The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-13
The BREWERY !.
ROBBERY.
"PottsviIle Red" is Identi-
fled as One of the Rob-
berS and is Held in
$1,000 Bail For
Court.

III tno Guy COurJ THIS morning MIS-.
Mary A. Mccormick was charged will,
nuisance by harboring vicious dog.
The ca will be tried tomorrow morning.
Martin Ezydorski was, charged with re-
ceiving stolen goods, knowing them to DO
stolen. John Charleston testified that he
sold him, over peck Of bran and received
Is cents for it. He secured the bran from
box ca, OH the r., W. g. b. railroad.
That was about year ago. He had con-
versation with Ezydorski yesterday. 10
Mr. Bradford he said tho bran was the
sweepings Of the car floor.
Edward Rash, another boy, testified he
saw kid" Schaffer take oats to Ezydor-
ski about a year ago He saw Oscar
Dought,n take corn about month ago.
The three bags of oats came out of a box
car,on the w. g. n track. Doughton sold
one bag of corn and he did not know
where Doughten received tho corn. To
Mr.. Bradford he stated that he saw the
car full Of oats and saw the young man
take the same to Ezydorski Oscar
Doughten testified he never sold Ezydor-
SKI any corn and never saw any boys cell
anything to Ezydorski. Jennie Adams
deposcd she saw young men removing corn
from the cars. She saw five bags of ma
terial carried to Ezydorski's place. She
saw Oscar Doughtep about three weeks
ago take bag of grain from a car 10. Ezy-
dorski. Officer Sewull Scott testified that
Ezydorski lived in the city IF Wilmington.
The court dismissed the case. 1t had not
Reeu proven that the defendant received
the goods. I. had been proven that the
goods were taken to his place but 1t had
not Eeen shown lhat.ho knew they were
stolen. The court is governed by the evil
dence on the stand
John Lemon was charged with violation
Of the license laws. He was charged with
selling on election day to minors, and In
less quantities than called for by his IL
cense and allowing to he drunk on tho
premises. He waived hearing and was
held in $500 bail for appearance at court.
There were about fifteen witnesses.
James Porter, alias "Pottsviile Red"
was charged with breaking and entering
In tho night the office of the Bavarian
Brewery Company, with intent to commit
felony. Jacob Seeman deposed he visited
the office on the morning of the robbery.
Tho doors of the office are always open In
order to get to the telephone. Frederick
Testing testified that he is the night engi-
neer at the Brewery, On the.njght of the
robbery he saw Porter and another man
with tools. They were in tho old engine
room while he was in the closet where two
of the other men had been placed. Testing
then told of the three men covering him
with revolvers. He was then tied and
placed in the closet. He graphically told
Of tho treatment he received and of the
filling Of the boilers and the replacing In
the closet and tie blowing open Of the
safe. Then he got loose and blew the
whistle. Porter WAS the only man with.
out handkerchief on his face. He was
positive Porter was one of the men. EN-
mot Myers testified that on that night he
Was seized at the gate and taken back to
the engine room where they tied him and
placed a Waterman over him. He saw
man just like the prisoner get tools and
bottle from the man that watched him.
Porter tried to confuse him but Myers was
positive that Porter was the man. Porter
took the stand and testified that on May
he was in Schuylkill Haven. He met
Matthew keeber and went to Minerville.
On May 8 he was before blast furnace in
Pottsville. He denied he was ever il Del
aware until the present time. He was
held in $4,000 bnl for court.
Wilmington WheeIman's Trouble. T9
Because Of the discovery of thorns
in the driveway along the Whining
ton pike on Tuesday, by H. ]. See
ley, wheelman, OF Wilmington,
there may be trouble. On his ride
to West Chester he found stretch
OF the pike near Dilworthtown
which was literally covered by the
rubbish thrown from hedge which
had been trimmed a couple of days
ago and he arrived with nine pune
lures in the tires of his wheel.
To-day West Chester rider who
has interested himself in the matter
will make trip over the road and
if he finds the thorns there will
make formal complaint to the To-
cal consul of the League of Ameri-
can Wheelmen. The result may be
a suit against the farmer who threw
the distractions into the driveway.
There has been trouble of this char
acter in this section every season
for several years.
:. More Dead Rebels.