The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-30
FEAR TERRIBLE TRAGEDY !
PoLIcE SUSPECT ,gHAT RosEN-
FIELD DROWNED AFs CHILDREN
AND CoNsfITTED SUICIDE
WAS DRUNK WHEN SEEN LAST
Missing Horse ANA Wagon Found
Near MarshaH sAyenue Bridge.
Not Fax Prom the
RiV3sarE.

Are William Rosenfield and his four
children in the Mississippi river?
Inc police suspect yGthat a horrible
| crime has been committed and the wife
and mother has beenysdriven almost wild
| by her Tears Yesterday afternoon Mrs.
Rosenf1eld told the l;olice her sad story
and suspicious which, if true, will re-
| veal one of the most revolving crimes
that has ever been committed in the
citys history. Lieut. Dude, of Prior
avenue station, was detailed 10 work on
the case and a thorough investigation
Will be made until the facts have been
ascertained.
AS was reported in Yesterdays
G o b e, Militant RosenReId went to the
livery barn of T.. J.s Schwartz, Eighth
and Wacouta streets, last Wednesday
evening. and secured a horse and buggy,
promising to return in an hour.
He did not return within an hour or a
DAY. Yesterday Mr.. Schwartz became
alarmed and asked the police to find his
morse. he was at once informed that tho
rig. which he lost had been found in
the Irior district Thursday and was
awaiting claimant. And here 1t was
that suspicion and fear began to rise
Investigation showed that after get
ting the horse and buggy, RosenfieIf1
drove to the home CT a Mrs BowIin, 1872
Mississippi street, with whom one Of his
children was staying Owing to his dis
sipation he and hiswife> parted three
months ago. she taking the three older
children to live with her at the home Of
a sister, Mrs. Frank Bigford, in Mime
apol1s, and giving the youngest child.
TWO and half years old. in charge of
Mrs. Bowlin, its go6mother
With this child, Samuel, the father,
already under the influence of liquor.
drove to Minneapolis. He went to the
11nr Of
his wife was at the home of another sis
ter, Mrs. Charles Bodeau, who was very
i'll and not expected to live. Rosenfield
was angered at his gwlfes absence and
getting the other three sch ldren drove to
Mrs. Bodeau's house Here a stormy
scene took place betweea. the drunke n
father and heart-bpoken mother, which
ended in mis- assuringgher that the next
time she saw him she Nsoifd be in mourn
ing. In high wrath he left, and with
the children drove rapidly away.
HORSE IsS,F5UND.
1t was midnight Wedne sday when Ro-
senfield left his wife.ea Since then no
trace has been seen OF him or any Of the
children. At o'clock the next morn
ing the horse and. eariage were found
near the Marshall ayer1lle bridge In the
carriage a family dog was the only oc--
cupant. A'weigiht was tied torthe horse
and he was aimlessly wandering up the
| street from the direction OF the river
when found by officer Louis Larson.
Mrs. Rosenfield feels sure that in his
angry, drunken mood TIE man drove to
the river, drowned the children and then
committed suicide.
The children are Joseph, nine years
old; Mary, seven years old; William, four
years old, and Samuel, two and one-half
years old. "a
Rosenfield is a German, thirty-five years
old. Ten years ago. he married Nellie
Taylor in this city. From the first he
drank heavily and contributed but 1T
tie to the support of his family, his wife
being obliged to do domestic work After
waiting for years va.n.y hoping for ref
ormation, she left her husband three
months ago. Since then he has called on
her several times and urged her to re-
| turn. She finally promised him that she
would go back to him last Tuesday, but
owing to the sudden f1-ness of her sis
ter refused when he went for her on
Wednesday. yeThis angered him. and they
parted on bad terms. What he d with
himself and the children remains to be
discovered.