The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-09-21
Rose Amber


The details of n tragedy are always
Of thrilling interest, for the loss of n
human life is a sui ject upon which the
rich and the poor, the high and the
low, reflect with kindred emotions.
To this interest Is added an element
OF deep regret and pain, when the vic
TIM is a young and promising woman,
whose life has been such, as to warrant
her right and title to peaceful end.
The circumstances attending Rose
| Ambler's death and the whereabouts of
her murderer are still shrouded in mys-
terry.
She was returning home from the
house of her lover, where she was in
the habit of visiting him during their
engagement, and from which, to his
shame be it said, she was allowed to go
alone, as his duties demanded early ris-
ing, and she did not wish to deprive
him of his sleep.
On Sunday night, September I'd, al
nine o'clock, he said good.b bye to her
for the last time, and her lifeless body
was found next morning, in field, to
which it had been dragged from the
sidewalk, and upon her person were the
evidence of a struggle and marks of
the violence which caused her death.
-Four years ago, at twenty-five years
of age, Rose Clark married Norman
Amber, and daughter was born to
them, but neither his wife's affection
nor the ties of home proved sufficient.
ly attractive to restrain the neglectful
husband from dissipation and profigate
excesses, so separation took place and
divorce followed
Then began the marked attentions of
Lewis, and on the night of the murder,
their conversation was concerning the
furnishing of the little cottage which
was building for them, and in which
they were TO live as man and wife as
soon as it was completed. On her
homeward walk there was several lone.
ly stretches. though the streets for the
most part has houses here and there.
Within stones throw of the spot
where her body was found, is the house
OF Preston Hodges, and three of the
inmates of his house heard cry of
distress at twelve o'clock, which was
mistaken for the scream of an owl, and
therefore no inquiry was made.
This leaves an interval of three hours,
during which time naught is known of
the victims movements.
The thorough sitting of this interval
may bring the murderer to light, but
the absence of clues leads to the con-
clusion that this case also must 90 upon
the record of unsolved mysteries with
those of Mary Stannard and Jennie
Creamer.
The latest developments in this ter
rlble mystery seem to indicate that
some important information has been
obtained, and that there is possibility
that the perpetrator of the crime will
soon be in the custody OF the law. The
microscope has been called into requi-
sltion, as in the cases above mentioned
and revealed some startling facts. A
substance found under the murdered
woman's finger nail was found to be
human skin and blood corpuscles of
some white person. They were the re.
suits of scratches Inflicted by the vic j.,
tim on the person of her murderer dur
ing her struggle for life, and may prove
an important factor in solving the prcb-
lem as to who committed the horrible
deed. AT last accounts suspicion against
Rose Amblers prospective husband,
which had been turned away for a sea-
son, has been renewed, and was grow
ing stronger, under the researches max
ing by the detectives.