The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-28
When She Frankly AvOwed That
She Loved Another Man. Harry
Rose Shot His Spouse.
SAYS HE WAS CRAZED BY GRIEF
Surrendered Immediately After
Committing the Crime-Mar-
ried in st. Louis Four
teen Years Ago.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

| REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
| New York. Sept. 27-Harry Rose. a mem
Der of Lord Rosslyn's theatrical company
listened to wife's frank avowal of her love
! for another man to-day. then went out,
/ bought a pistol. returned to his apartments
4 on the sixth floor OF No 80 West Thirty
/ third street and shot the woman dead.
The tragedy was enacted after Rose had
| pleaded IN vain with his wife TO give UP his
| rival whom he says was Samuel +. Adams
a wealthy real estate man.
! While admitting that he knew Mr. and
! Mrs. Rose, Mr.. Adams denies tIIst his rela-
| tIons with the woman were other than
proper.
| Mr.. Adams lives with his wife and family
! In a pretentious dwelling at No. 459 Madi-
son avenue. He is well known at various
! clubs and is on the rolls of the lotus. New
York Athletic. and Coney Island Club. He
| IS a member OF the firm Of Adams Bros,
| his partner being his brother. William Crit
| tenden Adams.
When Rose walked into the West ThIr-
tieth Street Station and surrendered imme-
| diately after committing the crime. he de
scribed himself as stage manager for
Charles F'rohman at the Garrick Theater.
| Some time he takes small parts and las;
| night. when he impersonated the Quarter
master In Many a Slip" none in the au-
dience suspected the trouble that was prey
ing on his mind
ROSE EXPLAINS.
To Coroner Scholer, who interviewed Rose
In the West Thirty-seventh Street Police
Station, Rose said:
We had been married for fourteen years
and always lived happily until recently.
when i had reason to suspect that there
were improper relations between my wife
and Samuel F. Adams. / watched and
found that he visited her several times.
Last Tuesday night j found them together
in my home. 1 was too overcome to do
anything. l went TO the Nendome Hotel.
and have since been living there.
This morning I went to my wife and
pleaded with her to give UP the man, and
that / would forgive her She confessed
that she was infatuated with Adams and
that she would not give him up II drove
me crazy. 1 went out and got a pistol. and
when l came back she still persisted In de
claring her love for Adams. Then l shot
her"
Rose did not know until the Coroner told
him that his wife was dead. Then he broke
down and wept.
MIS-. Rose. who was 50 years old: had
been on the stage. Her husband is 20.
Rose says his wife's sister married Charles
Zimmerman Of the Philadelphia firm of
Mr. Adams lives in a handsome house
at No. 549 Madison avenue. ut the southeast
corner Of Fifty-itth street ,oa His family are ar,
formed at the house that Mr.. Adams and
his wife were separated
ADAMSS STATEMENT.
When asked il he knew Of any reason
which Rose had for his act. AFR. Adams
exclaimed: He did 1t to justify himself.
He was deeply affected. and grasped a
chair in front OF him for support.
SO he said" resumed Mr. Adams. that
he saw me with his wife. The coward, II
Is false ] was not there. i was at home.
there? Is II really true? She IS dead. and
he killed her? / was not there. and can
h ehsly prove s It He VIII have ,,h to go ,S to the
wish IL to be said that am innocent OF any
wrong doing. and / am ready TO prove II at
any time and to clear my name. which he
In the theatrical world nearly everybody
had a good word TO say for Harry Rose.
T Rose was a suceessfui ps in Pc porsToying minor
character parts He was the police com
missioner in THE Royal Family and In
Sweet and Twenty he enacted the part
OF Yorkshire man.
MARRIED IN ST. LOUIS.
Rose was a big-hearted fellow" said Mr..
Humphreys to-day. "end we all feel sym
sshy SIb fer him. ,oo WAS sc best It man e. at his S1 sd
teen years ago. Her maiden name was Lizzie
Berger and her mother lives AZ Ninth ave
nue. an Forty-first street this city.
He was devoted to NJ wife. who was a
beautiful woman. Up to several years ago
she accompanied him when he was On the
road and al times played minor parts with |
him She inherited some money two years |
ago. believe and then she remained behind |
when he left the CITY.
Their married life seemed to be quite /
happy. They had cottage at Asbury |
Park during the summer. IL there were
any domestic troubles. Rose was not the /
sort OF man to speak OF them to his friends /
and he never mentioned the name of Mr.. /
Adans''
Mrs. Rose had four sisters. One OF these
Mrs. Zimmerman. said tonight that Mrs
Rose had the fatal gift of beauty. which /
was the cause OF her death.
The murdered woman came originally !,
from a small town in Iowa. where she at !,
tracted attention on account of her beauty. !,
She met Rose in St Louis for the first i
time. where he was then playing. She /
did not go on the stage until after her mar
rage.