The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 6, 1900, Page 12

= AE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1900. ADVERTISEMENTA THE 9. A S, THE PRICE YOU KNOW What Sort of Bargain Givers We Are. We Are Soulless When We Begin to Cut. You know the High-class Clothes we build for men. The Sweliest, the Smartest Fashions. WELL IT'S JUST THIS— We’renear the tail end of the spring season and we have some 500 Suits that are bona fide $15 Suits in our house, and they represent all that is new and swell. Now these 500 Suits have dot to So—that’s the conclusion we have come to, and price has dot to make ’em o for us. We're all throush with the spring sec.son. figur- 3 LUE the only apolody we can make for the price— $7.50. Some of the very swellest of Cricketing Chev- iots in the drey shades, with invisible stripes—these are awfully swell ; some of the handsomest little check patterns, pepper-and-salt effect. Not one of ‘e at any stade of the dame would youw object paying $15 for. We rest our case right here, and let the win- dow exhibit of these Suits speak. ers, of course, Sather the plums. Genteel, Refined Summer Fashions. $7.50. The early com- cor-KEARNY /7. AND Union fouare Ave. atively speaking ; that’s) 'Relatives of the Dead Man Inclined to Contest His Disposition of His Estate on the Ground That He Was Insane. D R e AR RO OSSR S ) > DD P DEDEDEDEDEDEOELIN O ERMAN ROSENBAUM, expert ac- countant and mining H his own life in room 704 of the Claus Spreckels building yesterday after- | noon. A mind deranged from business ;mltlll,\i left the 1";\1'\ml Fiftee trouble and a love for a young woman, | later he again = burs room, where the directors, having f hed their vhic] e coul 0 av i s which he could not hope to have requited, pigre (he SAactors, Bating G eied ok were the causes for the act. I inig: Striking & dramatic pose at the head at a meeting of the board of | of the table, the deposed director glanced | tion Company, of which he has been a member during the last eight months, that | Rosenbaum made the attemnpt on his life. | He shot himself through the right lung with a 3S-caliber revolver, the ball lodg- ing under the skin in the back, from which ‘place it was cut by Dr. Bunnell at the Receiving Hospital. | chances of recovery are small. | The motive for the shooung, according | to a statement made by Rosenbaum after- ward, w that he was dropped from the board of directors of the rubber company, | of which he s the promoter, and thus ruined financially. Back of that, how- | ever, appears a man, Miss Emma Noel, | secrétary of the company, who resides | with her aged mother at the Ashworth | | House, 420 Mason street. Rosenbaum b | came infatuated with the girl, and al- | though, so far as can be learned, he made no advances toward her he told mutual | friends that he intended t; and himself. He purchased the pistol he used yesterday with that avowed inten tion. Six weeks ago Miss Noel appealed | o the police for protection, and Detective | Tom Gibson hunted Rosenbaum up and | gave him such a talking to that he has | not since molested Miss Noel. Gibson be- came convinced that the man was insane and had contemplated taking him before | the Insanity Commission {f he again | troubled Miss Noel The attempted suicide was a dramatic affair. Rosenbaum had met, as usual, | with_the directors present were J. W. Butler, James Newlands, Louls J, Janes and L. Abbott. Since the last meeting previous Rosenbaum had sold 17 shares of stock, leaving in his possession res. This fact, together with | | | but fifty sh promoter, | made a dramatic attempt to take of the Zacoualpa Rubber Planta- | Rosenbaum's | kill Miss Noel | TR ///’”{ ) | + ! { | o > |+ i P b | ? - B * 12 B3 | & . L . IR SCENE OF THE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. ¢ |® QtOt 00000+ 90000000000 +0+0+ 0+ +D 00y | the fact that Rosenbaum had acted on | several occasions in a_way to leave no doubt in the minds of his assoclates that he was insane, led them to drop him from the board. When the vote taken Rosenbaum became greatl cited and minutes wildly about him and “G ntleman, you have ned y life.”” Instantly after uttering the words he drew his pistol and sent the bullet crash- ing through his bedy. He sank to the floor with a cry distress. A surgeon in e building was sum- moned, and President Butler telephoned | for the ambulance and a surgeon from Dr. Bunnell ac After a hasty the Receiving Hospital companied the ambulance. | examination of the wound he directed the removal of ‘the wounded man to the hospital, where the ball was cut out and he was made as comfortable as possible. Rosenbaum rever lost consciousness, | half an hour after his arrival at the l.os- pital uld talk quite easily. He made the following statement “It was through Miss Noel that I was induced to sell 2 lands. Butler influenced her against me, ahd she gave me the cold shoulder, telling me she had a good salary now and didn't | need me. Since the detective saw me 1 have not spoken to her, although I had seen her in the office when I calied. When I threatened to shoot her six weeks ago I told her I had done everything I couid for her, and now that I was poor she | wanted to cast me off. At the annual | meeting to-day of the company they did [not elect me as a director. I felt that I had lost everything, and after the meet- ng I went and got my revolver. I ro- turned to the office and walked into the room where they were all seated. I told them they had ruined my life, and shot myself. Butler, Newlands, Janes Abbott ‘and Miss Noel were there. I | should have got $2500 as a commission for selling_the plantation, but I did not get a | cent. What is the use of living when you | are out in the cold. cold world?” | " President J. W. Butler says that Rosen- of my shares to New- | ATTEMETED SHICIDE BEFOURE HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES Crazed by Financial Reverses and Unrequited Love Herman Rosenbaum Tries to End His Life in Melodramatic Fashion. @t VPOt e 040000000000 404 0000046040+ 0 40 +0 40 400040000000+0+@ HERMAN ROSENBAU. O CELRCI SR SO S . be® . Q9o e eb0b b eiedese® ‘baum was treated fairly | associates and kad no re | plaint “This man came to me about two | months ago with O. H. Harrison, a resi- | dent of Mexico, who wanted to organize | & company to carry on the La Zacualpa | rubber plantation. The company v his business n as duly | organized, and for his work in _pro- moting Rosenbaum was given 225 shares | and was made a director of the comp: | He expressed himself ell plea | the arrangement. Since then he us 1o end of trouble by his insane actions | He sold 175 shares of his stock, but that | was his own private affair, and 1 know | nothing personally of the deal except that | it was fair. | “The matter of Rosenbaum’s persecu- | tion of Miss Ncel was re % ported to th | Chief by some of th ng lady's | friends,” said Detective Gibson last night. | “and T detailed to investigate. I fou: in Miss Noel a hardworking young wom. , whose life was devoted to the t of an aged mother, with whom time when not at P of sten- a great_deal and Mrs. Noel took attended him pher. sick | sometimes out of funds. Noel told me and I believe that | | Rosenbaum_ never made love to her or spoke on the s ect of marriage. She | was cor s annoyed when she heard from some of the men in the | office that he talked of being in love with her and had id that he would kill her. This sort of thing had been going on for several months when the case. t ms that -about six weeks Rosenbaum purchased a re hibited it to friends of M ing that he ago olver and ex- Noel, boast would kill her and himself Things came to a climax_when, during her nce from the office one day, nbaum put a card under the door ad- d to Miss Noel notifying her that he anded to kil her. When 1 enbaum in his lodg- found Ros: 5 Geary t. and told him greatly excited and sprang to the closet to get his revolver. I blocked his way and then he said he only wanted to show me that the weapon was not loaded. I permitted him to get nd found that it was emptw But he boasted that he had bought it to kill Miss | Noel and himself. ‘It is the will of God that I kill her,’ he said, ‘and how can you prevent me. Even if you were with her I could shoot her quickly and then kill before yvou could interfere.’ iss Noel to her was waiting at uilding, behind a T often accompanied M Once Rosenbaum the office. the entrance of column. When he saw me he ran “It is my pers al opinion Noel is a hard-working. honest girl, and that her story concerning her relations with Rosenbaum is straight. Rosen- baum acted and talked like a crazy man every time I saw him, and the only won- | | ) HE dramatic suicide of Emil D. Rosenbaum, the young man about town who burned the candle at both ends, who made countless nights merry in revelry with gay compantons, who played the races at pleasure with no thought or concern of | results, and who ended his life as reck- lessly as he enjoved it, has created more than ordinary gossip among those who are familiar with the tragic,and pass good fel- lows down the line as fast as they appear, That there was nothing in the immedia- ate necessities of the dead man to war- rant him in taking his own life there is no question. The mystery which at first surrounded his financial affairs has been | cleared away, and while it ls true that | extravagance had subjected him to tem- | porary embarrassment, he was not des- perately in need of funds and in a very short time he could have met the few obligations upon him and could have re- turned to the enjoyment of his enormous income of $2500 or $3000 a month. While he had been extravagant to the last ex- cess in many matters he uad not dissi- pated his fortune, inherited from his father, and he leaves an estate variously estimated at between $200,000 and $400,000. His Fortune Willed to His Wife. In a will recently made the suicide had bequeathed practically all of his property o his wife. And now, quickly foliowing upon his death, comes’'the announcement that some of his blood relatives intend to contest this will on the ground that it was made while Rosenbaum was not in his right mind and did not realize the seriou: ness of what he was doing. His friend: and some of his relatives declare that he suffered from a malady which unbalanced his mind and not only léd him to_the exe- cution of his will, but to the desperate act which closed his life. This phase of the affair promises to result in some sen- satlonal developments. Rosenbaum led for years a singularly reckless life. His excesses ultimately un- dermined his health to such an extent that he became an almost, daily sufferer from pain. He sought rellef in many places, but in vain. When he married he modified his extravagances of life in large measure, but did not altogether cease them. He was one of the heirs to the estate of his father, which is valued at several millions of dollars. This estate has never been di- vided among the heirs, but has been ad- ministered as a family property. From it the suicide drew a monthly income aver- aging between $2500 and $3000. The principal in no instance has been touched, and under the terms of the dead man’s will the share of the suicide will be inherited by his wife. Heavy Losses at Tanforan. Upon his enormous monthly income Emil Rosenbaum lived. He spent money with a lavish hand. He was one of the lights which attract the harpies of the tenderloin. He traveled much and found in change excitement and new escapades. e was a frequent visitor to the race course, and not long since he begged one of his friends to say nothing to his broth- ers that he had been seen returning from Tanforan. They did not approve, he said, of the manner in which he spent his money, and his friends knew that he had lost at Tanforan what would have been to others a fortune. After his marriage Rosenbaum lived a far more moderate life than before. He spent his days almost continuously in the company of his wife. As far as the out- side world was informed or concerned husband and wife were happy. Not long since Rosenbaum decided to make his will, He had spent nothing but his income and was the possessor of a great property. His wife was about to go East, it was said, to negotiate the purchase of some automobiles, and the husband decided that they both should make their wills. Mrs. Rosenbaum, who had been Miss Sadie 8. Maguire, possessed considerable property. a great'deal of which had been glven to her by her husband. The husband had his way, and in a will het}ueathed everything he possessed to his wife. Mrs. Rosenbaum in her turn made her last testament’'and willed all she pos- sessed_to her husband. The wife then went East. Later Rosenbaum went to his attorneys and revoked the will he had made, substituting for it another, which is still under seal. The attorneys say that they have every reason to believe that the second and last will of Rosenbaum, ex- | cept in minor particulars, is the same as EMIL ROSENBAUM, THE SUICIDE, WILLED THE FORTUNE HE INHEBRITED TO HIS WIFE the first and that the vast bulk sulcide’s property will go to his wlfg.f o No Cause for Suicide. LIt s thus Jperfectly evident that there solutely nothing in_the fin - fairs of the dead man which woa\ncdmiv:;- rant him in taking his desperate step. It {s known that he made several attempts to secure a loan of $4000 with which to meet his comparatively small obligation but his wife insists that he told her not | Ing of his trifling embarrassments and im- aginary fears. She says that a word from him would have obtained from her car- rlages, horses and jewels, which she re. celved from him and which would have met many times over his needs. But, she | says, her husband told her nothing of his ;.elrycultles. and his suicide to her is a mys- Out at 2408 Van Ness ave: watches beside the. remains of the fortunate man. Five years ago Rosen- baum married Miss Sadie Maguire. Their union apparently was a love match and the wife acquired a wondrous influence over the husband, who before the matri- monial knot was ‘tied had been a gay *Shortly” siter th ortly after their marriage Rosen- baum and his wife went ahroadgand nea:- ly three years were spent on the Conti- nent. They then returned to this eit where they took up their residence at the Palace tel. About one month a Rosenbaum decided that a quiet life gl: a flat would be preferable to existence in a hotel and the home out on Van Ness Svanug waysscured.. n ence to an oft-expre: of the deceased his remalnspwlsl?ege 'Z'ri'f mated. The funeral will take place to- morrow morning at 10 o'clock from his late home on Van Ness avenue.. Rev. Dr. Nleto will conduct the services and the cremation will take place at Cypress Lawn. Th§ 1;!elaulve|;‘l 1r)deomnbnum sw.ocked over His desperate end an 3 do not feel free ‘vet to discuss thglr"aliec)- tion in connection with the disposition of his estate. There is an inclination, how- ever, to contest any will which may be made in favor of the wife, on the ground that the suicide was no more in a normal mental condition when he made it than he was when, haunted by the phantom are deeply &-0-&- R SIS SR SRS SR SP AP SO SR A S for com- | I was called into | that Miss | of imaginary fears, he took his own life. | B ADVERTISEMENTS. TWO SPECIAL - BARGAINS. styles, ‘ Regular pri full 48 inches styles, Regular pri These six cases assortment | | 2 Cases BLACK ENGLISH SILK MOHAIR CREPONS, 15 different $150 Yard. ce $2.50 vard. 4 Cases FANCY ENGLISH TWEEDS, wide, 25 different i Yard. ce $1.75 yard. of Elegant Black and Colored Dress Goods come to us two months later than order called for, hence the above prices. Please write for samples at once, while ths is complete. PO sz | I, 13, 1s, uv, 19, . G Siss, 121 POST STREET. | der is that he did not run amuck and kill a number of people. Herman Rosenbaum evidently has an interesting history, but his acquaintances know little of it.” He is a German by birth, and about 33 years old. He claims to come of a wealthy and influential fam- i 1y in € Two ye go he his first nce here, coming m South where, during a residence of ten years, he made and lost a fortune After a brief stay here he went to the| a few months | For | Klondike, but came back | later as poor as when he went there. some time he w as bookkeeper by Hunt Bros he was sick so much of the time with nervous trouble that his services were not very satisfactory. He also kept books | for the Continental Livery Stables. | Last night Rosenbaum was reported to be resting easily, but the doctors were | unable to even make a guess at his chances for recovery. | CHARLES JACOBS’ NAME IS NOT ON THE LIST Those Who Are Eligible for the Va- | cancy in the United States Sub-Treasury. United States Sub-Treasurer Julius Ja- cobs received from the Secretary of the Treasury yesterday the list of eligibles under the civil service rules for the posi- tion of chief clerk of the Sub-Treasury in this city, the successful candidate to be selected from the three highest on the list, which is as follows: | Lamour_ A. Boynton, .86.86 per cent; George H. Andruss, $.62; Charles L. vn, §2.32; S. C. Porter, 81.32; Lineoln M . Farr, ; Charl McGowan, 78.68; Eaward hfield, ; Jackson Jr., 71.20; Vernon Goodwin, 75.44; Andrew M. Daniel 36; Joseph M. Smith, 73; Bernard P. Lapachet and W. E. Higgins 72; Uldano Hartwell, 71.60; James M. ;g-}ke_ 70. “'The name of Charles Jacobs, brother of the Sub-Treasurer, does not appear in the list as furnished at the Sub-Theasury, though he took the examination. Cashier Thomas Burns, member of the examining board, announced yesterday afternoon that the Sub-Treasurer had not vet made a selection from the three highest, but might do so to-day. One of the candidates at the examina- tion loudly rejoiced over the fact that he had found the guestions so simple and so peasily answered. "I don't see Why they give any examination at all,” he said. “It's just a snag. 7 The returns show that he barely man- aged to get on the list at all, but he proudly took his place at the foot of the eligibies. —_——— Funeral of Dr. Nightingale, The obsequies over the body of Dr. John Nightingale at Cypress Lawn Cemetery yesterday were both sad and impressive. At the noon hour the remains were borne from the funeral car to the cemetery, where the many friends of the family from this city met the cortege. The Rev. Dr. Hutsinpiiler of the Central Methodist | Church, on Mission street, read the burial service. Quite a number of the members of the California Ploneers from San Fran- cisco attended the funeral, among whom were Theodore Hittell, Captain Mofatt, ex-Chief of Police 1. W. Lees, Dr. L. Ba- zet, R. G. McElroy, Grant Boyd and C. L. Barrington. —————— C. F. Rapp Company Concert Hall. The bill this week at this popular house is unusually large and meritorious. Every act is enthusiastically received, particu- larly that of “Lynwood,” the world's reatest female contortionist, and Al azzard, premier ventriloquist. Cake- walk carnival to-night. ] No Evidence Against Them. Dong Chue and Wong Mow. the two Chinese arrésted for murdering Dong Jeung in Chinatown a few days ago, ap- peared before Judge Fritz yesterday. De- tective Ed G#bson admitted that there was no evidence against them and the Judge dismissed the cases. prickstics ot S SN Cruel to Their Horses. Charles White and R. Sandin! were ar- for work. Officer Hooper arrested B. Netherland on Polk street for unmerci- fully whipping a horse belonging to the Milbrae Dati $2 50 men’s shoes for $1 50 a eehiv at 6 California street, but | rested yesterday for driving horses unfit | —_— ee———— | pair, at the | e Shoe Co., 717 Market st., or. 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