The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-03

and Informed the latter that he wanted
to take Sammy out for a ride He took
the boy, and returning to Schwartz
barn talked with several of the emp.oves
TOR rev moments and then drove away.
lie was drunk and his actions were re-
marked by the barn men, but nothing
more Of the matter was thought at the
time.
URGED WIFE TO RETURN.
Two hours later Rosenfeld appeared at
the home of Mrs. Bodeau and asked for
his wife. He urged her to get into the
carriage with him and come back to St.
Paul. She refused and he became deep>
ly ansered. Another quarrel was added
to the long list but the wife Insisted that
she would stay with her dying sister and
there Is little doubt that this devotion
saved her life, for, in all likelihood,
Rosenfeld's original intentions were to
wipe out the whole family
After leaving his wife he drove to Mrs.
Bigtord's home and secured the other
three children, saying that he was going
to take them to the home Of his sister.
Mrs Charles Oswald, 1929 Lyndale avenue
north With the four helpless and sleepy
children who were unconsciously being
driven to their death he Continued his
Journey to the Marshall avenue bridge.
and here in the dead Of night the un-
natural father committed his gruesome
crime and in al probability ended his own
worthless life
Early the next morning Mrs. Bodeau
died. Ignorant of her children's fate
Mrs. Rosenfeld went to the Bigford home
and fer the first time learned of their
going away WITH their father She jm-
mediately became alarmed. Inquiries
We're made, but nothing was learned until
Monday morning when 1t became known
that strange horse and carriage found
T14a -I,,TI
day morning belonged to Mr.. Schwartz
and was the rig that had been hired by
Rosenfeld. From that moment the wife
was convinced that her children and hus-
band were in the river The crime
seemed too horrible to be true and the
police were slow to believe that 1t could
have been committed, yet careful investi-
cation only left this theory to account
for the strange disappearance. The find
ing Of Joseph Rosenfeld's body yesterday
cleared the last doubts and now the ap>
pearance Of the other bodies will be care
fully looked for.
is ROSENFIELD A FUGITIVE?
There is a theory abroad that Rosen-
field after killing his children. did not
take his own life, but is at present a
fugitive In support Of this belief It is
argued that if his crime were the result
of in Z yication or temporary insanity,
the shock of seeing his children meet
death, would bring him to his senses and
cause him to seek escape. There Is on
the other hand every reason to think that
Rosenfeld threw himself into the river.
Yesterday afternoon an autopsy over
the remains of Joseph were held at the
county morgue by DR.. Finnel and Cor
oncr Miller. 1t was found that the boy
had been beaten into inscnsibility before
being thrown into the river. The body
and limbs were badly bruised There Is
little doubt that the boy engaged IN a
hand-to-hand conflict with his father be-
fore he submitted to death. At the
morgue the remains were once more id.f-
titled by J. 3. McCune, of Minneapolis,
who is a step-father to Mrs. RosendeId.
At & o'clock in the evening the remains
were taken to Minneapolis and there Will
be buried this morning.
Nothing In the way Of q systematic
search for the rest Of the bodies is being
made.