Evening star., 1952-03-07
Sol A. RosenbIah Shot
By Mystery 6unlllan
In Front Of Apartment
sy shs As.oeiased Pres.

Dy ths Associaied Press
NEW YORK, Mar. 7.-Sol A.
Rosenblatt. society lawyer and dis
puted heir to q j. P. Morgan
granddaugther's fortune, was
wounded last night by . mystery
gunman as he entered his Park
avenue home.
The attorney, one-tirne general
counsel for the Democratic Ma
tional Committee. was struck In
the left thigh by one Of three
shots fred by his assailant. who
escaped In car with, another
man.
The car, reported stolen, later
was found abandoned four blocks
north on Park avenue.
Mr. Rosenblatt, 81. a key figure
In the currently contested viii left
by Mrs. Eleanor Morgan Satterlee,
kin Of the late J. p. Morgan the,
elder. said after the shooting:
II wish ! had something to tell
you. but I don't know anything. y
Under Guard ut Hospital
His wound was described as not
serious. A policeman was assigned
to guard him at New York Hos-I
pital. I
Mr.. Rosenblatt, besides handling
the legal affairs Of numerous
society figures. is impartial chair
man Of the New York cloak and
suit industry. often a storm CEN
ter In labor relations.
He served as an administrator
Of the National Recovery Admins
tration under the late President
Roosevelt.
The shooting came six hours
after hearings on the disputed
viii had been postponed without
explanation until Monday.
Chief Beneficiary.
The win Of Mrs. Satterlee, who
died last April IL. made Mr..
Rosenhlatt the chief beneficiary tol
an estate estimated from $35 600
to several hundred thousand dol
lars. The document is being con-
tested in Surrogate's Court byl
Mrs. Mabel s. Ingalls,, Mrs. Sat-
terlee's sister, who received
nothing.
Mrs. ingalls, charges that Mr..
Rosenblatt and DR.. Richard H.
HOFFMAN,, Park avenue psy-
chiatrist, exerted undue influence
over Mrs. Satterlee.
Witnesses in the case have testi-
fied that Mrs. Satterlee was in
love with DR.. Hoffman, and left
her fortune to Mr.. Rosenblatt so
he could see that DR.. Hoffman got
1t. In the will, DR.. Hoffman, was
bequeathed only an oil painting.
After the shooting, a police
guard was placed in the home of
DR.. HOFFMAN,, who said:
Maybe they were out to get
me and made a mistake. Mr..
Rosenblatt and I look alike, you
know. Furthermore, as a psy-
chiatriSt, I am afraid of a chain
reaction, as we both are involved
in the same case. I might be
next"
DIR. Hoffman, is married and
has a son, Richard, jr.
The gunman accoSted Mr..
RoSenblatt as he was about to
enter his apartment house after
strolling home for dinner from his
Fifth avenue Office.
A sedan, its motor running, was
parked by the apartment en-
trance as Mr.. Rosenblatt, his back
to the street, started to enter the
building.
The doorman, Edward Minerly,
saw a man suddenly leap from the
parked car and fire three shots
from q .32-caliber pistol.
The first bullet hit the attorney,
o second landed inside the apart
ment lobby and third pierced a
panel In the glass entrance doors.
The gunman leaped into the
waiting car which sped away. Au-
thorities said the auto may have
been abandoned so close to the
shooting scene because heavy traf-
nc slowed the getaway.
Another witness, James Whalen,
10. a messenger. provided police
with the license plate numbers
On the escape car.
Police said they had not un-
covered any motive for the shoot
ing and that Mr.. RoSenblatt had
received no threatening communi-
cations. Mr.. Rosenblatt's wife
EStrella said her husband could
not identify his assailant.