Washington Herald published in Washington, D. C., USA June 24, 1907 Page 3 SURNAMES:ROSENHEIM[ER], WISENDANGER, MURRAY, SCOTT MURDER CLEW FOUND Man Identifies Crook Seen Near ROSENHEIM[ER] Home EARLY ARREST IS EXPECTED Coroner Interviews Contractor Who Is Said to Have Had Talk with Former Convict Before Murder Was Committed - MURRAY Denies the Statements Attributed to Him. Mount Vernon, N. Y., June 23 - An important clew, which may result in the capture of the men who murdered and robbed ROSENHEIMER, the wealthy needle manufacturer, in his garden at Pelham on last Tuesday night, was placed in the hands of Coroner WISENDANGER to-night. The clew was brought to the coroner by a man, who hopes to get a share of the $5,500 reward offered by the ROSENHEIMER family and the village of Pelham. This man says that less than an hour after the needle merchant was robbed he met a man whom he recognized as a professional crook, and whose picture is in the rogues’ gallery in New York passing along Third avenue. The man appeared to be in a great hurry and had his hat pulled well down over his face. His description in every way answers the description given by Benjamin SCOTT, the Pelham ice man, of one of the highwaymen who held him up and tried to rob him just a few minutes previous to the time that the merchant was struck down in his garden. Coroner WEISENDANGER would not say anything to-night about the matter, but it is known that he has already set to work to trace the movements of the man under suspicion on the night of the crime. The man’s name is known, and there is a strong probability that an arrest will follow the investigation now being made. Coroner WEISENDANGER this morning had a talk with Joseph MURRAY, the Wakefield contractor to whom was credited the story that he had met an ex-convict the night before the murder who had confided to him that he was on his way to Pelham to “do” a rich man who was in the habit of carrying a large roll of money, and who walked in his gardens at night. MURRAY denied vigorously that he had ever given out such a statement. He said that he could not account for its appearance in the papers. SOURCE: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?action=detail&id=68456