New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-02-04
CALL HIN lI0LD-UP MAN.
GAYS He ROBBED WOERz.
Detectires Make Arrest That Nc
Cook Kid Nearly Got Me-"

rb-ieopher Smith. alias sandrocB. Of No. 527
rr.s- 44th-st.. was arrested by half dozen de-
tres al No II Lawrence-st. last night He
Inspected Of being the man who was engaged
!. he hold-ups al the Woerz home. the Talbot
Aase and others
acting Inspector O'Brien declared that the
-en had committed the hold-ups. At the 44th-
: address the prisoner Is said 70 have lived
.s.t his father ard three sisters.
The arrest was made in Pop" Lindseys
sasek and tan" two-cent poolroon. at No II
raureroe-st. Disguised as longshorenen. de-
-.c-;ves spent the evening in the place playing
,ool wiki the whites and negroes. The talk Of
ne night was chiefly about recent hold-ups and
.ohheries. The detectives gathered from the
ak that the man they sought would come in.
They had description and recognized him at
,,ee. He was extremely cool.
A. headquarters. Acting Inspector O'Brien
.sgea the prisoner II he did not want something
70 eat
Nope" he said. had a good feed AT 3 o'clock.
-sut if youIl send out and get me some carbolic
,,s5 I'll take that. inspector"
.sfTe- g negro. who had been arrested as a
-rf-pess. told the police that the prisoner had
.ols him he was the hold-up man. The prisoner
.ol5 Collins another negro witness. so the latter
sai6 that he was the robber who had tried to
,oor the home Of General Anson G. McCook. in
West 54th-st-
THAT - NcCook kid almost got me-" he
.ol6 Collins, and the latter SAID smyth had dis
plaved q rent in his coat sleeve which he de-
clarea had been made by one of young Nc
Cooks bullets.
CALLED Up SHPMAN HOME.
Collins said he heard smyth call UP a maid in
fhs shipnan house and tell her that he was the
man who had robbed the place; that he was
sorry. bur. needing the money. he had TO do it
Collins tod the police that he and Smyth had
been schoolnlates. and that smyth had tried
When he recently met him, after an interval Of
several years. TO get him for a pal" He said
nat suyth finally. in answer TO Collins's de-
Inaad for an explanation Of certain hints Of
money to be made easily, had buntly told him
that ne was the highway robber, and had
showed Two big pistols 10 prove il.
Collins said the newspapers made a mistake
when they said that AIr. Woerz had given
single hUrdred-dollar bill 10 Smyth. He said
snyth had told him that a maid had thrown
down roll Of twenty hves-
The detectives searched the prisoners home
snd there foUnd a suit case, in which were the
hack 3elr hat and dark oYercoat described by
al the victims as having been worn by the rob
Der The coat was tight fitting for him, as de-
scrfbed
TELL OF sMYTH's RECORD
The police say that Snayth. under the name Of
6sndrock. had been arrested on May 70, 1903,
for shooting one Patrick Dillon at 65th-st- and
Arnsrerdsu-Eve. in z quarrel over $50. They
found that he hsd been employed as general
sIl-sroun6 worker by Miller Bros, druggists at
Asfh-st ard F5Ilrl-zRE -evaTal persons about
sk-4 raaue-rsad the detectives that when Srnyth
jeff this place he had boasted that rs wss going
20 get q lot CT money. and that quickly.
Actirg Inspector O'Brien said that Snayth
might bs described as a rattlebrained, haruTn-
scsTuH, good for naught' sort Of a young man
Ee said he v-sE sure TO fasten on him, by means
of psvutlckets the robbery OF Frederick G.
Eeighe q the Delta Phi fraternity house, Co
lUlbis University, No. al ". 11Ith-st. This
robbery was January II.
The other crimes which O'Brien says Smyth
committed were the robbery Of Z. i. Shipman.
Of No. 90 West I6th-st-. on December d; the
hold-Up Of 2Ir- Wosrz. who is a wealthy brewer
n his home, 30 ! Est 63d-st.. on January 9;
the hold-up Of Dr. Robert r. Talbot. Of No 81
West 6sth-s-.. ard ths robbery OF q woman in
stage coach IN 5th-ave. Of 500
The McCoOk robbery was on January 81. The
fobber thar night escaped by a third story win
ooT after the generals son. Anson G. jr.. had
fired Two shots al him The boy is twelve years
Cd
In getting the money from Mr.. Woerz the
rsn entered the house. met the brewer, and
made him give up the money while several
SoEeD of the family looked on poweriess 70 do
anything