The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-04-25

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When the question of foul play
in connection with the death Of
MIR. Rosenberger is suggested
right away comes the. question
"Where is the motive?" 9
It is known that there were sew
eral rather tough appearing strang-
ers within the confines of the city
Tuesday night Who knows wheth-
er or not dad" in (, making his
rounds as night Waterman hinder
ed them in their work. They could
keep cases on him and "get" him
at an opportune time and in a
place where suspicion would be
less likely to point. The modern
gunman doesn't need much of a
motive to kill.
Probably the last Sank Centre
citizen to see dad" alive was Will
liam Determann, night clerk at the
Palmer House. 1t was Mr.. Rosen-
berger's habit to call at the Palm
er House. The morning of his
death he and Mr.. Determann had
had lunch together shortly after
400 o'clock. dad" left the hotel
at about a 80 and according to Mr..
Determann he was in the best of
spirits. After accosting his dog he
left whistling 'The Old Gray Mare
Ain't What She Used to Be-"
Mr.. Determann was not called
as a witness at the inquest.
The only physicians taking part
in the postmortem were Drs. Moy-
nihan and Drs. Clark, st. Cloud.
DR.. Moynihan was not present dur
ing the entire postmortem. In his
testimony DR.. Clark stated that as
a military man he had had expert
ence with automatic. That a .32
calibre bullet would have enough
power behind it to knock the VIC
tim backward. 1t was quite the
concensus of opinion of the doc
tors at postmortem that. man
shot from the manner in which
Mr.. Rosenberger was hit if his gun
was discharged from the floor
would crumple and fall forward.
This last statement is a repetition.
At the time of the postmortem
there were no evidences of powder
marks. When Undertaken Berg
green injected fluid into the body
the evidence of powder was easily
observable.
This powder does not strengthen
the suicide theory. Powder would
likely be evident if he was shot by
an adversary or if the gun was
discharged from the floor as out
lined in the accidental verdict
brought in by the jury at the in
quest.
This isn't the first time the Her.
aid has been out of line with por-
lions of the community. In spite
of the evidence introduced at the
coroner's inquest and the just YER
dict brought by the jury in accord
ance with the evidence introduced
the Herald is still inclined to the
opinion that the theory of suicide
is impossible; that the theory of
accidental death is not borne out
by substantial facts, and that there
is sufficient plausability of the foul
play theory to justify the author
tiles in making a most rigid and
complete investigation. ~ ~
= Incidentally many Sank Centre
citizens hold to the Herald'S theory
Of foul play.
: The following letter received by
the Herald a few days after Mr..
Rosenberger's death will be of in
terest to many Herald readers:
Harrington, Nebr.
April 10, 1929.
Sank Centre Herald,
Sank Centre, MINI.
Dear Herald:
F Will you please send US all
the facts available on Mr.. Ro-
senberger, who was shot in
your town on Wednesday
night. He was county sheriff
of Cedar County from 1903
to 1907 and made his home
in this city for many years,
going to Minnesota in 1909
or 1910.
We shall appreciate any in
formation you can send in re-
gard to his record and tragic
death. Two grandchildren,
Fdndlay and Gerald Rosen-
berger, still make their home
in this city, both are in high
school and especially active
in athletics.
Thanking you for your
courtesy, we are
Very truly yours,
THE HERALD,
C. E. Stone.
Mr.. Rosenberger Buried Sunday
The funeral Services for the late
Jason F. Rosenberger were held
from the Methodist church Sunday
afternoon at 500. O'Clock. The
large auditorium was packed to
overlooking and many waited out
side the church for an opportunity
to view the remains.
The services were in charge of
the pastor, Rev. T. B. Shorts, as
sisted by Rev. C. S. Sparkes, of the
Congregational Church.
Mrs. George Berggreen sang a