The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-21
NAB BARON on THEFT CHARGE.
Another Chapter in the strenuous Career
OF Michael ROsenbaun,

! Baron Michael Rosenbaum, 81 years
old, was arrested yesterday afternoon
in his room in the San Carlos apartments,
| 80 South Oxford street, Brooklyn, by De-
tective John F. Smith of Camden, \. j.,
assisted by Detectives Brady and Nc
Cluskey OF the Brooklyn Headquarters
staff, on a warrant issued Feb. 3. 1905, in
which Rosenoaum is charged with having
embezzled $1,000 from Abbie Daughter,
q sister of Isaac Daughter. Assistant State
Comptroller Of New Jersey.
Rosenbaum was found in his rooms with
his wife, the daughter of DR.. Lamporter,
Philadelphia physician. to whom he was
married the day following that on which
her former husband. Charles Denler a
millionaire furrier and clulman of Phila-
delphia, obtained a divorce. At the time
Of his marriage the Baron assisted his
wife in taking her daughter. Elsie, now
II wears old, from her Philadelphia home,
and secretins her in hotel in Camden.
The courts had given the child into the
custody of the father and her disappear
anoe and subsequent recovery were at the
time among the sensations of Philadelphia
80 DIAL life.
Miss Daughter alleges that she gave
Rosenbaum the money which he is charged
with embezzling, in August and December,
last year, while he and his wife were stop
ping at the West Jersey Hotel in Camden.
England to Florida Detective Smith has
the names Of thirty persons who have made
complaint against Rosenbaum. When ar
rested newspaper CLIPPING was found in
his possession telling the story of his life
as alleged. by john W, Farrell of London
who gave it out recently in Philadelphia
after a street row in which both men were
arrested and subsequently discharged.
This clipping was. according to the police,
acknowledged by Rosenbaum as referring
to him.
Farrol declares that Rcsenbaum was en-
ployed by his father in London at a salary
Of $l2 900 a year as portrait painter HIS
speciality was in pastel work, He says
that his father died and subsequently
Rosenbaum was taken into partnership.
He declares that Rosenbaum swindled
him out Of $50 900 and left the country and
that he had sworn to hound him into any
and every city Of the world. il necessary,
although he was we'll aware, that he could
years of following his enemy from country
to country and city to city He was fire.
1uently arrested himself while denoun-
cling Rosenbaum. The last encounter was
in Philadelphia few weeks ago,
At the time Of his ARE It yesterday Roeen-
hailm refused to talk. but his wife talked
freely She declared that she had been the
recipient of three fortunes but that there
was not dollar LETT, all OF ner money nav
ing gone into stock gambling. She says
that she knows the comp inant Against
her husband and that size introduced the
young woma n to him, at the request of Miss
Daughter, who had heard the Baroness
tell OF lucky deal in stocks in August Last,
and urged that she have an opportunity
to place some Of her money in the go me.
Mrs. Rosenbaum said that it was not until
after the girl had lost the SO, 7C0 that she
learned that it was her whole fortune.
Then she sent Miss Daughter Il check
for $500 out of her own money. and on
another occasion sent smaller sum. Mrs.
Rosenbaum produced the stock tickets for
the greater part of the money alleged to
have been stolen to prove her story of
how tho money went. She declares tho
money was lost in bad investments, placed
at the request Of the com plainant.
Further than this. Mrs. Rcsenhaum de-
clared to a reporter last night she Was
convinced Miss Daughter was in love
with her hus band and that she hoped by
this arrest to estrange him from her and
them by being lenent at t he last moment,
To win him over To hersen.