New-York tribune., 1908-08-25
LIGHT ON TRUNK CASE
San Son Killed Rosenbloom-Iden-
tin Onesfioned-4rrests Here.

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j. baltimore Aux. 24.-According TO the oe'eeuNe ~
.r,.bor,ties of II s city, Mrs Bonnie hoseipiooi w
I'D her daughter Eva, confessed to-day that the
- go A tho trunk near Camden n J., on
.o.rsf rs was that of samuei J. Rosenoloom' OF
wfndter Penn. husband Of the elder wohlan' gnu
,ha. bs was killed by the son, Alexander ros
fIoor, sf their home IN Windber on c. apout w
-. 20 ,a., Tb. woman said cause of the
murder was that husband had beaten them'
Mrs Rosenbloom, who is ffty-seven years oio
sns her daughter who is sixteen were arfesreu
+bis morning at. their home. No. 1926 East balu-
ora x,rsa, Mrs Rosepbioom and her daughter
had lived In q fat the East Baltimore street
house since July / last having come TO TINS Guy
from Wfndber, the scene of the murder, because
che OF the sons of the family. Harry Rosenbioom'
had emplov-nent here They had been living quietly
and had no idea that their presence was known TO
the police until yesterday afternoon. when thes
were told that the house was being watched
Mrs Rosenbloom said that the night Of the
murder her husband quarrellei with her and with
ba- so, snd daughter She and her daughter. she
said went upstairs to their ROOM They heard
Io.d words the store beneath. In the morning
when they downstairs, her husband was not
there
They asked her son. Alexander. where his father
was He replied that he had gone away" Later,
Mrs. Rosenbloom said her son said TO her;
Il have killed father because he auarreled with
all OF us and beat you and Eva
Mrs Rosenbloom says she did not know OF her
son concealins the body his father in the trunk
and that neither she her daughter ever asked
him any Questions. They sold trunks in the store
she said and she supposed that her son placed
the body I'm the trunks and carried the trunk
end body into the stable in the rear of the store,
where he kept il until he was ready 10 take it
exay
Mrs Rosenbloom said she did not know of
her sons whereabouts and that he went away a
few davs after November 1e
The mother and daughter will be held for the
Pennsylvania authorities AS yet no formal charge
has been laid against them.
Mrs Resenboom and her daughter have con-
scented Windber without waiting for
requisition papers. s. w Mcmillan, chief or po-
ice of that town, expected here tomorrow
Johnstown Penn. Aug 24.-District Attorney
John Lewis. of Somerset County. has asked the
county commissioners 10 offer reward of sl.ooV
for the arrest OF Alexander Rosenbloonl. who is
charged with the murder of his father at
N-indber. Penn. Warrants were Issued to-day Tor
the arrest of Alexander Rosenbloom Mrs. s. j.
Rosenbloom and Eva Rosenbloom. and Joseph and
Louis Egler. nephews Of the dead man, who live
in New York.
Camden N J. Aug 24-The local detectives
found three in Mount Ephraim, near here, to-
CAV. who will. is asserted. swear that they saw
Alexander Rosenbiooul in Mount Ephram in No
venlber, 1907. about the time the elder Rosen-
bloom disappeared from his home. Not only did
these witnesses identify photographs of Alexander
Rosenbloorn those of the they saw, but one
Of them heard him addressed by companion as
Alex This the detectives say. indicates that the
missing in Mount Ephraim about the time
the trunk containing the murdered mans body was
received NJ the railroad station there
New Brunswick. N j. Aug. 24.-Louis Weller. a
clothing dealer Of this city and son-in-law OF
Samuel J. Rosenboom, of Windber. Penn. re-
turned from Camden to-day and stated positively
that the body Of the man found in the trunk there
that of his father-in-law- Mr. Weller
s<1-c r.rrrf rfa-G lam
Rcsehhloom. OF Piedmont. W. Va. and Louis
Posenbloom OF Che-ieroi. Penn None of the three
thought it resembled S. j. Rosenbioom The body
shown them Mr Weller says. that of
feardless man not more forty years old while
NJ Rosenhloom was sixty and wore beard
Traces OF broken bones in the leg and wrlst sus
.sined by Mr. Rosenbloom were lacking in the
Camden body
Al the request of Chief of Police Mcmillan %
Windsor Penn. Detectives Fogarty. DE Mar IN
,nd Wood Of Police Headquarters, last night ar
rested JOSEPH Adler. twenty-three years old afi'
his brother, Louis. twenty-eight years ola, both ="
No 12D Monroe street, the charge OF numbering
~ Samuel J. Rosenbloom. merchant of Windber
u for whom the brothers formerly worked
II Developments have sprung zap in New York re
Gently in connection with the case which indicate
that Alexander Rosenbloou. the OF the dead
man, who disappeared soon after his father was In
New York shortly after the murder and was under
treatment by DR. Nochin Sapiro. Of No. 22s East
have an important bearing the case.
The two prisoners taken last night told story
In Csptain Carey of the homicide bureau at Po-
lice Headquarters. which. If proved, will virtually
clear them OF the murder, since they claim TO have
been in New York City before and after the elder
Rosenbloom disappeared.
Shortly after the merchants disappearance In
Wfndber Mrs s. ]. Rosenbloom the widow wrote
70 the police here and asked them investigate
e. statement found n husbands desk after his
disappearance indicating that he had taken treat
uaent from DR.. Shapiro in East Broadway. This
statement was signed by DR.. Shapiro. and was
left. presumably. by the husband to reassure
friends TO the Of his absence The state
nnenf- dated November q 1857. read:
This is certify that s. ]. Rosenbloom was
under my treatment for a serious disease"
DR.. Shapiro has identified picture Of Alexander
Rosenbioonn. the son. the person who visited
his Office. DR.. Shapiro refused TO tell the police
the nature of the disease for which he treated
Hosenboon.
The climax of the doctors part in the case came
only recently. when young woman called at his
Office and asked about the visit of Rosenbloom
Dr. Shapiro gave minute description of the pa
tient and then according 10 DR.. Shapiro. she ex-
claimed.
That my brother. He killed nay father"
The police here say there large insur
Ance policy the fathers life which is though
10 have some bearing OH the case. This. il is un-
6ers,cod. made payable to the missing son.
Alexander
"wHISKEY" MUST BE WH1SKEY NOW.