Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1899-05-10
PIOTTERS LOCATED.
Three of the Men Who Visit
ed Bavarian Brewery Known.
PROMINENT BUSINESS MEN
MEN

OF WILMINGTON. WHO IN THEIR
OWN QUIET WAY WE'RE SOLICIT.
ING ADS. FOR THE EI.Ks BENE-
FIT PROGRAMME NEW DEVELOP
MENrs IN THE BURGLARY.
The Identity OF the three men who
visited the Bavarian brewery on Monday
soliciting advertisements for the Elks'
benefit program has been established
The three suspicious characters who
were supposed TO be the men who
planned the brewery robbery" are ].
Paul Brown, photographer Lambert ].
Foulls read estate dealer. and Robert s
Baird, superintendent OF Charles Baird
Co.. morocco manufacturers OF this
city These men are an prominently con-
neoted with the Elks' Association. ana
are much interested IN seeing the benefit
success. They also compose a part OF
the committee on program. and have
been doing considerable soliciting for
advertisements for the program. which
will como from the press OF John M.
Rogers to-day.
On Monday Messrs. Baird. Fouk and
Brown started out on a tour OF the
bfoweries to secure their advertise
ments. They carried with them as
sample a program used ait n recent Eiks'
Benefit in Lynchburg, Va. in order uhat
They might more clearly show the varl-
Gus spaces In which advertisements could
be placed.
The trio visited stoecl0les brewery ana
secured an ''ad." from the firm and then
proceeded to the Bavarian plant. where
they endeavored TO get space from the
management. While Messrs Foulk and
Baird were explaining the advantage OF
advertising on the program, Mr.. Brown
strolled over the plant and finally cross
ed the street and purchased a cigar The
party, however, was unsuccessful and
finally left without doing amy business
In referring to the suspicious charac-
ters who were soliciting for this program
an afternoon paper Of yesterday says:
They said that they were soliciting
advertisements for program book for
the Elks entertainment They said that
stoeclde had taken the back page and
THAT they would like to secure the Ba-
varlan advertisement for the inside OF
the cover. When they showed their
dummy the clerk discovered that they
mad been ISSUED IN Lynchburg, Va one
OF the men who acted as solicitor occu-
pies a place in the rogue's gallery"
Messrs. Baird, Brown and Foulk abso-
lutely deny any knowledge Of The three
remaining burglars.
STILL A MYSTERY.
The identity and whereabouts Of the
men who committed the bold robbery
still remains a mystery 10 the .nollco.
but they aria men az the brewery still
\ hold to the theory that the thieves were
local men with one or two exceptions.
Il They say II the robbers were strangers
in the city they would not have worn
handkerdhIefs over their faces. II Is
thought a gang Of local thieves planned
the job and then secured the help of an
| expert cracksman 10 blow open the safe
/ promising to divide the booty with him
some OF the burglars were evidently well
acquainted with the premises. There Is
an are HIGHT in the yard, and before the
thieves began operations this was turned
out The switch IS IN the building and
would not have been found had NOT some
one In the party been acquainted with
theAbuiding
'Fhe police are satisfied in their own
4 minds that the men who operated here
are the same who blew cpen the sales at
Ridley Park Mddletown, Pottsville ana
Chester recently. The job was done IN
much the same manner. Yesterday aftef-
noon the tools found ON the floor Of the
onice near the safe were identified as
the ones stolen from the house at Ridley
park. where the safe was forced open
, Ihis proves the burglars were at that
z place.