Editing Alfred Crommelin

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<b>[[Case File: Mary Cecilia Rogers]]</b>
==Biography==
Alfred was born in New Jersey in about 1801, according to his age given in the 1855 New York Census.  On 23 Sep 1803 he and his four brothers - William, Lewis, Charles, and Edward - all sons of James Crommelin - were baptised at the Presbyterian Church in New Brunswick, New Jersey.  His paternal grandmother was Sara Roosevelt, through her he was a 2nd cousin to Isaac Roosevelt (1790-1863), the paternal grandfather of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.  Their common ancestor being Jacobus Roosevelt (1692-1776).  Jacobus was the younger brother of Johannes Roosevelt (1689-1750), the 3rd great-grandfather of President Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

Alfred had been a boarder at the Rogers house previously from Dec 1840 to Jul 1841, but at the time of her disappearance he was living at 19 John St and had a roommate, Archibald Padley, who confirmed Alfred's alibi for the day Mary disappeared.  The Evening Post would later make several error's in reporting that he had been arrested as a suspect and had tipped Joseph Morse - despite the same paper previously reporting correctly that he had been a family friend, that he was the person to identify the body, and that he had a solid alibi for the day of her disappearance. These errors would later culminate in a lawsuit in 1844 in which Alfred filed suit against Jacob LaForge for slander, who had spoken up in court, while Alfred was giving testimony as a witness, to say that Alfred had murdered Mary Rogers.

==Documentation==
===Census Records===
* [[1840 US Federal Census - New York City Ward 6, New York, New York - Alfred Crommilien|1840]]: "Alfred Crommilien", New York City Ward 6
* [[1855 NY State Census - New York City Ward 21, New York, New York - ED 3|1855 NY State]]: "Alfred Crommelin", New York City 12th Ward

===Newspaper Transcriptions===
* [[12 Aug 1841 - Evening Post (New York City, New York)]]: "THE MURDER OF MARY C. ROGERS"
* [[13 Aug 1841 - Evening Post (New York City, New York)]]: EXAMINATION IN THE CASE OF MISS ROGERS
* [[18 Aug 1841 - Evening Post (New York City, New York)]]: ARREST OF THE SUPPOSED MURDERERS OF MISS ROGERS
* [[19 Aug 1841 - New York Tribune (New York City, New York)]]: THE EXAMINATION RELATIVE TO THE MURDER OF MISS ROGERS
* [[11 Oct 1841 - New York Tribune (New York City, New York)]]: Coroner's Inquest for Daniel Payne
* [[29 Nov 1844 - Evening Post (New York City, New York)]]: COMMON PLEASE - Friday - Before Judge Daly