New-York tribune., 1896-07-09
rHE HIRsCHKOPF TRIAL.
--er,NoNY ABOUT THE sUFFoLK-sT.
FIRE
49, rMproYE OF SAMUEL MICH TELLS VI
os ur HEARD IN THE IATTER's OFFICE

,,,ovr OF SAMUEL MICH TELLS OF
-,,,xcs HE HEARD IN THE LArrER's OFFICE
,r,a, for murder by arson Of Adolph Hirsch-
nv NJ rssurned Yesterday before Justice Fursman
ko'. ~ criminal Branch Of the Supreme Court
.,,.onf Is accused Of causing the deatn OF Lizzie
,s.r four-year-od girl. who was 80 oaaiy
.--.a A. the fire at No 12s Suhok-si. on tne carry
arrnr OF May 81. 1884, that she died shor'iy aite,
.rd 7, IL alleged that the defendant IS responso'e
for the fire that started III So'oi''o"
,oon on the ground floor.
.,-,ham Kahn collector for the brewery company
,o, supplied Keinrock, testified that all 'he stun IN
.h. saloon Of Kleinrock was not worth mere 'hAh s
ars the furniture in the back room about *ioV' fis
hreving company owned the nxtures /" ''e s"'o"
yIenrock was insured for N.No
oUhen did you last see kleinrocK' asKeo MI
Leavitt .;s
"A month after the hre.' the witness said
KIenrock is said to have fled to Europe 10 escape
arrest for arson .,
"Do YOU know where Klenrock Is now" contn-
ued Mr.. Leavitt III,
NO" said the witness. sHhe sp'ed"'"s ''e' '
large and jolly face.
W.. 40 Won smile at that question:" inquired
Mr.. Leavitt. 49,.
witness In innocent tone
soon J. Reiser OF No. 81 East One-hundred-and-
ten,h-st. testified that he me, Hirschkopf at the
nnsc.s NJ Samuel Mich where the witness was en-
Moved The witness had also met kleinrock Seller
and Meyer Brenner in Milchs office. Mich was
ors insurance adjuster. One day Seller. Hermann
and Hirschkopf met IN the Office.
Mich ordered the witness TO make out check Tor
ga which was given TO Hirschkopf. This was at
the time Seller had fire over In Brooklyn. One
day ffirschkopf told the witness that all Of Mfchs
nAces were crooked and his fires were suspicious
u,rschkopf asked the witness TO 10 work for him
ard they would make money. Witness consented to
DO So
Hirschkopf told witnes. ne wanted to take out a
number Of policies. but II he did so il would look sus
picious the witness was TO take out the policies
and Hirsohkopf would act adjuster. Again In
January 1894. he met Hirschkopf in Milch's office.
Rrenner Rosenbaum and Mich present and
there some talk about insuring Kleinrock.
few days afterward witness met Hirschkopf and
the latter asked him what the matter with
Mich that he did not get out the policy on Klein
rocks saloon If 1t burns up. he said there would be
no money Mich must get out a policy right away
on another day Hirschkopt went 70 Milch's ofice
and oa witness that MSh had ago got out cs bogus
kleinrock for. a darn fool?" the witness declared
Hirschkopf said The latter said that Mich must
get genuine policy pretty quick or there would
r trouble Mich came IN and iiirschkopf repeated
Hrschkopf out Of the Office. calling him hard
names.
had with the defendsn about Mich
got out a genuine policy for Klenrock .,,..
ter Jacob Klein in Rrooklyn in whose house s,,a1 an
tod him the fire was Going TO come of before i
did He got out the policy for Hirschkopf
S serhsHs hsHgh h,.rDs4ss al Of Nd los said a.
one day Hrschkopf took him to the Suffolk-st
house that had been burned. and said: You see
thar burned out. I did IL and made money
Now we can have fire In your place and make
money also" The witness said he did not consent
and Hirschkopf called at his restaurant IN a few
days and asain proposed to have a fire. The wit
ness said he Mad been in this country only two
wears and did not want fire. He was insured.
On cross-exam mination he startled the court by
saying that he also had fire in his place in July
after the Suffolk-st. fire "Hirschkopf made H.,
said the witness in most matter-of-fact We.
II got $50 after the fire the witness said. Il did
not know I insured until got the $50. Hirsch-
kopf got tho policy and kept it. He gave me the
$50 I learned afterward that Hirschkopf had me
insured for 81 200. and got $500 from the company
after the fire. Max Glueckman saw him pay me the
so"
Shire Rosenbaum was the next witness. He is
said 10 have beer OF the alleged gang OF fire.
bugs. TIE witness told about Hirschkopf asking
(ilueckman TO the fire in the night. and
Glusckman refusing because there were children in
the house and corrcborated Max Glueckman's evil
dence He said Hrschkopf felt proud of the way
in which the Suffoks, fire had been handled. He
wanted people 10 go and the building. and said
he deserved TO be called professor"