In due course, those students who built successful careers were invited back to the college to lecture. Beep Beep Beep. 911-call transcript: Caller: "Ah, Mam, at 8645 Peach St. in the garage, there is a body in the freezer." He obsessively pored over the media coverage of the case and studied every piece of evidence released by the FBI. [11] I can be my own man and have a little slice of heaven. [18], He was a member of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers. The FBI believes a Stockton associate, William Rothstein, was the mastermind of the heist and likely made the bomb, the affidavit says. When they got there, they found the jar, but it was empty. Under Clifton the gallery was the home for all three exhibitions of the Camden Town Group, led by Rothenstein's friend and close contemporary Walter Sickert. In mid-August, he said, he'd received a phone call from an ex-girlfriend, Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong, whom he had dated in the 1960s and early 1970s. It wouldn't be human because the body is frozen. In 189899 he co-founded the Carfax Gallery (or Carfax & Co) in St. James' Piccadilly with John Fothergill (later innkeeper of the Spread Eagle in Thame). In his closing argument at Diehl-Armstrong's trial, the prosecutor, Piccinini, described the crime as a "ludicrous, overwrought, overworked, desperately failed plan." [8][15] Other notable interiors include Spring, The Morning Room (c.1910) and Mother and Child, Candlight (c.1909). "At 8645 Peach Street, in the garage, there is a frozen body," he told the police dispatcher, referring to his own address. Wells' death on August 28, 2003 is still at the center of the case; however, the bizarre nature of the crime and its would-be masterminds who have emerged from behind TV towers, inside a freezer chest, crack house porches and local Erie legend have indeed pushed Brian Wells out from under the spotlight. Tony gave the phone to Brian Wells, the deliveryman, and he got directions. When Diehl-Armstrong delivered her testimony to jurors, the opinions of many of those seated in the gallery changed one hundred and eighty degrees. Detectives who first interviewed him said that he spoke eloquently and took great pride in his mastery of the English language.. Son of the late Matthias and B. Virginia Bryner Rothstein. Standing outside the courthouse when Diehl-Armstrong had finished, I interviewed a resident that has been following the case for years: "I thought I knew her [Diehl-Armstrong] and that she was absolutely guilty, but now I'm not too sure. But he turned out to be hiding a dark secret. Barnes, who had the wan face and sparse collection of teeth of the former crack addict he was, approached the bench and took the oath. The only question was whether the Feds would get any further than Wells had. Kate was born in 1870, and died October 6, 1926. He listed every method, chemical and device he used to destroy all evidence and cover up the killing of Roden. Rothenstein used his wife, actor Alice Kingsley and his friend, artist Augustus John as the models. Indeed, even before hearing her self-incriminating testimony, investigators had begun to suspect that Diehl-Armstrong was behind the collar bomb plot. Why send a hostage hopping around Erie in broad daylight? Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. For proof, Fisher points to a profile of the Collar Bomber produced by the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit. Wells fidgeted. And, according to Fisher, there is no way that Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong planned the collar bomb caper. [20] Rothenstein was a master of lobbying and advocacy for his students, notably when, thanks to his efforts, Edward Bawden and Eric Ravilious were commissioned to paint a mural in the dining room of Morley College. Some 15 minutes later, state troopers spotted Wells standing outside his Geo Metro in a nearby parking lot, surrounded him, and tossed him to the pavement, cuffing his hands behind his back. Ad Choices, The Incredible True Story of the Collar Bomb Heist. He had considered killing himself, he told them, and had gone so far as to write a suicide note, which investigators found inside a desk at his home. Then, in late 2005, a few months after Diehl-Armstrong first talked to the Feds, they received another break in the case: A witness came forward to say that an ex-television repairman turned crack dealer named Kenneth Barnes was also involved. The note read, "Act Now, Think Later Or You Will Die". The device detonated, blasting him violently onto his back and ripping a 5-inch gash in his chest. First a federal judge ruled Diehl-Armstrong mentally unfit to stand trial. At the conclusion of the drive, in which she admitted to being at several locations linked to the crime, Diehl-Armstrong told the agents she wouldn't provide any more information without receiving an immunity letter. In police interviews, he even told detectiveshe was 'the smartest man in the room.' Netflixs latest docu-series has viewers scratching their heads, as the plot of a bank heist gone wrong unfolds in front of their eyes. The police began sorting through a trove of physical evidence. Rothstein did what his former girlfriend asked. The man identified himself as Bill Rothstein. In the frantic hours after Wells was killed, the cops tried completing the hunt themselves. The scavenger hunt, he was told, was simply a ruse to fool the cops; if he got caught, he could point to the menacing instructions as evidence that he was merely following orders. He recruited coconspirators he knew he could control and kept crucial details of the plot from thema tactic designed to further complicate the investigation. Brian's involvement and the ruse at the heart of the bank robbery will be debated forever. Diehl-Armstrong claimed she shot him six times in self-defense, and a jury eventually acquitted her. Ibsens realistic prose influenced many painters. New Details About The Victim In 'Evil Genius' On Netflix, 8 Best True Crime Podcasts For People Who Just Love Being Scared. The bomb went off. We would like to hear from you. The delivery location, reachable only by a dirt road, was a TV transmission tower site in a wooded area off of busy Peach Street. 1. Wells' relatives weren't the only ones who were dubious. She feeds liver to her cats and dogs.". WIRED may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. He approaches a garbage can in his kitchen. "There is only one way you can survive and that is to cooperate completely," the notes read in meticulous lettering that would later stymie handwriting analysis. Bill Rothstein may have appeared to be just a man who owned a house next to a TV tower. In 1984, investigators found 400 pounds of butter and more than 700 pounds of cheese, nearly all of it rotting, inside her trash-strewn house. When the Feds met with Diehl-Armstrong, she told them that, if they could arrange a transfer from Muncy state penitentiary to the minimum-security prison in Cambridge Springs, a facility much closer to Erie, she would tell them everything she knew. Webfrom Mary Sue & Beeler in FL March 1, 2018 for William C. House, MD. Now comes the chilling coincidence; Bill Rothstein's house, with Roden's body in the garage, is located exactly next to the dirt road leading to the specific tower site that Brian Wells was sent to deliver the pizzas on August 28, 2003. More evidence collected over the course of the investigation (from left): a component from the collar bomb and directions leading the doomed victim to an orange-taped container in the woods. He stood waiting in line for the teller, and then handed her a cryptic note demanding $250,000.00. The proximity of Roden's body, Rothstein's house and the TV tower site where Brian Wells was sent to deliver the pizzas was no coincidence. The wind was blowing and his voice was cutting in and out. Barnes, an old fishing buddy of Diehl-Armstrong, had spoken too freely about the plan, and his brother-in-law had turned him in while Barnes was already in jail on unrelated drug charges. After he telephoned police, Rothstein wrote a suicide note indicating his planned death had nothing to do with Wells. Sixteen months later, in January 2005, she pleaded guilty but mentally ill and was sentenced to seven to 20 years in state prison. Does this text contain inaccurate information or language that you feel we should improve or change? The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC 20500 To William W. Popp, Nominee for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Uganda The bloody glob resting atop the garbage can was identified as a coagulated blood clot belonging to Bill Rothstein himself. Diehl-Armstrong told him she had shot her live-in boyfriend, James Roden, in the back with a Remington 12-gauge shotgun, in a dispute over money. Keanu will never surrender to the machines, The Ohio train derailment made a TikTok storm, Its always sunny inside a generative AI conference, The secret to Bruce Lees superhuman one-inch punch, Germany raises red flags about Palantirs data dragnet, Explore AI like never before with our new database, Upgrade your work game with our Gear teams favorite laptops, keyboards, typing alternatives, and noise-canceling headphones, 2023 Cond Nast. No cause really all this time I've been thinking I knew her, but what I found out today, was that she filed police reports about Ken Barnes before the pizza bomber killing, that has not come out before [in the media]. But over the years, that brilliance had become spiked with madness. In Men and Memories, I, p.56, he records that he first heard of Ibsen from Conder in Paris and later (p.210) states: We were all mesmerised by Ibsen in those days. The FBI found bomb-making materials in Rothsteins home. Wells drove straight there after he left the bank with the bag of cash. All rights reserved. How Americas sketchy less-lethal weapons industry exports its insidious brand of violence around the world. Wells asked a trooper at one point, apparently concerned that his employer would think he was shirking his duties. Rothstein continued to deny any knowledge of the collar bomb plot on his deathbed, even though he seemingly had no more reason to hide. Threatened with even more time behind bars, Barnes agreed to a deal: He would give a full account of the crime in exchange for a reduced sentence. WebWilliam Rothenstein (18721945) (b Bradford, 29 Jan. 1872; d Far Oakridge, nr. They just wanted to craft a beguiling puzzle, one that would resist explanation for years to come and that would keep cops and investigators hunting fruitlessly after clues just as Wells was sent on his doomed scavenger hunt. WebWilliam married Kate Reed in 1890 at Titusville, Florida. John's biographer, Michael Holroyd, writes that every morning the group rose at half past seven, drank a cup of chocolate and worked until eleven ( Rothenstein on Good examples include Parting at Morning (1891), Mother and Child (1903) and Jews Mourning at a Synagogue (1907) all of which are owned by the Tate Gallery. He walked out of the shop, two pies in hand, at about 2 pm. Wells entered the bank with this ingenious handmade gun disguised as a cane. During the 1890s Rothenstein exhibited with the New English Art Club and contributed drawings to The Yellow Book and The Savoy. Last In Line Pictures presents ERIE PIZZA BOMBER CASE: Who Killed Brian Wells?, a documentary film coming in 2011, Dig deeper into the case and discuss at ERIE PIZZA BOMBER NEWS and ERIE PIZZA BOMBER CASE FORUM. He was tackled as he tried to sprint away and locked into the device at gunpoint. ROTHSTEIN William A. Rothstein, 60, longtime Summit Township resident, Friday July 30, 2004. I love my plants, traveling, food, live music, making memes, horror movies, Halloween, and hiking. Roden's body was found exactly where he said, in a freezer. Don't miss a beat. Bill Rothstein may have appeared to be just a man who owned a house next to a TV tower. WebSir William Rothenstein (29 January 1872 14 February 1945) was an English painter, printmaker, draughtsman, lecturer, and writer on art. Officials believe he made the bomb using items in his home, as to not have to buy anything and leave a trail. ROTHSTEIN William A. Rothstein, 60, longtime Summit Township resident, Friday July 30, 2004. Kate was born in 1870, and died October 6, 1926. "I'm not lying." The dirt road leading there was cordoned off by authorities, but the journalists spotted a tall, heavyset man in denim Carhartt overalls pacing in front of a home that sat right next to it. So he implicated Diehl-Armstrong in the Roden case before she could rat him out, all while pleading ignorance of the collar bomb affair. She seemed to be exactly the kind of personmurderous, eccentric, and intent on demonstrating her intellectual giftswho might devise an overly complicated bank heist. Webfrom Mary Sue & Beeler in FL March 1, 2018 for William C. House, MD. [5], Rothenstein left Bradford Grammar School at the age of sixteen to study at the Slade School of Art, London (188893), where he was taught by Alphonse Legros, and the Acadmie Julian in Paris (18891893), where he met and was encouraged by James McNeill Whistler, Edgar Degas and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The cane he walked with was actually a fully loaded and operational handcrafted cane-shotgun. More than two hundred of Rothenstein's portraits of famous people can be found in the National Portrait Gallery collection. Rothstein was one of them. He spoke elegantly, like someone who takes great pride in his mastery of the English language. Rothstein looks towards investigators and points to his wrist, "From when I cut myself on purpose." In it, they found a note directing them 2 miles south to a small road sign, where the next clue would be waiting in a jar in the woods nearby. WebBill Rothstein leads investigators on a tour through his home at 8645 Peach St. and then through Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong's Seventh Street home, giving them details in regards to Jim Roden's death. Brain injuries. In the video, Rothstein exhibits the psychopathic behavior needed to be believable as the mastermind of this strange crime. Failure or disobedience would result in certain death. Brian Wells is not the pizza bomber; he is a murder victim. Dr. Rothstein is a professor of theory/analysis at Queens College and the Graduate Center. He is awesome doctor! When Diehl-Armstrong met with federal investigators for a series of interviews, that's exactly what she appeared to be doing. Sir William Rothenstein was an influential English critic and artist, known for his lithographic portraits, such as those in Oxford Characters (1893), and his paintings, a number of whch are held at the Tate. Erie Pizza Bomber Case: Who Killed Brian Wells? He had a short cane in his right hand and a strange bulge under the collar of his T-shirt. Then there was the 911 call. Son of the late Matthias and B. Virginia Bryner Rothstein. He was sentenced to 45 years behind bars, but he agreed to testify against Diehl-Armstrong in the hope of getting his sentence reduced. In 1893 Rothenstein returned to Britain to work on "Oxford Characters" a series of lithographic portraits, eventually published in 1896[7] Other portrait collections by the artist include English Portraits (1898), Twelve Portraits (1929) and Contemporaries (1937). In a subsequent meeting, she even agreed to drive around Erie with them to point out where she was the day Wells robbed the bank. The FBI found bomb-making materials in Rothsteins home. Then, "Why isn't anyone trying to get this thing off of me? "The son of a bitch ended up winning," Fisher says. Presented by Charles L. Rutherston 1917. And he was "the type of person who takes pride in building a variety of things.". He takes time with you. For seven years, the FBI was engaged in a scavenger hunt of its own, one that the Collar Bomber seemed to have planned as intricately as the one that had ensnared Wells. The Doll's House and John on landscape drawings (Augustus John: A Biography, I, London 1974, p.92). he told them in desperation. The picture expresses the tension of Act III of The Doll's House when Mrs Linden and Krogstad are listening for the end of the dance upstairs. The two dated on and off in the 1960s and 70s. Rothstein was one. To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. One of his sisters, Barbara White, repeatedly shrieked "Liar!" Rothstein worked as a handyman and shop teacher. [21] After being appointed, he introduced greater informality and was permitted to appoint practising artists, including Paul Nash and Edward Johnston as visiting lecturers. WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. While she insisted that she was not in any way involved in the plot, she admitted that she knew about it, that she had supplied the kitchen timers that were used in the bomb, and that she was within a mile of the bank at the time of the robbery. The journalists, eager to get a view of the scene, asked Rothstein if he could lead them through his yard. At the same time police find a suicide note written by Rothstein that read: "The body in the freezer has nothing to do with the Wells Case." The note opened with a curious disclaimer: "This has nothing to do with the Wells case.". Fingering Diehl-Armstrong in the Roden murder case allowed Rothstein to frame the Wells investigation on his own terms. He had two sisters, Addie, born February 19, 1878, and Jerusha (Ziegler) who also lived in Titusville. RELATED:Haunting True Stories & Important Lessons From 9 People Who SURVIVED Attempted Murder. After seven years, the outstanding questions had finally been answered. I'm sick and not sure how much longer I will live." Rothstein revealed he did what Diehl-Armstrong told him, removing the body from her residence, cleaning up the scene, moving the corpse to a freezer in his garage, and melting down the murder weapon. The crime scene footage takes place at two addresses in Erie, Diehl-Armstrong's home on Bacon St. (where Roden was shot and killed) and Rothstein's home on Peach St. (where the body was kept). "Caller: "There is a woman there with brown hair, green slacks and a blue blouse. WebWilliam Rothenstein (18721945) (b Bradford, 29 Jan. 1872; d Far Oakridge, nr. The Mining Industry's Next Frontier Is Deep, Deep Under the Sea. Slectionnez Grer les paramtres pour grer vos prfrences. New Details About The Woman From 'Evil Genius' On Netflix. The judge received the doctors' assessment in August 2010: Diehl-Armstrong had three to seven years to live. A man with characteristics and personality traits that perfectly match the FBI's profile of the "Collarbomber" in this case. Barnes pleaded guilty in September 2008 to the conspiracy and weapons charges involved in the collar bomb plot. By this time, the prosecutorMarshall Piccinini, a fast-talking, silver-haired assistant US attorneyhad already built an impressive case. The public perceived Wells to be a victim for many years until July 11, 2007 when the FBI handed out two indictments and shared for the first time that they believed Wells had been involved in the planning. "Gather employees with access codes to vault and work fast to fill bag with $250,000," it said. Once the officers noticed the collarbomb, they backed away from him and secured the area. [9], In 1900 Rothenstein won a silver medal for his painting The Doll's House at the Exposition Universelle. Never. "You have only 15 minutes." We are extremely fortunate to have Dr. House as our physician. Evidence collected over the course of the complex investigation: a Remington shotgun shell. It seemed that whoever planned the robbery had also constructed a nightmarish scavenger hunt for Wells, in which the prize was his life. Police at the scene found eight pages of notes directing Wells on a scavenger hunt of sorts in search of keys to unlock the bomb from around his neck. The man who in the end may have done the most damage to her. They were forced to be content with investigating those who planned and conspired to rob the bank that day. In March 2015 'From Bradford to Benares: the Art of Sir William Rothenstein', the first major exhibition of Rothenstein's work for over forty years, opened at Bradford's Cartwright Hall Gallery, touring to the Ben Uri in London later that year. He didn't get far. British painter, printmaker, draughtsman, writer, and teacher. Now AI is threatening to steal the starring role. [1], William's two brothers, Charles and Albert, were also heavily involved in the arts. But Fisher thinks that this wasn't about money. [22], Rothenstein was knighted in the New Year Honours in 1931. At least, that's how most observers viewed Diehl-Armstrong's conviction. However, what remains at the center of this case is the question Was a plan this bizarre actually intended to be a bank robbery? Diehl-Armstrong, Barnes said, devised the plan and enlisted a few coconspirators to help carry it out. He is awesome doctor! It is the essential source of information and ideas that make sense of a world in constant transformation. Rothenstein served as Principal at the Royal College of Art from 1920 to 1935. She went ballistic, slamming her fist on a conference table and cursing out the agents and her lawyer. [8], Another feature of this period are the celebrated interiors he painted, the most famous of which is The Browning Readers (1900), now owned by Cartwright Hall gallery, Bradford. He had agreed to rob the bank wearing what he thought was a fake bomb. Even more convincing to Fisher was the description of the mastermind directing others according to a written script that only he seemed to have access to. He didn't have to do that." Stroud, Gloucestershire, 14 Feb. 1945). Wells wasn't wearing the shirt at work that morning, and his relatives said it wasn't his. While he initially came into the investigation as a neighbor and former lover of Diehl-Armstrong, his involvement went much deeper, making us wonder, who is Bill Rothstein? Your culture and entertainment cheat-sheet. When Diehl-Armstrong asked him to cut up the body, he says he couldnt do it, and called 911 in a panic. After spending about 15 minutes at Rothstein's place, they took off. It seemed to be a risky move. And the scavenger hunt went from a clever piece of misdirection to a real-life race against the clock. The hinged collar locked around Wells' neck like a giant handcuff. It appeared to be a taunt: Can you guess who is behind this? This dialogue and game of cat and mouse with law enforcement agents is his pay dirt and maybe our proof rolled into one. In Fisher's view, Rothstein toyed with the investigators from the start, concocting the scavenger hunt at least in part to send them on a useless chase, eating up valuable time in the precious days after the robbery. deception and the hypocrisy of the Helmers' marriage. At 2:28 pm on August 28, 2003, a middle-aged pizza deliveryman named Brian Wells walked into a PNC Bank in Erie, Pennsylvania. ROTHSTEIN William A. Rothstein, 60, longtime Summit Township resident, Friday July 30, 2004. It would have to come from her since I am a vegetarian and don't eat meat. Operator: "A body? A few minutes later Wells stepped out to deliver the pizzas to a TV tower site at the end of a long, wooded and strangely eerie dirt road. Fiction: Other details regarding his involvement are coming from Co-Conspirator Ken Barnes, a convict with a vested interest. Rothstein, 59, was an unmarried handyman and a lifelong resident of the area. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A quiet and solitary man spent an entire lifetime avoiding the spotlight only to blow-up on TV. According to the note, it was a bomb. After their marriage in 1899, the Rothensteins honeymooned in Vattetot, where they rented a cottage. Wells fell backwards and was motionless. 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[21], Rothenstein wrote several critical books and pamphlets, including Goya (1900; the first English monograph on the artist), A Plea for a Wider Use of Artists & Craftsmen (1916) and Whither Painting (1932). The painting was posed on the staircase of the couple's cottage. The Diehl-Armstrong connection began on September 21, 2003, when Pennsylvania state police were called to the home of William A. Rothstein. He felt comfortable sharing information as he claimed only to be providing a service to Diehl-Armstrong working as a "Cleaner" of her crime scene not unlike the character "Mr. Wolf" from the movie Pulp Fiction. Sitting in the press section, Wells' family seemed stunned. It was the FBI this time, calling to inform him that his pizza deliveryman was dead. The Matrix movies brought Reeves and Chad Stahelski together. All the Settings You Should Change on Your New Samsung Phone, Fat, Sugar, Salt Youve Been Thinking About Food All Wrong, You Can Turn Your Backyard Into a Biodiversity Hot Spot, No, the James Webb Space Telescope Hasnt Broken Cosmology, The Out-of-Control Spread of Crowd-Control Tech. Officials believe he made the bomb using items in his home, as to not have to buy anything and leave a trail. Image released under Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND (3.0 Unported). The jury didn't buy it. In her free time, you can find her obsessing about cats, wine, and all things Vanderpump Rules. Further reading:William Rothenstein, Men and Memories, I, London Payback is a bitch, especially when it comes from an eccentric madman trying to prove his intellectual dominance. ROTHSTEIN William A. Rothstein, 60, longtime Summit Township resident, Friday, July 30, 2004. Rothstein's suicide note, it seemed, was a lie; Diehl-Armstrong had said that Roden's murder had everything to do with the collar bomb plot. 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