'Mikado' Players Lose Coats, Cash In Sneak Robbery

While virtue triumphed in the last act of Winthrop's "Mikado" last Saturday night, vice was flourishing ten yards away in the cast's dressing room.

An unknown thief stole over $200 worth of clothing, furs, records, ties, and purses from the converted ground floor room and escaped some time during the last 30 minutes of the second act.

University and Cambridge police have been working on the case since late Saturday night, but reported yesterday that they have no leads yet.

The theft was discovered after the performance when the six girls, who were the victims, began looking for their belongings. The room was unlocked during the entire performance, but some members of the cast were in it most of the evening. The last half of act two, however, requires everyone's presence on stage.

The exact timing of the robbery led police to believe the project had been "carefully planned" during the first three nights run.

Bruce R. Recker '52, producer of the operetta, said that the caper was either "a fortuitous thing, or the thief knew our movements perfectly."

The cast may stage an unscheduled show this Friday to recoup the losses.