Word: thief
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Columbia bicycle, Model 45, No. 5718. Stolen from Sever Hall-was standing, locked, just inside the inner east door. It had an old spring saddle, cord luggage carrier, watch holder and cyclometer, and tool bag was tied on with twine. Please send information toward capture of thief or recovery of the wheel to W. E. Byerly, 39 Hammond street...
Last year a man hid a book reserved in Gore Hall, and his name and offense were conspicuously posted for days; but when the Louisburg cross came back the thief was tenderly shielded from public notice. It is understood that the painters of Fogg Museum were detected and expelled, but no one can vouch...
...than that of any other player. Perhaps Mr. Wolff's look of the servile blackguard, Danny Mann, was almost as fit. His likeness to a cringing, cowardly villain was not all the effect of a few daubs of grease paint topped with a very black wig and a sneak thief's cap; there was something about it that displayed clever facial expression...
...there is no suspicion as to the identity of the thief, if indeed the act was committed by one person. The strength of the bar of iron which was wrenched apart makes it a matter of doubt whether one person could readily have done it unassisted...
...impossible to find terms strong enough to condemn the theft of the Louisburg Cross from the University Library. Whether the person who committed the act was aware of the peculiar value of the cross, or not, the offence is an unpardonable one, and the penalty, in case the thief should be discovered, ought to be severe. Supposing, what is by no means certain, that the act was committed by a student, it will reflect seriously upon the University if many days are allowed to pass without either the return of the cross or the apprehension of the man who took...