Show BEER STAMPS STOLEN Arrest of a Man with 810000 Worth in His Possession New York April 11 Wlllilnthe past two months two mysterious robberies of beer stamps by which the Government Govern-ment lost 16000 have occurred One of these thefts occurred while the stamps were In transit between the Treasury department and the general postoftlce at Washington and the other between lie poslofllce and tine Internal revenue office In Chicago The stamps stolen In Washington were worth 510 000 and those In Chicago 5GOOO Internal Revenue Agent Frank G Thompson of the New York district recently re-cently suspected that the stolen beer stamps vere hidden in Brooklyn and that the thieves made P McCaulcys saloon their headquarters Agent Thompson learned that stamp thieves hud made arrangements for the sale of a large ntiantlly of the slumps lo a brewers agent at tine Astor house Laic today Thomas Blaney a bartender bar-tender employed In McCuuleys saloon was Hcen to enter the hotel with a big brown paper bundle under his arm lie Heeinlngly failed to meet the prospective pros-pective purchaser and afterward at the corner of the hotel was arrested by IIr Thompson The bundle which Blair carried when opened In lie Federal building was found lo contain about 10000 worlh of beer stamps Tho prisoner was unable un-able lo satisfactorily account for the stumps He was taken before a United States commissioner who held him lu WOOO ball for examInatIon on Friday The charge agaInst him Is having slo len revenue stamps In Ills possession |