The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-05
HOLD.UP MAN is A SOCIALIST.
sINDROCK POSITIVELY con-
NECTED WITH FIVE RAIDS.
o,.aer Hoerzs Niece Picks Him Easily
-HeIEhe and PaNnbroker's CLERK
settle His Case for 20 Nears-Drug
,lerk sought 10 ReadJust wealth..

nan Yesterday by nuHlbeT vi I'i'"ii7
t.. believed he was the actor in all the
.I,cl Bell Ringer" crimes OF the last
,,a. oeek- ncludingthe raids on the houses
:, recover Woerz and DR.. Talbot, although
MAJ, ,yo failed 10 identify him with GER
,.,,,y Miss Clara Hoffman, Woerz's niece,
ala ,rsitiyely that he was the man
s,,,Jr ok ia 10 years old. Hi is a bright.
.-.,,,a had Until he took to the hold-up
,.,do he was a drug clerk and he lived
.i,b his family at 527 West Forty-fourth
-, His father is Joseph Sandrock,
r,suectanlo man a sign painter, working
T., n i ruie & Go. The boys develop
,,,,. int, a criminal seems TO have started
,,,t re,dine -ocialstc literature and IRE
.rtnc socialistic clubs The police say
,s,. ba devolopei wrong headed notions
,t.u, property rights. and these became
-. i,sr,ration Of his robberes. A few
aeeks ago he threw up the steady job he
hoid at Miller Bros drug store at Tenth
.yon,ie and Forty eighth street. since
,bo, the series Of front door hold-ups
rbich have worried police and public so
much has been in progress.
sandrock. after having sleuths on his
trail FOR week. was caught on Friday
r,r negroes AT 70 Lawrence street, in Har-
lem. Yesterday forenoon there was
congress at Police Headquarters of ak
NJ his victims together with the pawnshop
olo,t with whom he pawned Frederick
ueighes watch on the night OF the Delta
Phi clubhouse robbery, Jan, "a. The VIC
fms who gathered at Police Headquarters
toidentify Sandrock were Frederick Heighe,
l.. Shipman Miss Eva Shipman DR.. h.
Talbot. Brewer Woerz, William Webb.
t,,,ler in the house of Ebenezer Hurd, 10
West Fighty-si1th street, and Charles
Brown. the butler of the Delta Phi Club.
sandrock was lined up with six other
men all Of whom were bareheaded at first,
with view to making the identification as
d;a,e.ilt as possible, because the robber in
oil his exploits wore SLOUGH hat pulled
lov down on his forehead. Mr. Shipman
and Miss Shipman picked out Sandrock
without an instant's hesitation.
-He wore no mask when he came to our
house. said Miss Shipman. and l knew
him the instant l saw him. There ia not
the slightest doubt that he is the man.
Webb. the coored butler of Mr.. Hurd,
Jumped at Sandrock and pulled him out OF
the line at the first glance.
That him. said Webb. I'D know him
snywherc
Frederick Heighe was equally positive
and so was the butler. Charles Brown, The
rawnbroker's clerk did not hesitate a mo-
ment in picking out Sandrook as the man
who had pawned Mr. Heighe's stolen watch
for $50
Or. Talbot could not positively identify
Sandrock.
The man who invaded my house, said
Dr. Talbot stood with his hack to the
light and outlined against white curtain.
therefore did not see his features we'll
enough to identify him, although in gem
eral appearance this man was like the man
at my house.
Dr. Talbot will have his two sons call to
look AT Sandrock
Brewer Woerz also refused to positively
Identity Sandrock. He said he had been
confused by trying to identify people the
police have brought 20 him. Mr., Woerz,
however, returned to Headquarters later in
the day. This time he had with him his
niece. Miss Hoffman, who was in his house
when the hold-up took place. She identified
sandrock positively and without hesita-
tIon
Marie Moore servant in the house of
the Fletmans at ~ West Seventy-seventh
street, who scared away the bandit by
telephonng for the police on one OF his
most recent visits, also saw and identi-
fed him
In the afternoon. Sandrock was taken
TO jefferson Market police court. He was
held for examination tomorrow.
i this really the hold-up man?' asked
Magistrate Crane. Il should like to have
a chance TO deal with that duck"
Assistant District Attorney Sanford
told the Magistrate that there was abso-
luiely no doubt Of the Identification.
We've got enough evidence to send him
w for twenty years declared Mr. Sand
i won't fix any bail for man like that
SAID tho Magistrate
N'ni't showed ~ uneasiness. He laughed
with ih' detective As they described to
the reporters how they PLAYED twenty-siI
games Of pool while they waited for their
man 10 come in.
They wouldn't have identified me IL
they hadn put another hat on me, - he said.
Mr. Sanford said that Hcighe was his
strongest witness His testimony alone,
he -ald. would be enough to settle Smiths
Case
smith showed considerable astuteness
70 talking 20 the police He made several
ha1 breaks, however. For instance, he
said Of q soft black hat which he was made
wear at ono time when he was being iden-
tilted.
That's my hat, but it's not the one
wore
Be saw his break but did not oomphcate
matters by attempting Z o repair IT,
Commissioner McAdoo complimented
CAPT UB-9n ana his detectives on their
work He mad an interview with Sandrock
himself and vas impressed by him. He
ai'er~ard dictated statement which was
gwen out TO the press in which he said:
! had a long and satisfactory interview
WIN the Young man arrested for the Woerz
hnd other holG-ups He is more than usually
Intelligent He Is bright. keen and subtle.
ne au2hngly said he was making himself
good detective. His mother died about
TOUT years ago and left him and three sisters
N the charge of his father and aunt. The
uoF was brought up in his childhood under
ven good influences, went TO a religious
tcnoo and claims that up 10 date he is an
attendant az church He has travelled
N ne West with theatrical companies
va, once arrested for a shooting scTape and
vs. Tor some time in a reformatory in this
Htr," Under church auspicas
u" l- socialist and has spent great
sea OF hi- tune up 10 date in tho Socialist
.lh he defends his association with
@sI7e- on the ground Of human equality
mat wealth is wrongfully dis