Owing to the sharpness of the janitors of Ridgely and Claverly Halls, Charles Borum was arrested yesterday for soliciting funds under false pretenses. Garbed as a clergyman, he tried to obtain money for "the Workingmen's Home of Boston," first in Claverly and then in Ridgely. "Jimmy" O'Brien, the janitor of Claverly, became suspicious and had him shadowed to Ridgely where he was recognized by the janitor there as having solicited funds for another charity some eight weeks before. While Borum was going about in Ridgely, Sergeant Rowe was summoned to make the arrest. Borum later gave his address as 8 East Lenox street, Boston, and is said to have admitted that the institution in question did not exist.
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