Evening journal., 1899-07-13
POTTSVILLE RED HELD.
Placed Under $4,000 Bail for
Upper Court By Judge Ball
CHARGE OF ROBBINa BREWERY

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TITLED BY ENGINEER TESTING
AND KETTLEMAN MEYER AS
ONE OF THE MEN WHO ROBBED
THE BAvARIAN BREWERY ON
MAY LAsT-oTHER COURT
CASES.
James Porter, alias "Pottaville Red"
was held in $1,000 bail for upper court
by Judge Ball this morning on charge
of burglarizlng the Bavarian brewery.
Jacob seenan. an cmploye of the
brewing company testified that the
brewery had been robbed on the morn
ing of May . last, and that the safe
in the Office had been blown open. The
amount stolen was S556.SS in money,
ss71.9O in checks, and promissory notes
amounting to $1S,741.
Frederick Testing, engineer, was call
ed to the stand, and related the circum-
stances of the robbery as have already
been published, and positively identi-
fled Porter as the man who carried the
tools from the engine room to the men
working on the safe Testing was tied
in a closet at the time and recognized
the burglar through a crack.
Armand Meyer, the kettIeman Of the
brewery, also positively identified Por-
ter as the burglar who carried the tools
on the night Of the robbery.
Porter is shrewd one. and cross
examined the two Germans in a manner
that would do credit to many a legal
light lie took the stand in his own
defense, and swore that on the night Of
May 8 he was at Schuylxill Haven.
Pa. and that all day on May ., was in
Pottsville, Pa. He gave the names of
several people who had seen him there
on that date. and stated that had he
known upon what charge he was want
ed when he was brought here he could
have gotten letters from those people
which would prove his story correct.
When arrested he was told that 1t was
on the charge of a burglary commit
ted at Middletown on January 18 last.
Porter denied ever being in Delaware
before.
Last night Frederick Testing and
Armand Meyer. engineer and watch
man. respectively, at the brewery went
to the City Hall for the purpose Of
identifying Porter. At first the men
failed to identify Red" but after
Chief Dolan and Detective MeVey had
placed a derby hat on the man. SINH
lar to one worn by one Of the burglars
on the night Of the robbery, and had
tied a handkerchief across his face
both Meyers and Testing at once pro-
lnounced Porter to be one of the rob-
bers. Detective McVey. accompanied
by Sergeant Black and Officer Harkins,
took Porter to Middletown this after
noon on the 2.S6 o'clock train for a
preliminary hearing before Magistrate
reynolds on a charge Of burglary COM
United there on January is last.
Martin Erdoslu, of Ninth avenue and
Coleman street was charged with receiv-
ing stolen goods, knowing them to
have been stolen. John Charleston, a
boy testified to having sold the de-
fendant a peck Of brand about year
ago, for which he received fifteen
cents. He got the brand from a car on
the p. W. & B. tracks. On cross-ex-
ANIMATION the boy said he had not
stolen the brand. but that it was the
sweepings Of the car. Edward Rash
testified that year ago a young man
named Shaffer had sold Erdoski three
bags Of oats, which he had taken from
a box car.
Mrs. Adams. who lives at Eighth
avenue and Duncan streets, testified
that last Fall she saw three boys carry
five sacks of grain to Erdoski's place.
The material that was in the bags
came from a car standing on a track
nearby After hearing the evidence
e Judge Ball dismissed the case on the
grounds that no proof had been offered
to show that Erdoski knew the goods
were stolen. John X. Bradford repre-
d sented the defendant
In the case Of John Lemon, bother,
Of Fourth and Scott streets, charged
with three violations Of the liquor law.
Walter II. Hayes. representing Lemon.
waived hearing after obtaining the
; names Of witnesses and the nature Of
the complaints. Lemon was held in
$500 bail
n James Porter. drunk, was fined 81
e and costs. The cases of Mary Sherer,
e disorderly conduct. and May Mccor-
/, mick harboring a vicious dog, was
n ontinued until tomorrow.
e EXTRA TRAINS FOR REHOBOTH.