Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-05-26
!. DOUBLE BANGING.
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each one claimed that the other did
the shooting. The fact of the mat
ter seems to be, as gathered from
statements made to those who were
with them during their last days,
that Blank held Marks while Rosen-
wig did the shooting. Rosenwig
made written statement to deputy
Sheriff Thompson which will be
found below. He also sent sealed
statement to his attorney, Chas. f.
Terry, Esq, which is not to be
opened until this (Friday) morning.
If it differs much from the account
given below We will publish it next
week.
The crime for which they were
hung is well known, all the de-
tails of which will be found in the
statement below. The murder took
place March 18th, 1892, and was not
discovered until month later, April
18th. They were traced to New
York, thence to Milwaukee, Wis,
and Montreal Canada, where they
were arrested in June, 1892, and
brought here for trial. Their trial,
conviction and punishment followed
in due course of time.
RosENwIG'S STATEMENT TO DEPUTY
SHERIFF THOMPSON.
We have received from Deputy
Sheriff Thompson the following
statement of Charles Rosenwig,
which led up to the crime of the
murder of Jacob Marks on the Is, of
March 1892, and for which they
were executed yesterday. Rosenwig
is quite an intelligent man and
knows how to express himself fairly
well in English. Below will be
found the document referred to
which the reader can take for what
it is worth:
My time is short. I have to leave this
world of trouble and sin soon to meet the
Righteous Judge of ALL During the short
time allotted to me here l desire to make
my statement to a misinformen people that
| may be set right and that all the shame
and disgrace of the murder of Jacob
Marks may not rest upon me alone, but a
\ part WHeTe Ill justly DeiOnSs.
/ am a stranger of foreign BIRTH in a
strange land, without a relative or friend
to whom l can look to for one sympathiz-
ing word or act l am aware that the
papers of the land have so prepared the
public mind to believe me the one who not
only planned but executed that plan in a
greater degree. Realizing that am soon
to meet the great Judge of all and to him
answer for my sins, have no desire to
merit his anger by adding misrepresenta-
tons therefore, with this thought before
me submit the following statement as
true and correct:
/ cannot prove my innocence of the
crime, but can assert the truth to the
reading public as it shall appear to me in
the world of justice and righteousness.
| am innocent of the death of Jakey
Marks. am TO satisfy the law for crime
that did not commit. | do not desire to
be understood as claiming to be entirely
innocent of the crime. but God knows
am innocent of the murder with which we
are charged; neither did wilfully plan or
cause his death as will be judged from my
statement that now make.
| did not anticipate that Blank intend
ed to kill him, but to rob him of the jewelry
box which he coveted merely for gain and
to assist him in bringing his family from
Russia to America. We met Jacob Marks
on the mountain road about one month be-
fore the crime was committed. He was on
his route from Forkston to Lopez, Sulli
van county This was the first time we
had ever seen him. When we met he
stopped us and ask us what goods we were
selling and how business was He then
introduced himself as peddler and COM
planned that business with him was dull
| a n uIS ho of
business and wanted to sell his rig, etc.
We asked him what he intended to do if
he disposed of his peddler's rig. He re-
piled that he would peddle jewelry as II
was lighter and pleasanter work, besides
he could make more money He then
showed us the jewelry box that he carried
and told us that the contents would in
voice about one thousand dollars. We
talked with him a short time longer and
left him. after Marks had gone on up the
mountain and we going down Blank said
he would like to possess that box of Jewell
ry aud with the assistance of his cousin in
New York he could easily convert it into
ready money without any loss Since
that time the principal topic of our con-
versation was the jewelry box. Blank
proposed we steal the jewelry box of
Marks. but ! refused aud he said he would
| Wv ~ oicht tht iiiot opportunity tndt pre-
sented itself and give me one-half of the
value If would not divulge the robbery.
We traced him for about one month, but
no favorable opportunity presented itself
for Blank TO carry out his scheme Sew.
eral times advised him to give up the
project and often urged him to do so, but
when his mind is made up to do "a thing
he Is hard To be influenced To do otherwise,
in fact he Is ignorantly stubborn. This
stubbornness to execute what he had made
up his mind TO do. right or wrong. was a
great drawback in our peddling business
AT noon on the 18th of March. 1892, we
stopped at place To procure some dinner
and feed our horse. Blank entered the
house while remained In the barn To feed
the horse. Soon after be came from the
house to the barn and told me that the
lady Of the house told him that Marks
drove by some time in the forenoon on the
road toward Forkston. therefore, he said,
we had better start at once. We im.
mediately after dinner drove toward
Forkston. When We reached the covered
bridge between Forkslon and the main
road we stopped. | remained with the
rig while Blank crossed over the bridge
inlo town TO see II be could find him He
returned soon and reported that he saw
Marks sleigh near the blacksmith shop
and told me that he was going 10 get the
box and that he would be- back s0on, and
that | should be ready 20 drive oa a. soon
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