The Ypsilanti Daily Press on
Thursday, August 13, 1936.
Police today are
seeking clues to the whereabouts of a man giving his name as Fred Childs who
rented a room at the home of Miss Mareia V. Hall, 201 North Hamilton St., and
disappeared with seven suits and miscellaneous articles stolen from other
roomers in the house Wednesday
The theft, which
was not discovered until the roomers, Leo Darling, and Lewis and Ralph Meyers,
retuned from work Wednesday afternoon, probably occurred between 7 and 9 a. m.
according to Miss Hall. Fingerprints were sought by police, but all upstairs
rooms had been cleaned between the time of the theft and its discovery.
The man, about 40
years old, five feet eight inches tall, 150 pounds, paid 50 cents down for a
room Thursday night, promising to pay the remainder on receipt of his pay check
Wednesday. He carried a large black suitcase, the same in which it appears, he
placed the stolen goods Wednesday morning after the roomers had left.
Items stolen from
Mr. Darling were an oxford gray suit, a ray summer suit, a blue serge suit, two
white shirts, a white gold watch chain, $7. 75 in cash and an Eagle Lodge pin.
Lewis Mayes Meyers reported he lost a light gray suit, a dark brown suit, a
blue suit and a wrist watch. Ralph Meyers lost a gray suit.
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