New-York tribune., 1903-01-09
ARRESTS IN R0OS CASE.
HIS DE4TH H4STENED.
Coroner S Jury Finds Lazcyer, no
man and Italian to Blame.

At the end of the inquest yesterday into the
death of Leonard F. Roos. the art dealer, who
died November q at his home. No. 146 East
Forty-seventh-st., under circumstances consfd-
cred suspicious by the authorities. warrants
were issued calling for the arrest of Michael
Timpano, who said he had been employed by
the art dealer to look after the house, Miss Ellen
Long. the nurse, and Louis j. Somervllie.
lawyer implicated in the case.
Timpano who present at the inquest. was
arrested at once in the Miss Long and
Somerville were apprehended two hours after
ward while both were in Somerville's law office,
at No. 132 Nassau-st.
The three prisoners were arraigned before
Coroner Jackson. Timpano could not furnish
bail and was remanded to the Tombs Miss
Long and Somerville taken to Coroner
Jacksons home, where he held them in ball Of
So, 900 each. Bonds in this sum were furnished
for both by Lowry Somerville, the lawyers
father who lives at No. 20 Lefferts Place,
Brooklyn.
The verdict of the coroner's jury was that
Rooss death had been accelerated from the
conduct of persons surrounding and attending
him at the time. namely. Ellen Long Louis ].
Somerville and Michael Timpano."
Coroner Jackson at once issued warrants for
the lawyer and nurse and they were placed in
the hands of Policeman McAuley. of the Fifth
St station formerly a wardman in the East
Fifty-frst-st. precinct. and who had investigat-
ed the
Coroner Jackson declared that he would have
the dead mans organs analysed, and, if any
poison was found charges of murder in the
first degree would be made. If it was found
that Roos had died as the result of an undue
amount of whiskey having been given to him,
charges of mansaughter in the second degree
could he made
The inquest was an exciting one, Timpano
making a rush for Mrs. Roos's counsel. Mr..
Greenberg who cross-examined him. He first
testified that when Roos became ill he forced
Miss Long to send for a doctor, though she was
reluctant to do Roos was we'll when he first
saw him. He admitted that he had stripped
Roos's clothing of personal property as soon as
he died
When asked if he had served time in an Italian
prison Timpano. who had been growing more
and more excited. made leap at the lawyer.
waving his fists in the air. Coroner Jackson
and two or three other persons grabbed him
and prevented him from assaulting the lawyer.
Another Italian. named TOsca. undertak-
er's assistant testified that he had been met on
the stoop of the house by Somerville on the
day Roos died. The lawyer asked him how long
it would take to embalm the body. Witness re
piled about a half an hour or hour, and
Somerville told him to hurry up"
Miss Carrie leighton. of No. 1.545 Broadway,
was the most important witness She said that
she had visited Roos Election Day, and that
he had asked for his wife. and cried when he
told her how he had seen his wife looking up
al the window from the street. He said that
he had not put his wife out, but that others
had done il.
Miss Leighton testified that Somerville en-
tered then. and after him Miss Long. Miss
Long insisted that Mrs. ROos's things he taken
out OF the house Mr.. ROOs objected to this, and
cried out Il am like a rat in a trap. 1 don't
know what to do. l have two strangers in my
house. One Is a bulldog | didn't put them
here and | don't want them here
The witness met Miss Long after Roos had
died and told her that autopsy had been
performed on the body. Miss Long said:
IF they find the slightest little poison in his
body what will | do? They will send me to
the electric chair
Before Roos died witness and Miss Long had
talked about will Miss Long had said, Al
ter he once fixes the will. don't care if he
drinks himself to death. 1t is not material to
me-"
Mrs Roos declared her husband did not begin
to drink heavily until Miss Long came into the
family. She said Miss Long advised her to get
out of the house after she had scolded Miss
Long for encouraging Roos to drink. She went
TO visit a cousin afternoon, and when she
returned she found the door barred to her