M.I.T. Senior Trips Thief in Dormitory

A flying tackle by an M.I.T. senior last night brought down a burglar who had made off with the student's trousers and ended a month-long series of thefts at Harvard and M.I.T.

Ralph Wanger was sleeping in his room in Holman Hall on M.I.T.'s East Campus when he was awakened by a man in the next room. He jumped out of bed in time to see his trousers disappearing through the door. The trousers contained Wanger's wallet and 15 dollars. Wanger tackled the burglar on the stairs before he could escape and, joined by two other students, held him until police arrived.

Police believed that the intruder was an ex-convict formerly held in Charles-town Prison and the Concord Reformatory. They detained him on suspicion of larcency while attempting to link him with a series of similar thefts from unlocked rooms at Harvard and M.I.T.