Rosen, Clara 1879 - 1909

ROSEN, JUNKEN

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 8/18/2019 at 14:35:54

Source: Twice-A-Week Plain Dealer Feb. 12, 1909, 3, C4

Ten suspects were examined by the coroner’s jury to solve the murder of Miss Clara Rosen, who was found Saturday morning with her skull crushed a sho{r}t distance from her home in Ottumwa.
Joseph Hopkins, negro, employed as government meat inspector at the Morrill Packing company failed to explain his whereabouts sufficiently the night of the murder. His efforts to conceal his movements have made the police suspicious. He did not work Saturday, a fact which has just come to light. A search warrant has been issued to trace if possible the diamond ring and brooch which were stolen from Miss Rosen at the time she was slain.
It developed that Miss Rosen had repeatedly told her employer that a very black negro had been following her for some time and had stared at her from street corners.
The theory of a jilted lover’s guilt is expressed and sensational developments may he expected.
Witnesses before the coroner’s jury stated that they saw a man in a black overcoat and cap in the vicinity of the crime Friday night, but could not tell whether or not he was a negro. He was seen to hurriedly cross to the opposite side of the street.
At Oskaloosa two more suspects are in jail. Chemists are making an examination of the blood found on James Martin’s shirt and coat.

Transcriber’s Note: Find a Grave shows she is buried in the Ottumwa Cemetery and was born November 13, 1879 and died February 4, 1909.