The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-05-10

st. Paul, May A. William Rosenfield
murdered his four children. He threw
them over the Marshall avenue bridge
into the Mississippi river. The GRIM
inal annals Of the Twin Cities do not
show crime SO terrible.
One Of the most battling mysteries
that the police Of the two cities have.
ever handled was cleared up yester-
day morning when the waters OF the
Mississippi threw against the sheer
boom Of the st. Paul Log: and Boom
company's works the remains OF Jo-
seph Rosenfeld. The body of the boy
was discovered by Joseph Lachappelle,
Waterman. This was the first absolute
confirmation of the theory Of the st.
Paul police that William Rosenfield.
when he took his four. children away
from their shelter last Wednesday
night, drove to the river and
Ended the Five Lives
in the water. Within few minutes
the entire police department of the
city was aware of the discovery, and
1t was generally considered that the
crime of William Rosenfield, drunk
ard or maniac, was Established. With
in three quarters Of an hour the cor.
oner had pulled the body Of the boy
out of the water. A discovery was
made which adds even more horror to
the crime. When the body was turned
over SO that its face could be seelA,
there was rush of blood from the
nostrils. The nose was flattened and
broken. The left side of the forehead
was denied. The right eye seemed
swollen and blackened. Every indica-
ton points to the theory that Joseph
was nearly dead when his body entered
the water. Charles Adams, the driver
Of the morgue wagon, Immediately
recognized the features Of Joseph
Rosenfield, the oldest child. nine years
Of age. It is expected that at any
time the bodies of the other three chill
dren may be
Taken From the River.
Their names are Mary Rosenfield.
aged z; William Rosenf1eld 4; Samuel
Rosonf1eld, 2. It may not be that the
BODY of William Rosenfield, the muir
derer, will be found in the river. There
is possibility that he is fugitive
from justice.
For some time Rosenfield had not
been living with his wife, she having
left him because he drank. Wednes-
day, a week ago., he was discharged
from the livery stable where he was
employed on account Of his intern
perate habits. That evening he hired
a buggy from T. j. Swartz and drove
to the home of Mrs. Bowlin, where his
youngest child was living. He got the
baby on the pretext that he was going
to take the children out for a drive.
{ La ter he went to Minneapolis and
called at the home of Mrs. Frank Big
ford, another sister Of his wife, who
was caring for the other three chill
dren.
He Got Them From Her
by telling her that he was going to
take them all to his sister, Mrs. Os-
wald. He then drove away, and that
was the last seen of him or the four
children alive. The finding Of the
buggy the next day in the vicinity Of
the Marshall avenue bridge later gave
rise to the theory that Rosenfield had
killed his children by throwing them
of the bridge and had probably taken
his own life. The recovery of the
body Of Joseph yesterday confirms
the surmise that he drowned the little
ones.
Mrs. Rosenfield is in a very critical
condition. He sister died a few
hours after her husband called upon
her the evening he disappeared, and
the double loss Of her little ones has
Frustrated her t#ysssg s5as *