The Express.
London, England, 1866-05-11 00:00:00

SUSPECTED Af URDER.

On Saturday, the 28th April, Mr. Blum, the
second master at the Bradford High School, disappeared
very mysteriously from his accustomed haunts : and, not-
withstanding the most diligent inquiries,ike terse of hie.
could be found. Various reasons led his friends to suppose
that he must have met with foul play—that he was either
dead or under compulsory restraint. He was a gentleman of
correct habits, and regular in the discharge of his professional
duties. Inquiries were instituted in Leeds, Hull,fitanchester,
and Liverpool, and the policewere stimulated toexertthem-
selves to find him. But no trace was found of the missing
gentleman till Monday of last week, when a body was
discovered by two young girls at Hoylake, • village near
the mouth of the Mersey, nin. miles from Birkenhead
and four from New Brighton. Toe body was lain on a
rock, the throat cut on both sides. An inquest was held
the next or the following day, but as the deceased was
unknown, and there were no circumstances in connection
with the death in possession of the jury, a verdict was re-
turned that he bad died by his own hand. The doctor who
bad examined the body, however, said hie physiological
development would lead to a quite opposite con-
clusion. The body was kept unburied, to give
his friends the opportunity of identifying him.
The police authorities at Birkenhead on Monday had their
attention drawntoanandvertisement, describing Mr. Blum,
in • London newspaper (an advertisement appeared in
several London and provincial papers), and communicat-
ing with the Bradford police, two of Mr. Blum's Mends
started for Liverpool on Tuesday, and on Wednesday
identified the body as that of their deceased friend, Mr.
Blum. From the investigation which has since been
made,and from circumstances which are known in Brad-
ford, there is grave reason to believe that the verdict of
the jury would have been very different could they have
had before them all the facts which are now known, for
there is no conceivable reason to have led to suicide,
' while all the circumstances point to the theory of murder.
From the arrangements deceased had made it is certain,
in the first place, that he hurriedly decided to go to Liver-
pool, and that he contemplated but a short visit. The
circumstances, too, of the finding of the body point too
plainly to the suspicion that he met with foul play. It is
known that he must have had several pounds on hun when
he left Bradford, but only Bs. were found in hie pocket,
and no purse. His gold watch and chain also were missing,
all his letters (which he invariably carried with him), and
even his spectacles. Again, though • lengthened and
careful search was made, no instrument which could have
inflicted the wounds could be discovered, while be could
not possibly, on the supposition of suicide, have thrown it
into the deep water. However, the police are now on the
alert to search the affair to the bottom. A reward will
probably be offered, and it is to be hoped that the apparent
murder will be brought to light. The watch is a small
gold Geneva lever, with gold face, and numbered 7,213.
The gold Albert chain had a seal, or other pendant, at-
tached by a steel ring.

NITRO GLYCERINE. —Some important facts were
mentioned yesterday at the meeting of the Mersey Dock
board in connexion with this subject which was brought
under the notice of the board by a communication
from the town council. It was stated that the glonvin
oil which caused the destructive explosions at Aspinwall
and San Francisco, bad been forwarded from Germany to
Hamburg, thence to Hull, and thence by railway to Liver-
pool. A small quantity was sufficient to shatter a block
of iron of 00 tons, and it might have aimed the utmost
destruction at Liverpool. Mr. Forwood stated that the
trade was so lucrative that the moat fraudulent means
were adopted in the furnishing of these oils, and that
they were described under ail kinds of evasive names. He
also said that for a course of years one firm had been in
the habit of forwarding limiter matches under the name of
" wood ware," and that it was impossible for ship-
pers and agents to detect them. Packages con-
taining these destructive articles were frequently
covered with canvas to represent Manchester
I goods. He personally knew an instance in which 70 cases of
glonvin oil had been shipped at London, a sufficient quan-
tity (had it exploded) to have shaken the metropolis to
its centre, and destroyed an immense amount of
It was suggetted that, instead of the clause in the
empowering the board to fine where goods of this kind are
insufficiently described, a clause making such an act cri-
minal should be inserted, and that powers should be taken
to punish local agents far foreign houses where neces-
sary. The sab)ect was ultimately referred to the parlia-
mentary committee with the view of taking steps to ob-
tain the insertion of such a clause in the bill now before
parliament. In the meantime, the most rigid surveillance
will be maintained at the Liverpool docks, with regard to
packages which are believed or linmrn to contain
durger-
one and explosive articles.
CRYSTAL PALACE. ONII SHILLING DAT.

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brew= tickets, 1,305- total Salton, 3.523.
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