New-York tribune., 1912-04-01
COLUMBIA MAN IS HELD
Ns1,OOO BAIL FOR THEFT
Police Line Up 100 Members OF
Troop in Quest for Stolen
JeWeIry and Cash,
AWyER FIRST TO COMPLAIN
Prisoner Says Stickpin, Alleged
70 Have Been Found on His
Person Was Given to Him
by Another Man.

On. hundred or more Columbia Uni
varsity mon, in all stages of dress and
urdress, were ranged in line In the drill
roo,, Of the I'd Battalion Armory, In
West 65th street, early yesterday morn
,r4 and. while guards stood at every
door were subjected TO a wholesale
saarch for watches. jewelry and cash
,,ounting TO $500 which had been
stolen from the lockers.
A. the end Of this search a young pri-
,ate who gave the name Of Herman
Herbert. was arrested and later ar
roigned before Magistrate Herbert. In
tho West Side court. He was held IN
st OOO bail OF a charge of grand larceny.
ard will be examined to-day
No event In the history Of the Colum-
,,o trooo which hires the riding room
~ the arsenal on Saturday nights for
ooveIrv drill. compares with the sensa-
.l,,sl half hour following the discovery
Of the thefts
The men were in the guardroom
changing their uniforms for street
clothes when Sumner Ford, an attorney.
., M Sss Carroll street. Brooklyn.
ro+icsd that some one had gone through
hIs locker and had stolen a stickpin and
his pocketbook. containing papers ana
about $50 In money.
Ford at first thought he might have
n,islaid the pocketbook, but brief eX-
animation told him that the locker had
bAen riled. He had barely announced
His discovery. when R F. Riblet, of No.
3A2 East 6Sth street. found that some
one had been through his clothes and
taken s31 and a watch valued at Slpo'
In the excited search that followed, Rob-
art ". Macbeth. of No. S43 Prospect ave.
nue.. Brooklyn. was found TO be the on'y
other victim. lie was minus diamond
ring valued at about 500.
AS soon & the men were convinced
that there was thief among them
brief conference was held. and it was de-
cided 10 take instant measures to appre-
hend the crook Assistant District At
tornev Strong. a lieutenant of the bat
TALON. was called up on the telephone
and another call was sent in to the police
of the West 6Sth street station. Then
every door was locked, and the men
stood about in groups discussing the
situation and uneasily waiting for the
arrival Of the police.
Detective Haley was the first TO arrive.
Ioto N
Strong appeared The men were ordered
out into the drill hall and lined up.
Strong asked the men II they objected to
being searched There were no objec-
,ions. and Detective Haley began 10
"frisk" the members. When he went
through Herbert's pockets, Haley said,
he found Ford's stickpin among some
papers in his coat. Thereupon, on the
formal complaint of Ford Herbert was
placed under arrest In court he pleaded
not guilty. and, according to the police,
declared after his arrest that the pin had
been given to him by man he met out
side the place.
Immediately after Herbert's arrest the
srmory was searched from top to bottom.
and 500 of the missing cash was found
hidden under a radiator and the watch
was located in locker. The ring and
the rest of the money were not found.
Lieutenant Strong said last night that
Herbert had been a member Of the bat
talon for about seven months. Nothing
was known Of him at the time. otherwise
than that he passed a satisfactory exam
ination and seemed to be a desirable re-
cruit. Herbert told the police Yesterday
he had no home"