New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-01-15
POLICE CLEAR UP
STBRlOUS CASES
Two BAIER BOYS TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY; c CONFESS MANY
THIEVERIEs
PURE MISUNDERSTANDING GIVEN
AS MOTIVE; WANTED TO
LEAVE TOWN

@ The many mysterious night robber-
les and acts of vandalism which have
occurred in New Ulm during the last
few weeks and which had taken on
proportions Of a sort Of terror to many
Inhabitants Of the city~were cleared up
by the police last Saturday afternoon
when they took into custody two Of the
Baier boys, Henry and Edward, 10 and
~ years of.age respectively, who made
an open confession regarding the diff
ferent cases.
The two boys are safely lodged IN
the county jail where they pass their
time reading magazines. They seem
ODE OF, good cheer and not bit per-
ttrbed by the consequences of their
acts. They will either be brought be-
fore the Judge of Probate or the jus
tee Of the Peace who may send them to
one of the Reform schools of the state.
The charge against them probably will
sa'e.zthat of first degree burglary.
Were Dissatisfied.
Henry and Edward Baier had no par
5tlcnlar grievance against anybody but
were just inclined to be mischevious, as
q sort of pastime during the early hours
of the morning. They were dissatisfied
with conditions at home, the police say.
They had to work hard and had to live
IN very unfriendly surroundings, they
claim.
Henry worked on the Becker farm in
Milford Township for some time, while,
Edward worked in the same neighbor-
hood on the farm Of Fred Scar, since
December % last. Before that Edward
had been in Springfield for several
weeks and prior to that had worked for
one week in the cold storage plant of
Stork Bros.
Worked Home.
When they pulled off their nightly
s jobs they came to town in the even
ing and usually spent their time at
Schneider 8 cigar store. They left there
at closing time and went about to look
for some place which they might en-
ter. The night they Wentsto stork Bros.
they started out at about u O'Clock.
Afterwards they always walked home
to the farm on the regular road without
any fear Of being watched or followed
by anyone. In q short while they In.
tended to leave New Ulm for Mankato
or Minneapolis where they expected to
find some easier job. They were al
ways together with the exception of
the night when Baer's place was en-
tered. This Henry did alone. They
never took any money, they say but
Henry stole. five bicycles last summer.
Batter Family Large.
The father Of the boys works at the.
mil, and the family is very large. Seven
brothers and three sisters are still liv-
ing and four children are dead In
the opinion Of the police, the boys seem
ozhave received very little education,
this being perhaps one reason for their
illsbred and rude conduct.
Worked Hard on Case.
The police force Of New Ulm worked
increasingly to clear up these cases Of
thievery, especially since the visit to
the Stork plant. Several citizens also
rendered their services, and their com.
.bined efforts finally led to the capture.
of the real maranders. A detective Of
the Pinkerton Agency, Mr.. D. Good
man Of st. Paul, also was. on the job
since last Tuesday but he was unable to
find any clue and was just ready to
leave town when q s. tip was given
stoscity attorney Dempsey, which led to
thesarrest. Deputy Sheriff Jahnke took
Police Chief Harmening and Detective
Goodman out to Milford in his automo
bile There they found the boys and
questioned them. They soon knew that
they were on the right track, and were
ready to bring them back to town.
Find Many Articles.
search Of the house was made,
which led to the finding Of many articles
which had been stolen from different
stores Of the town. Thus q revolver
was found which had disappeared from
the store Of Mr.. stolz, also IS boxes
of cartridges, half dozen pocket
knives, three safety razors and two
fountain pens from the same store