A South Norwood man, arrested at his place of employment on Monday and charged with larceny of goods valued at over $100 (grand larceny) was ordered committed to the Medfield State Hospital for 30 days observation by Judge Gilbert W. Cox on his appearance in District Court on Tuesday.
Norwood police, acting on a tip from officials of the Detroit Controls where the man is now employed, went to his home with a search warrant and were literally amazed at the amount of articles found in the home.
Two rooms in the attic were stuffed with articles, all believed stolen over the course of several years. There were dozens of boxes filled with all sorts of miscellaneous hardware, flourescent light fixtures still in their original cartons, about a dozen electric motors, voilet ray heat machines, garden tools, and dozens of other articles piled high in the two rooms.
His bedrooms also contained a conglomeration of articles too numerous to mention, and the condition of the room caused the Board of Health to be concerned. The kitchen pantry also was filled with loot of various kinds, mostly tools.
In the cellar, police found drums of chemicals and other items that were almost too heavy for a person to carry, and which constituted a fire menace to the community.
An official of the Detroit Controls, taken to the house by police, positively identified between $4,000 and $5,000 worth of the goods as having been taken from his firm.
Other firms in Norwood which have been victimized in recent months and years are also to make a check of the goods found in the house and it may be several weeks before all of the allegedly stolen articles can be cataloged.
(All articles originally published in the Norwood Messenger)