The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-29
AMALGAMATED CROOK NO. 2.
JUST 4 POOR SORT OF DINE NOVEL
TOUGH, SAY SLEUTHS.
skeleton hey Thief Not a nit Like bre~er
Woerk's Hold-up Man-GreenNa
Product OF Scent Pool Parlors. VINO
Has Pulled or Few Cheap BObberles.

WoerIs Hold-up Man-treenna
Product OF Scent Pool Pariors. VINO
Has Pulled or Few Cheap HObbcrles,
Morris Greenwald, the persistent young
man who, with two companions VINO es-
capped, made two attempts 10 rob the house
of Hymnn Fried. at 10 West li4th street, on
Friday is "A dime novel crook the police
say, and not the leader OF the desperate
gang OF criminals he would have people
believe. One thing Is reasonably certain
be ia not the hold-up man who has been 30
busy on the upper West Side recently.
When Green valid was first nabbed the police
thought they might possibly have gath
cred in the hold-up man. When they
compared him with the description Of the
individual so many policemen are seeking
they quickly decided that they had not
Greeuwad and his two companions en-
tered the Fried house with skeleton keys,
and when Greenwald was searched at the
East lO4ih street police station he had the
keys on him. In addition no had a loaded
revolver and second round Of cartridges.
Then there was q jimmy and small
aluminium disk
The disk greatly excited the curiosity OF
the police for printed on 1t was this
Amalgamated Association of Crooks,
Member No ..
Capt. Brennan OF the East lO4th street
station tried TO get Greenwald to tell Some
thing about himself on Friday night. but
the prisoner declared he was no squealer.
He was taken to Police Headquarters yes
terday and lined up before the Central
Once detectives. None of them knew
him Then ne was photographed for the
rogues' gallery He was hustled TO the
Harlem police court after these formal
ties and he made no objection 10 being
REMAND cd to Headquarters 80 thar his record
might he looked up. He seemed rather
proud of himself
From the police court Greenwad was
taken ~ the E-st l04th street station again.
Meantime Central Office Detectives Clark
and Peabody had been told 70 get busy
and see wnat they could learn about him.
They were with him when lac was arraigned
in the police court and they took him hnck
10 the police station TO have talk with
him
Greeuwald finally began to tell things.
always boastfuly. He told who Ibis two
companions We're the day before and cheer
fully admitted that he had once spent three
months in prison He owned np that he had
been arrested within "A week for trying
to commit burglary IN physicians house
at 1881 Madison avenue, hut escaped i'm
priSonment because no evidence could be
produced against him.
The prisoner told OF a number of small
rpbberes he had taken part in. bat when
questioned about the Association OF Anal ga
mated Crooks he would only say
I'm the president of that association,
and one of the things We swear TO do Is not
10 squea
Even the detectives could not help smiling
az the Young man when he made this state
ment after all he had told them. Green
valid didn't see the hunor Of il, and he
wasn't pressed to tell any more about the
organization. simply because no such organ
ization exists. according TO the police
When Greenwald was ,witted about not
being as bad al he would have others be-
lieve. ne said
I'm the real goods all right and don't
you forget il say, do you know what /
do so ! won't be identified, Why, | always
wear two sweaters, When | go into a
house me sweater is green or red. but the
minute pull off a trick roll that mp around
me neck and show another colored front.
That's to throw off any one who may he
on Inc track. That's how ! got away with
so many things,
After getting all they could out OF the
young man, the sieuths lugged him down
to Headquarters again and put him in a
cell The detectives will investigate his
stories and they hope to clear up num-
Der Of petty robberies that have bothered
the police Of the upper East Side precincts
Greenwald is just an ordinary petty thief
say the Central Office men. the kind that
is bred around the two and three cent pool
parlOrs. He is 20 years old and lives ct 50
East roth street with his mother, two
brothers and two sisters. His family are
respectable and they say there il really
not hing wrong with Morris except that he
has been led astray by bad companions.
When Greenwald was arrested, his cap
tors asked Brewer Woerz to take a look
at the prisoner. Mr.. Woerz went TO the
l04th street station yeste rdRy. but Green
valid was then on his way to Headquarters.
Capt. Brennan gave Mr.. NOer2 a minute
description Of Greenwald, and the brewer
said there was no Use Of his wasting any
more time. for the description didn't fit in
any way the hold-up man.
Capt Langan. who was in charge Of the
Detective Bureau from the time McClusky
was deposed until he was relieved OF the
responsibility. yesterday afternoon, when
Acting Inspector O'Brien appeared for
duty. saws Greenwald s just an ordinary
dime novel tough who has committed a
few petty robherieF and glories in il.
James Cioffi. % years old, an Italian
driver Of 24s East Nth street, was arrested
at 9 o'clock last night 10y Detectives Dreyfus
and Dixon of the East ioith street police (
station. charged with being confederate 1
Of Greenwsld. Ciofti. the police say, /
burglaries. but said he knew nothing OF |
Greenwald He was turned over TO two
HEADQUARTERS men.
Another alleged confederate Of Green |
wald was arrested near midnight by Police
man A lax Whitman OF the Fast l2Bth street !
station He said he was Daniel Cowan. 20 |
wears old. OF 1893 East llsth street He (
confessed the police say, to having acted .
as "A stall for Greenwald and Cofii.
Whitman says that Cowhn has been .
known 10 him for some time as an associate .
Of crooked people, but he never knew him
a. a crook himself On Thursday. he
says Cowan went up 10 him on i25th street .
and said.
4 friend Of mine had close shave this |
afternoon He was trying 10 rob a woman .
on Hath street and he nearly got pulled I
Whitman thought il only idle talk and /
only woke up when he read the story Of the |
attempted robbery in the evening papers.
Artist Fritz Peplow Hurt
Fritz Peplow, an artist - years old. who