Show Policeman Held For 40 Robberies Admits Thefts While on Duty Wanted Fine Home He Says NEW YORK April 23 AP AP-A AP A year old mounted Amounted policeman was in jail today in default of bail charged with committing more than forty robberies in irr irla a well to do summer cummer colony section of Staten Island where he had his beat House furnishings ranging from froma a furnace and a pound OO-pound machine machine ma ma- chine for making permanent waves to oriental rugs and works works' of art which police pollee allege were all stolen were found in the policeman's home The policeman Stephen Keiper Kelper admitted the thefts police said explaining that he stole the articles because he wanted a a. fine home I Suspicion first centered on Helper Kelper when it was discovered that the I robberies which have extended over overa I Ia a period of eighteen months all aU I occurred during the hours from 4 p. p m. m to midnight when he was on duty He reported many of them himself His latest alleged the theft t. t that that of ofa ofa ofa a grandfathers grandfather's clock and a valuable valuable valuable ble lamp from the home of a former former former for for- mer commissioner of pu public safety of Bayonne Bayonn N N. N J. J John Devlin Devin led to his arrest Keiper Kelper was seen at nt atthe atthe the back of the Devlin DevUn home homo shortly before the robbery was re reported reported re- re ported and when officers went to his home and found a lamp and a a. clock answering the description of the stolen property they placed him under arrest arlest Police PoUce said Kelper Keiper told them he committed the robberies while on duty hiding the stolen articles near the homes he had entered and re returning returning returning re- re turning for them in his car after midnight He lIe is married and has two chil chil- dren |