Crimes We Forgot

A Body in a Trunk & a Son on the Run

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On a summer day in 1908, a group of picnickers found an old steamer trunk covered in overgrowth in a ravine in New Jersey. Inside was the partially decomposed body of Solomon Rosenbloom, a merchant from Windber, Pennsylvania, some 240 miles west, who went missing in late 1907. This discovery answered the question of where Rosenbloom went, and also revealed a secret, with Rosenbloom's wife sharing that their youngest son Alex had admitted to killing his father before he himself disappeared.


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Sources:

  • Altoona Tribune – November 26, 1907 – A Windber Mystery
  • The Central New Jersey Home News – August 17, 1908 – Murder
    • Mystery in Jersey
  • Courier-Post – August 21, 1908 – Victim Practically
    • Identified as Missing Windber Merchant
  • The Philadelphia Inquirer – August 22, 1908 – Trunk Mystery
    • Now Appears to Near Conclusion
  • The Pittsburgh Press – August 23, 1908 – Son of Slain
    • Merchant Has Gone to Camden
  • East Oregonian – August, 24, 1908 – Son Murdered Brutal
    • Father
  • The Saginaw News – August 24, 1908 – Trunk Victim Killed by
    • Son
  • Courier-Post – August 25, 1908 – Altoona Man Gave Police
    • First Clue
  • Chicago Tribune – August 25, 1908 – Clerks May Solve Murder
  • Pottsville Republican – August 26, 1908 – Rosenbloom, Jr.,
    • Left Country
  • Republican and Herald – August 27, 1908 – Rosenblooms Out on
    • Bail
  • The Republic – August 27, 1908 – Trunk Mystery Was Solved
  • The Lafayette Journal – August 28, 1908 – Trunk Crime Clue
    • Leads to Arrests
  • Pittsburgh Post Gazette – September 9, 1908 – Gov. Stuart
    • Asks for Return of Eglers
  • The Pittsburgh Post – September 4, 1908 – May Release
    • Englers
  • Evening Courier – May 7, 1934 – Old City Hall’s Near Murder
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    Crimes We ForgotBy Jeff Billington