"The Evil of the Age" - Augustus St. Clair - New York Times
I-"The Evil of the Age" - Augustus St. Clair - New York Times
1871-08-23
"The enormous amount of medical malpractice that exists and flourishes, almost unchecked in the City of New York, is a theme for most serious consideration. Thousands of human beings are thus murdered before they have seen the light of this world, and thousands upon thousands more of adults are irremediably ruined in constitution, health and happiness. So secretly are these crimes committed and so crafily do the perpetrators inveigh their victims, that it is next to impossible to obtain evidence and witnesses. Facts are so artfully concealed from the public mind, and appearances so carefully guarded, that very meagre outlines of the horrible truth have thus far been disclosed. But could even a portion of the facts that have been detected in frightful profusion, by the agents of the TIMES, be revealed in print, in their hideous truth, the reader would shrink from the appalling picture. . . "
IV-"The Evil of the Age" - Augustus St. Clair - New York Times
Satisfactory Progress in Developing the Trunk Mystery. Discovery of the Truckman Through the Published Accounts. ARREST OF THE ABORTIONIST. Sketch of the Prisoner and His Infamous Career. All Efforts to Identify the Victim Unavailing. THE TRUCKMAN FOUND AT LAST. PICKET'S STORY. KOSENZWEIG'S ARREST EFFECTED.. THE TRUCKMAN MAKES A DETAILED STATEMENT. ROSENZWEIG INTERROGATED SEEKING TO IDENTIFY THE VICTIM.
1871-08-29
VI-"The Evil of the Age" - Augustus St. Clair - New York Times
Later Developments in Regard to the Trunk Tragedy. Important Admissions of Rosenzweig's Servant. All Doubt of the Identity of the Victim Removed. Sketch of the Life of Miss Alice Bowlby. Suicide at Paterson, N.J., of Her Supposed Destroyer. The Brooklyn Abortionists Held for Examination.
1871-09-01
"... She was a young girl whose life had apparently never been darkened, and upon whom the breath of suspicion had never fallen. Moving in respectable society, and having relatives in the highest circles, she was everywhere received as an ornament and a delight. . . ."
VII-"The Evil of the Age" - Augustus St. Clair - New York Times
Discovery of Further Links in the Chain of Evidence Against Rosenzweig -- Burial of the Victim at Potter's Field
1871-09-03
More evidence proving the identity of ALICE BOWLSBY, and establishing the guilt of the monster ROSENZWEIG, was discovered yesterday. Sergt. ROONEY, in searching the house of ROSENZWEIG, at No. 687 Second-avenue, found a false bosom, such as is used by women. Taking it, with other female wearing apparel, to the servant girl Jane Johnson, now at Bellevue Hospital, he asked Jane if it belonged to her. Jane said that it did not . . . . "
VIII-"The Evil of the Age" - Augustus St. Clair - New York Times
Rosenzweig the Abortionist - His Fruitless Attempts to Get out on Bail
1871-09-08
"JACOB ROSENZWEIG, the abortionist doctor, charged with the homicide of the unfortunate MISS BOWLSBY, of Paterson, N.J., was yesterday brought before Judge CARDOZO, of the Supreme Court, on a motion to admit him to bail. . . . "