A Body in a Trunk & a Son on the Run

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