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VOLUME XII., No. 235
THUNK MYSTERY
IS BEEHIEMO
MRS. BONNIE ROSENBLOOM
CONFESSES THAT BODY
FOUND AT BELLE MAWR
WAS HER HUSBAND
MURDERED BY SON
Father had Quarreled with
Daughter and Son and
Latter, Continuing the
Affair Had Killed Old
Man.
BALTIMORE, Md.—The Camden
trunk mystery was solved this morn
ing 8; the Baltimore police. Shortly
before noon Mrs. Bonnie Rosenbloom
and her daughter, Eva Rosenbloom,
confessed to Captain of the Detectives
Humphrey and Detectives Atkinson
a’d Brennan, that the body found
in tne trunk at Belle Mawr, near
Camden, N. .1., on August 16, was
that of her husband, Samuel J. Rosen
bloom, of Winber, Pa., and that he
was killed by her son, Alexander Ro
senblocm, at their home in Winber.
l'a. on or about November 16 last,
-he woman said the cause of th*'
murder was that her husband has)
b?aten them.
Mrs. Rosenbloom, ,WbO is 57 years
Oid, and her daughter. Eva, who is
16, were arrested by Detectives At
kinson and Brennan shortly after 10
o’clock this morning at their home,
156 East Baltimore street.
Mrs. Rosenbloom and her daugh
ter livid In a flat at the East Bal
timore street house since July 15
last, having come to this city from
AVinber. the scene of the murder, be
cause the sou. Harry Rosenbloom, had
employment at the Anchorage, Broad
way and Thames street.
The woman and her daughter did
not seem at all surprised when the
two detectives, after knocking at a
door' of the apartments, stepped into
the room and informed them they
were under arrest.
Eor nearly an hour Mrs. Kosen
bloom and her daughter were "sweat
ed" by Captain Humphrey. Ah first
Mrs. Rosenbloom said that she knew
nothing of her husband beyond the
fact that he had disappeared from
their home and store i*i Winbei* Pa.,
on November 12 last, after having a
quarrel with herself and her two chil
dren, Eva and Alexander.
Girl Broke Down.
Then Kva Rosenbloom was close
ly questioned and, becoming nervous,
broke down and told the detectives
enough to make them still more close
ly question the mother. Finally Mrs
Rosenbloom also broke down and
made a statement which was taken
down by the headquarters stenog
rapher.
Mrs. Rosenblqpm said she was 45
years old and the mother of eight
children, all of whom are living. Oh
the night of the murder Mrs. Rosen
bloom said, her husband quarreled
with her and with her son and daugh
ter. She and her daughter, she said,
went up stairs to their room. They
heard loud words In the store beneath.
In the morning when they came down
/Pairs her husband was not there.
Mrs. Rosenbloom said her son said
to her: “I have killed father because
he quarreled with all of us and beat
you and Eva.”
Mrs. Rosenbloom says that she did
not know of her son concealing the
body of his father in the trunk, and
that neither she nor her daughter
ever asked him any questions. They
sold trunks In the store, she said,
and she supposed that her son placed
tie body in one of the trunks and
carried the trunk and body into the
stable in the tear of the store, where
he kept it until he was ready to take
It away.
Mrs. Rosenbloom said that she did
not know of her son’s whereabouts
and that he went away a few days
after November 12. The mother and
daughter are now held at detective
hpadquartera, but will be taken to
the Central police station this after
noon, where they will be held for the
Pennsylvania authorities.
SOUTHERN TRAIN
WRECKED UK
BOVS
BI’FORD, Ga.—The New Orleans-
Washington limited, northbound, on
the Southern railway was wrecked
near here yesterday afternoon as the
result of a bolt being placed on the
track by some boys.
Fireman Watkins and Engineer
* ewberry were caught under the en
gine and -rushed to death. No others
were Inr-led. The train wag going
35 miles an hour at the time. The
engine left the track but ran 01
the crossties for 300 yards before It
toppled over, carrying with It the
tnaii and baggage cars, which broke
tooae from the other coacts*.
SCENES AT THE HAINS-ANNIS INQUEST
These pictures are from
flashlight photographs
taken at the night inquest
held by the Coroner in the
Hains-Annis tragedy. In
the upper picture, No. 1, is
Coroner Ambler; N 0.2, Po
lice Capt. Rothenberg;
No. 3 (indicated by arrow)
Capt. Peter C. Hains, Jr.,
in tears; 2nd arrow points
to his brother, T. Jenkins
Hains, hidden behind wit
ness; No. 4, Dr. W. C. Frey,
on the witness stand; No. 5
District Attorney Darrin;
No. Q, John F. Mclntyre,
counsel for the Hains
brothers; No. 7. Eugene M.
L. Young, associate counsel
Below is Capt. Hains and
brother T. J. Hains. with
bowed heads in the court.
NIB. KERN WILL BE
NOTIFIED TBESBif
INDIANAPOLIS—The transporta
tion companies have planned to ac
comodate the great crowd tomorrow
which it in expected will be attracted
here by the occasion of a formal noti
fication of John W. Kern, the demo
cratic candidate for vice president.
Hon. WAlllam Jennings Bryan,
Chairman Mack, of the National com
mittee; Chairman Lloyd of the Con
gressional committee; Chairman Bell,
of the Notification committee. .Mem
bers of the two committees and other
national party leaders will roach the
city this evening and will be given
a reception at tbe hotel owned by
Thomas Taggart, a former national
chairman.
Mr. Bryan and Chairman Mack will
be entertained at the home of Mi.
Kern. Tomorrow morning a hand
concert and an informal reception
will be given at the hotel and alter
luncheon the visitors in 24 automo
biles will be driven to the state fair
grounds four miles north of the ho
tel, where the exercises will be held.
The doors will be opened at noon and
it is expected that th building will
be filled to overflowing. All the
speeches with the exception of that
of Mr. Bryan will be brief.
Thomas Taggart will call the meet
ing to order then turn the gavel over
to Chairman Mack, who will intro
duce Hon. Theodore E. Bell of Cali
fornia the chairman of tin- at Hi i
tion committee. He will then deliver
the notification speech and will be
followed by Mr. Kern Mr Bryan
will deliver his speech on trusts. The
official party will be entertained at
dinner by Mr. and Mrs. Kern. A
special train front Louisville will
bring three hundred democrats in
cluding the uniformed Kentucky Col >■
nets, a marching organization.
LEAGUE MEETING
PUT OFF TILL
AFTERNOON
Special to The Herald
The meeting of the South Atlantic
League club owners, scheduled for
Monday morning, went over till three
o'clock this nfternoon because of the
absence of representatives from Co
lumhia and Jacksonville. It Is h
lleved they wl'l arrive du-lng the af
ternoon. Chattanooga and 'Vllmlnt;
ton have representatives here who
will try to get their cities tatir-n Into
the Irirr
The ibneral belief Is that th< sl»<
of the league will be Increased so as
to take In two more cities The pen
nant will be awarded to Jacksonville
this afternoon.
Forecast so r Augusta and Vicinity— Showers tonight and Tues day.
AUGUSTA, GEORGI A, MONDAY AFTERNOO N, AUGUST 24, 1908.
' 111?.
HAINS BROTHERS^
Acctiscd Taken to Court
Handcuffed Together and
to Officers— Crowd of
Men and Women Sur
rounded Them.
NEAV YORK.-Captain Peter C.
Hains, handcuffed and in the full uni
form of his rank as a United States
army officer was, with his brother,
.. Jenkins Hains, taken from the
Queens county Jail to the Long Is
land city court today for examination
before Magistrate (lilroy on the
charge of in ■'■dering William E. An
nls.
The leave of absence on which Cap
tain Hains was when he shot down
and killed Annis at the Ilayslde Yacht
club a week ago Saturday, expired to
day. The army officer therefore sent
to Fort Hancock for his uniform, be
ing under the delusion that he would
be taken back to the reservation to
day.
The two brothers were handcuffed
together and again to Deputy Sheriff:
! Deßragga and O’Brien as they wen
taken from their cells. The captain,
! in his uniform, attracted considerable
attention as the party, accompanied
j by the Hains counsel, John F. Me
. Intyre, waited for a Jackson avenue
I car. At the court there was a crowd
i of men and women who closed about
i the army officer when he and his
! brother were brought into the build
ing-
Mr. Mclntrye told Magistrate fj||.
roy that he tiad had a conference
with District Attorney Darrin of
Queens county after the latter learn
ed that the defense was not willing
to waive preliminary examination.
me district attorney, he said, want
ed time to get his witnesses to court,
and as the defense’s lawyers had no
objection, adjournment wa„ taken.
PASTEUR EXPERT’S
SELF TREATMENT
Making Every Effort
Known to Science for the
Wonderful Treatment.
CHICAGO - Four days have pa < I
sine, the deadly g< rrrts of hydropho
! bla fastened upon Dr. Antonio Lugo
rlo.
As yet there are no symptoms d‘-
veloped. The physician Is treating
himself heroically, more rigorously,
perhaps than ever any patient wa
treated before He Is selecting hi
Instruments and Is Injecting Into his
own system the most powerful anti
toxin known to science.
Awarding to every precedent, he
must continue this for three weeks
at the end of which time he will
,kuow whether he is to Uve or die.
m STERiIC
DIES Ell
CANCER
Ambassador From Ger
many, Member of Tennis
Cabinet Passed Away
today in Heidelberg from
Effects of Operation.
BERLIN. —Baron Speck von Stern
berg, ambassador from Germany to
the United States, died today in
Heidelberg, following an oprration
for malignant cancer, from which he
had boon a sufferer for ten yearn. He
wan on of the most progressive and
popular officials in the diplomatic
service, and had achieved distinction
in many posts of great responsibility.
The Baronens von Sternberg wan for
inerly Miss Lily Langham, one of a
group of famous Kentucky beauties.
The haron met her when he was
charge d'affaires at Washington, af
ter the Spanish American war, and
I they were married in 11)01. Their
■ marriage was h love match, as Miss
Langham was not an heiress in her
| own right, although her family is
wealthy.
While in Washington Baron von
Sternberg enjoyed the Intimate per
sonal friendship of president Roose
velt. He was a frequent caller at the
White House, where he played tennis
with the president, and was on terms
of social intimacy with the family.
He did much to cement the cordial
p lat lons between the two nations.
NEW GERMAN
AMBASSADOR
BERLIN Among those rnenHoned
as the successor to Baron Speck von
Sternberg is Baron Mu nun von
Hchwarzeiistein. the ambassador to .la
pan. The emperor remarked In Janu
ary that he would be next ambassa
dor to Washington, but feeling against
his appointment siiiiscquenUy arose in
the German diplomatic service and
this may cause a revision of the pre
vious decision. was a military
attache in Washington from 18'Jtt to
1900.
PRESS HUMORISTS MEET
DENVER, Polo. Joe Miller's Joke
book ha b» cii relegated to trie attic,
the village cut-lit# tuts been suppress
ed for a week ami Denver is pr»
part'd to grab off handsfnl of real
humor for future use, since the sixth
annual convention of fh' American
Press Humorists opens in this city
LoU4w , i
CAPTAIN HAINS 1
PLEJUNSAIITT
THEORY IS THAT WRONGS
AGAINST HIM OVER BAL
ANCED HIS MIND
ARMY OFFICERS SYMPATHETIC
His Brother Officers Raise
Money for Defense.
NEW YORK lu tho .hTense of
Captain Piter Conover Haiti:-:. U.
A., charged with the murder of VVll
Mam K. Amur, lib: lawyers will -tale
nil on a plea of insanity. There will
he no appeals to the so-culled tut
written law, no "dementia Amori
caita,’’ no proffer of an argument of
.lustitlciittoii. bet it straight legal do
feme that Captain llama was of un
bound mind when he shot down the
man lie held responsible for llte v.recl;
ing of his home.
This was tin' statement today of
John F. Mclntyre, chief of the army
Officer.! defending lawyers.
The ditect theory will lie advanced
that the knowledge of the wrongs
which hud been eommltteod against
him by Annis, so worked upon the
mind of Captain Hains tliflf his men
tal balance was destroyed.
The brothers will bo arraigned m
the magistrate’s court today, nut a
poatponment until Thursday has been
agreed upon.
The outlay for an array of Insanity
expert: is so considerable that a
large fund will tie required to meet
this item of the defense's expenditure
In this connection there was publish
id today the statement that officers
of the United States army had nl
ready subscribed $ 1 (>O,OOO from their
private purses to aid 111 tile (Intense
of their brother officer and that morn
would be raised It it becalm) lie
cessary.
The report Included the statement
that army officers Imd called upon
General Gains with offurs of financial
aid and expressions oi deep sym
pnthv.
Uni .s ihc present plans are
changed, the trial of Captain lluin::
and his brother, T. Jenkins llalns,
vlll lack nothing In those stage de
tails which seem to have become ne
cessary to modern murder trials. Cap
tain Hiiltci ha- bad IBs dress uni
form sent to IPs cell and lias express
ed a desire to wear the regimentals
during his appoaraneo in the court
room.
As Ills father Is a general, and his
older nrother is a major, their pres
ence u,t the sessions of the trial In
full uniform would give a military as
pect to the proceeding::. The at
tendance of other army officers,
friends of Captain Hains, would add
color that would rival the costuming
of the chief witness of the Thaw
trials.
T. Jenkins Hains Is making the
(lost of his time in the Qnoi ns coun
ty inil by employing his abilities as
a writer He is writing a detailed ac
count of the Ilayslde tragedy, which
lie will turn over to Mr Mclntyre
for use at the trial. lie Is declared
to have requested that lie be placed
mi the wlt in sr, stand, uh he is con
fident that he can make a pronounced
ly favorable Impression on the Jury
by telling what he knows of (lie dr
runistaees leading up to the killing.
If 'I Jenkins Hains Is pinned on
j the stand in Ills own and ills broth
I er’s defense and Mrs. Claudia l.lbbei
i Hains, the wife of tile cap'aln and
the central figure of the tragedy, Is
j utilized as u witness by the preseeu
Hon against the writer, the pining of
j Mian against woman will add to the
; sensations with which It is now pr*
dieted the trial will nl ound.
SOUTH CAROLINA
PRIMARIES
TUESDAY
COLUMBIA, S. C tin TimSdc tho
state democratic primaries will to
held to select the nominees for tlr
various county nod state offices Bo
the in) rnli'TH of coner ss atm for tie
United HBiti : senate
The chief Interim center,! In the
contests for senator and governor
For governor, tie- c.tnd da *, J an
Gov, M. K. An >d, and Kta e Hern
tor Hlnase.
The candidal! r for United HtHtox
t eiiHtors ai‘ lion, Georg* b'bl* top'
Hon. It Goodwin Ithett, lion. K D
Hmlth, of Florence; Ex Governor
leva ns, State Hupt Education Martin,
Hon. W. W. Lumpkin and Hon. John
I*. Oruee.
Th#* nomination by the democrat I#*
party In this state Is equivalent, to
election.
MATTRESS CATCHING FIRE
CAUSE AN ALARM
About \ o'clock Mondn m 'nilpk
hox IN whh pulled Thu firemen
found ;• mat res s on fir** nt No. 6**B
in #tr«H Tho bonne Ik owned
by Mr. floury Mott, and w;»h occupied
Nuiacy Clark, colored. {
DAILY AND SUNDAY $6.00 PER YEAR.
Trying to Pass SI,OOO Bills
Tiizgerald Gave Plain Clue
To Sub-Treasury Thief
WHEN VICTIM SHOWED FIGHT
THEY THREW HER IN FRONT
OF CAR WHICK MASHED
HER
THOUGHT IT HORSEPLAY
Mon Who Saw Attack
Thought, it Was Freintlly
Struggle Until Woman
Was Hurled Directly in
Front of Car.
NEW YORK.—Two highwayman on
robbing u well dressed woman at
Ninetieth utreet and .Ymutordum
aveuue, at 12:15 a. in., today, bo
vam,. so Infuriated when Hhe screamed
and trlod to light that tlu»y drugged
her from the sidewalk and hurled her
in the path of a trolley cur. Ah the
cur ermihed tin* life out of her, they
cneaped,
Th ( > woman, who appeared to be
about 35 years old, wan seen walk
ing fast through Ninety llrnt. street,
apparently coining from the subway
station at Nlnety-flrsl. street and
Broadway. In her right hand sho
carried a reticule and she seemed to
)>,< hurrying home.
Sim turned south nt. Amsterdam
avenue and was walking past a va
cant. lot enclosed by a fence ten feet
high. As shu reached the corner tlm
men sprang out at her. One mdsed
her handling and tried to wrest, it
from her grasp, while his companion
heat her in th<* face.
The woman fought the men off and
screamed until the man behind be
gun choking her. Still Him fought
with her free band, bolding the bag
with the other.
The woman was soon struggling and
hoard scream Ing by sonic men at.
Eighty-ninth street. At first they be
lieved the men and women were en
gaged in horn*.play. An Amsterdam
avenue car came whizzing down the
grade between Ninetieth and Ninety*
second streets in eliurg,. of Motor
man Thomas King, and John Meehan.
King saw the struggle on the side
walk and saw the men drag the
woman over the curbing, .lust as Ids
car got almost opposite thorn, one
of the men seized the woman by the
shoulders while the second man, huv
ing forced the handbag from her,
seized her wrist and pulled her for
ward.
As the car came upon the trio, the
two men lifted th, woman from the
ground and hurled her across the
trackh. Tin. fender passed over the
woman and she was caught under the
guard. The car could not. he stopped,
such was its momentum, until it. had
reached Eighty ninth street. The
woman was then fast under the
wheels.
MURDERERS
ESCAPED.
Conductor Meehan and Hovenil pan*
Mongers bad witneHW d tho inurdor.
Tuny sprang from t.h<* our and whon
{ the two iiioti began run ouhl. through
| Ninetieth hi root, tli,. conductor and
the panto ugors followed om* of the I
i men whh Keen to i irt<*r the roar door 1
lof a saloon nt tho southeast corner.
Whon Met ban trlod to get into tho
place the door wuh locked. Tho hoc* j
ond man continued to run and wan :
hocii to outer i in l stable of Phillip 1
Wagner and Boiih. Several man run ;
Into tho Htfiblc and then waited the j
arrival of tho police.
When the woman whh attacked
Policemen Blanton, Ryan, Hnyder and
Toohey hoard her scream, and were
running toward tin scene when the
car oruHliod out her life. They fol
lowed the conductor and pHHHongcrH,
and at the rear entrance of the sa
loon they boat in tin door.
At the entrance they found tho 1
womanV. reticule. |t contained $2.50 ,
and a handkerchief, on which wuh
the initial II Thu handkerchief
wuh not cheap, and Iho Initial wuh
! hand-embroidered, No on,, whh found
In the saloon, and when (lie police 1
reserves calm- they surrounded the i
block.
On entering the stable tho police,
found the passengers talking with it 1
man wlio nuid lie wuh James Dunn, i
22 yearn old.
A policeman nelzed Dunn and de
manded that he explain bin prewem «#
in the htable.
“I'm employed here,” Maid Dunn. "I
have not oft the stable tonight, and
have not neeri a Htranger enter. I
know ahHolutcly nothing about thin
I only wl*h I did.”
The police took Dunn to the Htn
tion houHo and looked him up on huh
ptciou. A Hearefi of every house on
I th,. block wan then made, hut no huh
piciouM parnon found.
All this, will!, the body of tin
woman wan pinned under tho car
while men strained to lift It from
the trucks. A wrecking car wan.
culled and Iho body wau rid cased tU
Advertising Is the motive
powor of business. Stop adver.
tlslng and your business will be
as dead as an engine without
steam.
Former Assistant Teller in
Chicago Believed to Have
Stolen $173,000 in Bills
of Large Denomination—
Has Been Arrested.
CHICAGO.—Georg O W. Fitigorald,
former assistant toller of the United
States sub-treasury, who is In the
county jail charged with the theft
((. the $173,000 which disappeared
February, 1007, from the Chicago sub
treasury, will be arraigned today be
fore Judge Chalaln, when an attempt
will be made by the prisoner’s lew
yer, Edward R. Litzlngar, to have him
releused on $50,000 ball.
The bail of $50,000 was fixed by
Judge Chalaln who, when the war
rant was issued, said he would re
quire SIOO,OOO bond. Astor a plea
by Attorney I.ltzlnger, tho smaller
amount was agreed upon.
The prisoner’s lawyer accuses “men
higher up” of n plot to make Fitz
gerald the scapegoat.
Attorney I.ltzlnger, in explaining
away the charges made against his
client, makes accusations against
United Htales Treasurer Botdenwock,
whose removal, h u says, he wtU de
mand.
Fitzgerald will plead not guilty and
will demand an Immediate hearing on
tho charges against. him.
Two prominent Chicago men ar«
Htild to face arrest as ailoged oonfed
eratei of th« former teller.
Herbert F, Young, general manager
of the Young Deteotlvo Bureau, who
worked np tHo ease, declared that one
Of Hie two moil under simpleton has
made a purtlal confession of his com
plicity lu the crime und that this con
fession has implicated the other man.
Other arrests urn expected today af
ter Fitzgerald’s arraignment in court.
The announcement that John E. Wil
kie. chief of the United States secret
sortlce, would arrive today from
Washington to represent the govern
ment. lent a now aspect to tho caso.
The goverimioni has not yet Indicated
what course It will pursue In the
prosecution of Fitzgerald, but thtß will
Ini cleared by the arrival of Chief Wil
kie These urn the chief points made
by the prosecution itgaliist Fltagur
| aid:
rie began speculating with eggs
within two months lifter leaving the
gov* rumours service, und at u time
when tie hud not more Thun $1,700
altogether, and that the speculations
Involved over .$25,000.
That lie proposed to dispose of two
sl,ooo’ bills to Coi. Harry C. (lano
for SSOO each.
That $e expressed ability to put
up $50,000 on application to buy dock
age rights ul South iiavon, and a lake
steamer.
That he recently bought a dwell
ing valued at SO,OOO.
Mrs, Fitzgerald, wife of the pris
oner, Is in it hysterical condition In
her new SO,OOO home.
Released on Bond.
CHICAGO. George W. Fitzgerald,
wlio was arrested on a charge of steal
ing $173,0tt0 from tho local sub-treas
ury eighteen months ago, was releas
ed from Judge Chetlnin’s court today
under SIO,OOO bond, signed by five
friends, and the trial was sot for
August 31. The suet that the cone
plaint was signed only hy u private
detective caused the court to reduce
the bondH from $50,000 to a minimum
sum.
tinned States sub-Trensuror Bold
onDcck and a secret service man wore
lb,, only government representative*
In the court room.
FOUR POLICEMEN
FOUND NOT GUILT!
Cases Dismissed Against
Quartet Accused of Hav
ing Taken Drink in Blind
Tigers.
At n called meeting of the police
commission, held today tii 12 o'clock,
cusea of neglect of duty iigalnst Prt
vut*■ h liohler, Eldson, Johnson and
Martin were dismissed.
Their ruses were tried Friday night
and imlgmen reserved Specific al
legations brought against tho officers
were thut they each and every one
drunk whiskey purchased In bllnj
tigers and fulled to report the same.
Martin anil Johnson were lined
$2 So aplcc, for contempt, beea-iga
they übttseu Joe Hightower, "star
witness," nt the hearing,
ter half mi hour. The pollc,, then ar
rested Motorman King, who hail col*
lapHinl, and made it technical charge
of homicide against him. Conductor
Meehan was held as a witness.
There was absolutely nothing about
the woman by which she could he
Identified except the letter "II” on her
handkerchief. Her clothes were clean
and well made, and the suggestion
was mud u that she Was a trained
uursa.