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Show FOREST SERVICE ' IAN HELD ON iftEkflNGE Accused Once Worked Out of Ogden Headquarters, He Asserts MYSTERY UNSOLVED Second Arrest Made in Shooting of Major at Camp Lewis NBW YORK, March 24 P.obert IRosenbluth former army captain, ar- ' rested here last night in connection With the death of Major Alexander I'. 'f'ronkhlte, .it Camp Lewis, Wash.. October Oc-tober LT.. 1918. was held without ball when arraigned today before United State Commissioner Hitchcock. His he.-.rtnr was art for nex Saturday. Th warrant for Kosenhluth whieh . harged that he caused Major Cronk- hlto to be shot, was served on him v department of Justice agents. While :it the federal building Kc.s.-n-bluth would not make a statement. Ills counsel, however, stated Ro.vnbluth ;had nothing to conceal and had talked frc, ly with the department of Justice , agents of circumstances connected with the death or .Major rons-mic. Rosenblulhi, who Is said to be an expert ex-pert on forestry and transportation, was taken into custody by agents of the department of Justice. Th warrant war-rant charged ho shot or caused the slain officer to be shot. After Rosenbluth returned from overseas, ho became, an instructor at i 'amp Forrest, Wash., where he met Ma or Cronkhlte, both being later transferred to Camp Lewis. On January Janu-ary . 1919, Kosenhluth was honorably honor-ably discharged Afterwards he went -,. Europe; an l Siberia gathering data on c iln svstems, it was ttaid 1NOTHKR 1 KKI- s i ED Last Saturday Koland K. Fothler, of, Central Falls. R. L, formerly an army sergeant. wa.s arrested In Provldenco and admitted he hail killed Major Cronkhlte. He was arraigned and plea of guilty to a charge of Involuntary Invol-untary manslaughter was accepted Pothler w-as charged with manslaughter man-slaughter In a complaint filed yester-1 dav in Seattle. Wash, by United States, District Attorney Saunders at the re-1 Quest of federal authorities In Frovi-j dence. He will bo taken to Tacoma Where evidence said to bo In posses- , ton Of Mr Saunders connecting him with the shooting will be presented to a federal grand Jury. Federal authort-tiei authort-tiei .i- h Pothler stated he shot Major Ma-jor Cronkhlte accidentally whllo cleanlnjr a pistol. MYsti Kims SHOOTING Major Cronkhlte was shot on the) pistol range at Camp Lewis at noon When his men were at mesa and while ht vraa firing at an old tobacco tin as a target There was a bullet wound in hla right arm pit- An army OOUrl oC Inquiry reported he had accidentally accidental-ly ahot himself. Captain Rosenbluth Is said to have been a witness at the inquiry. When Major General Cronkhlte, the slain officer's father, returned from Europe, a new Investigation was started. start-ed. The bodv was exhumed and experts ex-perts aro said to havo dcclarod that tho wound could not have been self-inflicted. self-inflicted. Kosenhluth told the department of Justice agents he was born In Philadelphia Phila-delphia and had served In public offices of-fices In New York In 1910, ho entered enter-ed the government forestry seplco In itgden. Ftah. the following year going to the Philippine! as director of forest for-est investigation. Returning In 1913, j he became director Of forest service Id Men 'rk stale which position he held for a year. t Wl I N1I RSTAMV i From 1914 to 1916, he was connected connect-ed With the department of correction. New York City. He entered the officers' offi-cers' training camp at Plaltsburg In 1917. and was sent to France. Rosenbluth'! only comment said. "I can't understand It." Th" arrest of Kosenhluth Is said by department of Justice agents to have followed months of trailing. Hj was located from cables lo Constantinople Constan-tinople where he had beep a short time before Information as to his whereabouts where-abouts was sought Through these messages he was trailed through France. Lngland. Russia and Siberia until the date of his return to the 1'nited States was established. His presence In New fork has beon known for tho last fifteen das. but for reasons rea-sons not disclosed the arrest was not made until last night |