The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-29
College Community Determined
to End Epidemic Of LARGE
MES and Vandalism.
PRIVATE SLEUTHS ENGAGED
Rouses Have Been Broken Into
and Students Robbed for
Nearly Three Months.

other arrests OF Maryland .Agricul-
turai College boys in connection with
q serics Of thefts and depredations ut
the college are expected to follow that
OF Albert r. Tuttle, OF Rye, w. Va,
who IL in Jail at Upper Marlboro
charged with breaking into the Bal
timore and Ohio station at College
Park.
College authorities, students, and resi-
dents OF College Park are aroused over
the depredations and petty larcenies
thar have extended over a period or
nearly three months.
DR. II. J. Patterson, president OF the
college. stated yesterday that the rae
uity had tried to apprehend the Of
tenders. and had been unable to DO &C.
Employed Private Detective.
Determined to put an end to the van
dahsm and robberies. he said, WASH
ington detective agency was put IN
charge Of the investigation about two
weeks ago. and the arrest OF Tuttlo
was the first step In the EFFORT to round
up the offenders.
Ever since the first OF the year. DR..
Patterson said. students had been oon-
planning OF thefts OF money, Jewels, and
watches.
G -. store WAS looted. the greenhouses
were broken into, tools and landscape
gardening instruments were stolen ana
the engineering and science halls also
broken into, though nothing was taken
from them.
A school house in the vicinity also
had BEEN broken into. but no appre-
cable damage was done. DR.. Patter-
seems to have been done in spirit
OF vandalism. leading the college au-
thorities to believe that an organized
game OF students had committed many
OF the depredatlons in a spirit Of van
dalism rather than for purposes or
theft.
Traced to New York.
Last Sunday night a week ago L. M
Eefauver. Baltimore and Ohio station
agent at College Park, reported the
ticket office nearly n mile frcr the
college. had been entered, and the cash
drawer pried open with a chisel. No
money wac found there. and nothing
was taken except a bunch OF duplicate
keys The locks were Immediately
changed.
Detectives working on the college
case turned their attention to the sta
tion breaking incident. and this result
ed In the arrest on Monday OF futile.
He II nineteen years old. and was one
futile. tho authorities say. NJ first
denied any knowledge Of tho robbery.
hut Their broke down. and nlcaded with
his cantors not to take from him a
at will ruin mo IL Won do" Re cried.
and tore the ticket TO shreds.
The. ticket was picced together and
was found to be ticket for n watch
pawned IN New York Inspcctnr Of Dc
tectives Grant ut Washington head
quarters. Immediately was asked to
trace the watch in the Now York shop.
Held in Default of Bail.
Yesterday young Tuttle was arraiSred
before Justice OF the Peace Bailey ard
pleaded guilty. He was held in default
of 500 bail. He said he needed the
money for his college EXPENSES. Hc was
taken to Upper Marlboro by Sheriff
Gates. OF Prince Georges county and
until late yesterday few of the stu
dents at the college knew he was under
arrest. Not many knew that det~c-
tiyes had been working on the case.
In each OF the five sections OF the
dormitories. DR.. Patterson stated stu
dent proctora were asked to cooperate
in trying to catch the offenders. One
instructor MISC lives in each OF these
secIons. BUT nether instructors nor
proctors were able to get any trace of
DR.. T. II. Spence. vice president Of
the college, also carried on an extended
but fruttless inquiry. and recommended
that detectives be put on the case.
Secure Pawn Tickets.
Townsfolk are indignant over the dep
relations which they attribute to the
college boys.
There is no legal authority IN the town
Of College Park to restrain the boys, not
even a constable. The town has 10
mayor. and when the arm of the law
IN needed a deputy sheriff has to be
summoned from Hyattsville or Upper
Marlboro.
Detectives are In possession. II Is I'M
derstood. of some of the pawn tickets,
and they conducted search Of Wash
OF the Jewelry lost during the past few