Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-09-16
CLAIM PUCIuIST
KILLED BEN. ROSE
Man Supposed TO Have Hand In the
Murder Is Now Under Arrest in
New York City.

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A man. described as Frank +. Webster.
% years old. painter. OF las Waverly
Place. New York. is under arrest in
that city. on suspicion OF having a hand
in the murder OF benjamin Rose. who
was found dead in his room at II West
Twenty-third Street, Monday. and
whose body was buried i'm the He
brew Cemetery in Richmond yester-
day.
The prisoner is said TO be a prize .
fighter known as Frankie Ryan" lie I.
stoutly maintains that he was I'm Taun- /
ton. Mass. sunday and Monday with /
his brother-in- Law. and that he can
prove an alibi
According 20 the police. Mrs. Chris
tina Sutherland. the landlady of the
dead man. mas positively identified
the prisoner as the man who left her
house with Rose last Sunday night.
She ais identified as the property OF
Rose clothing and trinkets which were
found hy the detec'i~0s IN the prison
er's room. The police say that the
siatenlci.,s o. Ah..v a-oDt. a uiatu in
the house. cCrrObOrate Mrs. Suther-
land
When these identifcations were
made the prisoner was taken 90 the
house where Rose had lived and con
fronted with Airs Sutherland. First.
according TO the police. she identified
the contents OF two suitCases brcuga,
b. tie police and the clothes tha'
Webster was wearing.
why. he's even got On Roses
shoes" exclaimed the landlady eN-
citedly.
The prisoner refused to answer any
questions.
Mrs. Isaac Rosenstein. OF Danville.
Va. who came here 20 attend the flu
neral OF her brother. was I'm such a
nervous state that the details OF the
murder were not revealed 20 her.
Henry and Samuel Rose, OF Winston
Salem n. G.. brothers of the murdered
man. accompanied the body TO this
city yesterday morning. and Under
taker Bliley had charge of the funeral
arrangements.
photograph OF the red imprint of
a hand found on the wall of the room
In which the murder was committed.
was the only clue in the possession
OF the detectives, who were searching
for the slayer o. Rose, a silk sales
man.
Rose was hacked to death with a
razor In MS home in a rear room OF
the old-fashioned clearinghouse al
AL West Twenty-third Street. New
York. Robbery. the police say, was
the motive for the crime.
Rose had no enemies, says his land
lady. with whom he has lived since
May last, and the few friends who
called on him always seemed deeply
attached While not being wealthy
In any sense, he was in comfortable
circumstances and dressed in the lat
est cut OF clothes, wore jewelry anC
always had plenty OF spending money
When his rooms were searched b'
the police not one cent was discovered
his articles of jewelry had all disap
peared. and the room was in terribl
disarray, the trunk being opened an,
the tray thrown onto the bed. From
the nature OF the wounds. IL looked a
though he had put up a desperat
struggle, say the police but why thi
was not heard in the nearby room
is an enigma tO-the detectives
The detectives discovered that IN
mans razor was missing and as IN
wounds we're long. clean slashes. the
say il probably was this that cause
his death. IL could not be found b
them.
An examination of the body shove
that there was a sweeping cut acros
the throat that all but severed N
head a slash behind the ear. severs
cuts on the right thigh and a smalle
one on his left leg. IL looked I
them as if he had grabbed AT the we,
pom and been overpowered and the
given the death-dealing cut in N
throat
The position of the body shove
that il had been moved after dealt
Ii was almost nude and lay sever
feet from large pool Of blood. whel
he had probably fallen when too wea
for fight. IL was propped up on
pillow right between the edge of n
bed and the door. while the sigI
OF the struggle were more apparent [
the other side OF the room. whe
there was the imprint of a hand
the wall
In the bureau drawer were -four
letters and papers. including two i
surance policies for $500 each. MAJ
out 10 Benjamin Rosenstock. of !
High Street. Hartford. Conn, and pa
able TO his sister, Dora. at the sar
address.
These. with the letters. which CO
tanned no useful information were e
amined by Captain Carey. of the hon
eide bureau. when he arrived at u
house with two of his men. He al
questioned Mrs Sutherland and lear
ed of the many male visitors TO RIOS
One of these she said. was of SUI
appearance that she had warned RO
against receiving him there. TIL
however. was about a week ago, a
IL was not the man who called Su