Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-10
POSED AS STATE
OFFICIAL; GETS
WOMAN'S FUNDS
Alleged Swindler, Nabbed Here,
Declared He Was Friend of
Governor Fielder.

Assistant District Attorney Minton
In New York today referred to a New
York grand jury the case of Max S.
Rosewig, fifty-eight years old, of 100
Speedway avenue, Irvington, who is
locked up in this city as a fugitive
from justice on charge of swindling.
The complainant against Rosewig is
Mrs. Rosie Martlno, of 712 Third ave-
nue., New York, who alleged the Irv-
ington man obtained 1905 from her by
falsely Offering to aid her when her
husband disappeared a month ago.
Rosewig. who Mrs. Martino says.
posed as friend of Governor Fielder,
was arrested yesterday by Lieuten-
ants Kuhn and Mailer After the
arrest the Newark officers consulted
with ASS .stant District Attorney Min
ton, who promised TO take the case
TO the New York grand Jury today.
The story Mrs. Martino told Chief
Long and Captain Tuite. of the de-
tective bureau, Is substantially as fol-
lows:
Her husband disappeared from
their New York home on February g.
Mrs Martino was left with two chill
dren, eleven and fifteen years old
respectively. On February IL, Mrs.
MARITIME said, she resolved to come
to this city to stop any attempts her
husband might have to withdraw a
$4,000 policy he carried with the Pru-
dental Insurance Company.
When on a Lackawanna railroad
train she saw Rosewig and asked
him:
Can you direct me to the Pruden.
tial Insurance Company"
'fNpl - & Gaia paGnxrier
81 am going there myself. Come with
me-
On the way to the insurance COM
pany office, Mrs. Nartino said. Rose
wig assured her of his interest in her
case and his desire to help her. He
said he was a friend of Governor
Fielder. she said, and told of holding
high offices in the State of New
Jersey.
Later, she said, Rosewig told her he
had a force of detectives working for
him and obtained $40 from her for
the alleged purpose of assigning one
of the detectives to her case. This,
she said, was on February 13. In
the eleven days following. Mrs. Mar
tino said. Rosewig obtained 1885, from
her. For this, she told the police,
Rosewig gave her his assurance that
On February "a, she said, Rosewig
took her to Trenton ito see his friend
the governor" In the State House,
Mrs Martlno asserted, Rosewig in
troduced hers to a man he said was
Governor Fielder, and soon after got
$100 from her "for the detective
A few days later, she alleged, she
was summoned to Mullins morgue.
this city, where she identified the
body there as that of her husband.
The brothers of the supposed dead
man, however, arrived a little later
and proved this Identification"
false.
Lieutenant Kuhn was sent to Mrs.
Martino's home last Saturday to
meet Rosewig there Kuhn wanted
to place the man under arrest, but
Mrs. Martino declined to make a
complaint against Rosewig when he
gave her check for the S305 he is
alleged to have obtained from her.
When Mrs Martino came to this
city to cash the check yesterday the
police say. Rosewig met her, got the
check from her and gave her another
check for 5000 Rosewig did not have
enough money on deposit to meet
this, the police say, but finally with
drew S125 from the bank and gave it
to Mrs Martino. Then he was ar
rested.
When taken to headquarters, the
police say Rosewig referred them to
Governor Fielder, and told them they
had made a mistake in arresting him.
He admitted receiving $305 from Mrs.
MARITIME, Captain Tuite alleges, but
said the money was given to him to
invest in an automobile concern.