The evening world., 1911-04-07
Palatial Mansion Of Mystery
Where Merchant Was Slain
in Garden Wiped Out.
CRIME NEVER SOLVED.
Murdered Mans Son Tried foi
Death of Grace Hough,
Run Down by Auto.

New York bankers. brokars and mer-
Department az Mount Vernon and
Pelham early to-day saved a number OF
villas when The Roses" pc,ham's
show mnns.nA. vas burned 70 the
ground. In tHe Burning clcrc was
found to cxist another link IN the l.ac
Of myr,eries that mark the career O.
tho R~oserheimer family.
julius r. Roscnheimer built The Rose.
from a fortune that was founded upon
a nimblc Wit as sharp as the points Of
the wares he vended. lie built Il un-
Willingly az the stage setting OF his
W murder, and for months after June
is. 1907, when he was killed IN It's beau
tiful gardens. detectives sought In vain
10 penetrate the mysteries OF the case.
They worked In vain.
A House Of Mysteries.
go that when Edward T. Rosen-
heiner. son OF the original proprietor
OF thee house OF many mysteries. SAID
this morning that he would spend SOW
oral thousand dollars trying 70 nnl out
why the mansion was a heap OF smok-
Ing ruins, there was added another
chapter to a family history that has
been as tu.. o: thIiilers as i popular
novel.
The mansion Yves situated three miles
from Mount NcrnJa at Pelham. 1t cost
nearly S2)J,tv) n was occupied during
the summer months 10y julius r.. Rosen-
hc.ner's widow and the sons family.
Edward T .~p0senhelmer lives during
the winter IN Riverside Drive, AZ! when
he was notified by telephone OK the FIRE,
lie made n record dash for Pelham in an
automobile, over the same roadway
where his machine mad killed a SRI, for
which he was placed IN Jan and tried for
murder. Bat the dying taxi arrived
only In time to allow tie young man
WAC inherited the needle fortune to
watch the ~Dlackeued ch.mn,ys fall, and
IL see the RUNS OF wnat had been a
home OF happiness. Il monument OF COR
rows AMI q mystery stu.
sydney Sensor. a cdretal;er. was alone
In TIC house at go this morning when
the cracking OF flames aroused him
from deep steep. The walls OF envelop-
ms fire n smoke promised to add
another death to the homes Isl. Sensor
made his way to the window and fired
has revolver. john Lally. Il policeman
ana friend OF the caretaAer. came run
h,ng to the rescue.
Jump Tor your life and / will catch
yoJ." called the policeman to the Are
imprisoned friead. Sensor lclped .nto
tas pollcemsn's arms and was saved.
Mount Vernon ana New Rochelle
sent taelr dremcn 10 help fght the
blaze. The roofs Of homes belonging
70 Mrs. q. ". WILCOX, Mrs. Keeno and
others causht from flying brands. The
volunteers savou them.
Old Man Slain in Garden.
julius T. Rosenheimer started his for
tune with a mai scheme by which he
advertised 100 useful articles Tor 81"
Gullible folk sent many dollars for
eight cents worth OF needles until the
postal authorities stopped the game.
The needle business was continued.
on the evening OF Juno Is, 1907. while
Rosenheimor was In his garden 100
yards from where his son Edward
was boxing VITA Kid Everett. a light
weight puSliist who had been taken as
a proetge by the elder man. two men
killed him. Everett denied tie story OF
a chauffeur that no had suggested the
running Of an automobile into a ditch
with his employer IN Il, and the de-
tcctives never learned who killed the
old man.
HIS eldest son. Bonnie. was killed by a
car under mysterious circumstances.
The next son. Edward T., WAS s3ccdln .
along Pelham roadway Aug. IS, 1910.
when his machine struck a buggy con-
talning Miss Grace Hough, Anna Nc
Cabe and George Veddcr. Miss Hough
was killed and the others were hurt.
Eoeonheimcr was arrested for the killing
and locked up in the Tomhs.
\ jury acquitted hun in November,
Iil.