Lieut.. Karl
Won Metz-Meyer OF the Norwegian army.
the latest Raffles TO fall into the hands OF
the police. II had to have food and
shelter. and that's all there Is TO it,
The Norwegian told the police that he
had committed q score OF burglaries In
the fashionable residential section of
Brooklyn. He has been held In $1,000 bail
for the grand jury.
Lieut.. Won Metz-Meyer dressed az a
society exquisite as he went about his
work. A thin bladed paper cutter with
an ivory handle. which could be slipped
between the window sashes to pry open a
refractory window catch or be used as a
stiletto in case of attack, together with a
fine silk black mask, were found In his
room.
Lieut. Won Metz-Meyer had advertised
for wife to accompany him TO Norway.
The police found many letters from
young women in all parts OF tho coun-
try who indicated their willingness to
marry the army officer.
Carl Won Metz-Meyer Is the name which
the young man gave the police and by
which he has been known at 1S5 Column
bia Heights. where he boarded, and In
the banks and express companies In the
Wall street district. for which he has
worked at different times in the last two
and half years. He says he Is the son
OIL LuuWlR Meyer, u UduhSE VA
Munich and London. and that he is a
| university graduate as well as
graduate of the Norwegian Military Col
| lege. fondness for the risk and ex-
| element. as well as need Tor money.
since he has had no regular work since
| the first OF the year. was responsiole ior
his turning into a society burglar. accord
ing to the police.
Detectives Say He Has Confessed.
Here is a list OF the places robbed and
the dates OF the burglaries. which the de-
tectves say Meyer has provided:
April DOR. w. B. Brinsmade. 1856 Co
April 27@D. s. Ramsey. 21s Columbia
May Mrs. Conser. 1se Columbia
May echarles NJ. Judson. $50 colum-
May l2-F. C. White. Pierrepont
May 1s-Lowen NJ. Palmer. 1s4 Column
June Sd. A. Campbell. ITO Columbia
Heights.
| street.
by no means all OF, the robberies which
| young Meyer committed.
How He Was Caught.
1t was the robbery at the home OF MI.
Peabody which resulted in young Meyers
capture. About 3 o'clock in the morning.
according to the police. the young man
broke into the Peabody house through
front window which he found open. He
collected jewelry and silverware. and was
about to climb out through the same
| window he had entered when he noticed
a private Waterman standing across the
street.
In clambering back out Of sight young
Meyer dropped a silver loving cup. won
in an athletic contest by q son OF Mr..
Peabody. and it fell into the yard. The
crash startled the Waterman, but he
failed to see the loving cup. which had
dropped into the area.
When his back was turned a few mo-
ments later Meyer dropped out OF the
window. Instead of trying to avoid the
| Waterman then the young man walked
up to him and engaged him In conversa-
ton. He was known to the man, VINO
had frequently seen him returning nome
early In the morning. He and the watch
man talked for some few moments De-
fore young Meyer, after explaining that
he was returning from q dance or some
other evening entertainment. finally saio
| goodnight and went home
/ It CHANGED that on the same night De-
ltectives Tunney and Ward had spent the
earlier hours prowling around the neigh
borhood. Some five minutes before young
meyer CilInDeO III lue OoOouy
the detectives had walked away to follow
a negro man and woman who. they
thought, were acting suspiciously. only
a few minutes after Meyers departure
for home the detectives returned, having
seen the colored couple safe into their own
home.
Find Many Pawn Tickets.
Then Tunney discovered the loving cup.
The detectives Immediately began ques-
tioning the Waterman. He declared at
| first that he had seen no one, but after
several questions recalled his conversa-
| ton with young Meyer. Knowing the
youth as a resident of the neighborhood
| whom he often met In the early hours.
the Waterman at first thought nothing OF
the encounter.
| Tunney and Ward felt differently. From
the Waterman they got Meyers address,
| and next day began to shadow him. Last
| night they determined to confront him
with their suspicious, trusting to his
guilt to convict him.
| The detectives called on the young man
in his boarding house. and declared that
they had traced the many burglaries to
young man instantly broke down, though
he did not become frightened. He con-
coded. however, that he would have no
chance with jury, and, according to the
detectives. asked them to go up to his
room with him.
There. they say. the young man raised
the carpet and revealed twenty-one
more than $1,000. which had been
pawned for sums aggrsgating little
more than $3.50. They also found more
| than two dozen photographs Of young