As two Sophomore victims of Saturday's burglary in Leverett House threatened the University with a suit for "inadequate protection," Colonel Charles R. Apted yesterday started action for the prevention of a repetition of recent thefts and the capture of the robbers.
The two undergraduates contemplating the filing of claims amounting to $350, last night said that all their windows were locked and the responsibility lay with the University. The two students are Roger B. Linscott and Robert B. Ridder.
Although he doesn't intend to assign additional men to the House district, Apted said that special locks or higher grills would probably be installed where needed. Certain that the crimes were perpetrated by youthful vandals, the Yard policy forces are on the lookout for the better known younger Cantabrigians.
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