The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-16 00:00:00

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from his portrait. Two hours later, at 8 p.m., he
was seen by a woman walking on the sands at the
back of the Royal Hotel, and she observed that he
frequently consulted his watch. It will be remem-
bered that when the body was found the watch and
mis-
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The body was discovered on one of the highest
points of these rocks on Monday afternoon by two
young girls, who called the attention of the fisher-
man to it. It was lying in a hollow of a rock, with
the back to the wind, the head resting on a ledge,
the knees up, the feet crossed, one hand bent near
the body, the other at the right. The face was calm
as in sleep. The fisherman at once apprised the
police, and the.body was removed. An inquest was
held on the Wednesday following. The surgeon
who gave evidence at the inquest said that life had
in all probability been extinct for about three hours
when the body was discovered, and that, although
it was possible Mr. Blum had cut his own throat,
the physiological conformation of his head was de-
cidedly against the supposition of his having com-
mitted such an act. Anothcr medical man stated
positively, as his opinion, that any person who had
inflicted such a wound as that which appeared on
the left side of Mr. Blum's neck would have been
unable, from the loss of blood, to do himself any
further injury. The jury, not having the means of
identifying the body, returned an open verdict. Of
course, the friends of Mr. Blum at Bradford knew
nothing of what had taken place at Iloylake. After
his disappearance they made the greatest efforts, by
advertising in the Times and other newspapers, and
the circulation of police notices to ascertain what
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lowing
of police at Leeds, with whom he had been in com-
munication for a week previously :—" Come over
immediately. I have received news bypost, and have
very little doUbt as to the identity of the • • missing
gentleman. Mr. Foggo at once went to Leeds, and
after seeing Mr. Hunt returned to Bradford and
made arrangements that Mr. Sutcliffe, formerly a
u
master at the High School, and an old friend of Mr.
Blum, should go over to Liverpool and determine
the croerreeeicytendess.
On of thethe information which Mr.an
Hunth
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had
the chief constable of Bradford, bad receiveda letter
from Mr. Hammond, superit&ndeut of the county
constabulary at Birkenhead, stating that he had
suspended the interment of a body after having seen
the advertisement in the Times, and appending 3.
paragraph from a Liverpool paper, giving a descrip-
tion of the dead man, which corresponded remark-
ably with that given of Mr. Blmm in the advertise
meat. Mr. Grauhan, without consulting the friends
of the missing man, at once replied, stating that the
descriptions did not correspond with each pther.
Mr. Sutcliffe, however, accompanied by Monsieur
Landolphe, professor of languages, and Mr. Cooper,.
of Bradford, who were both well acquainted with
the deceased, proceeded to Birkenhead in the after-
noon, and on the following morning they went with
Mr. Superintendent Hammond to Hoylake. There
they were taken to the deadhouse and shown some
clothing, which, although soiled and saturated with
blood, they recognised as having been worn by Mr.
Blum. Next they were taken to the coffin contain-
ing the body, which they at once identified as that
of their lost friend. Deceased had two cuts, one
under each jaw, and about an inch and a half apart.
The wound on the left side was a clean cut of about
two and a half inches long, with an abrupt tenni-
natior near the windpipe ; the other was of a '
similar character, but a little shorter. There were
several abrasions on the knuckles and on time
back of the right hand, but no other marks of
injury were perceptible. When Mr. Blum
with maker's name inside, " Lee, Bradford,"

a reddish brow') overcoat of light texture, a black

frock coat and waistcoat, light tweed trousers, and
elastic side boots. Ile had also a small gold Geneva
lever watch with gold face, number 7,213, a gold
albert guard, with a seal or pendant attached by a
steel ring, a hold signet ring with a plain white and
pink onyx stone, a gold-scarf pin, and steel spec-
tacles, which he invariably wore. Ile had also a-
small portemonnaie, which is known to have con-
tained several pounds, and several letters in his
pockets. When the body was fo:.-.ud there were
missing the hat, the gold watch and chain, the purse,
the letters, and the spectacles. There was nothing
in the pockets except Bs. in loose coin and a white
vocket-handkerchief. The letter, dated the 24th or
April, addressed by the deceased to a young lady
residing in London, to whom he was engaged, affords
the only clue to his disappearance on the day named :
—" I had a strange letter from Leeds from a
stranger who is staying there on business. He comes
from Hamburg, and wishes to see me. As it is im-
possible for me to go to Leeds until Saturday' must
consider in the meanwhile what to do. A strange
thing, is it not?" No trace of the letter here re-
ferred to has hitherto been discovered, and most
likely it was in Mr. Blum's possession when he left
Bradford. It is surmised that the appointment
mentioned in the letter may have been altered from
Leeds to Liverpool. It, is stated in the village of
Hoylake that on the morning of the day on which
' the body was found two men were seen struggling
on the Redstones, and that one of them was after-
wards seen to come away alone.
It may be added that no weapon of any kind was
discovered near the body, and had the deceased corn-
mitted suicide, it is stated that the rocks are too far
distant from the sands and the water for him to have
thrown anything where it could not have been dis-
covered. The wounds are both so severe as to make
it impossible for them to have been inflicted by Mr.
Blum's own hand.
It is very important that the brother of the de-
ceased, known as Paul Bloomfield, or Blumfield,
should be made aware of what has happened, as it
is thought his evidence will throw light on the cor-
respondence referred to in previous paragraphs. The
following is the description given of him :
" Short-sft. to Mt. Gin. (about) ; slender, but
war,
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crime from Hull, on
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here about the 20th to
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the 23d April. Seems to
She would sail on her return passage about days
after that."
have written from Leeds on th
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FATAL ACCIDENT IN A TUNNEL OF THE UNDER-.
GROUND RaILIVAY.—Great consternation was
caused amongst the passengers awaiting the arrival
of the trains at nine o'clock yesterday morning, at
the King's Cross Station of the Underground Rail-
way, by a train which then, can in, followed from the
tunnel by several platelayers in a state of great excitement,
all of whom were hurriedly waving their shovels, shouting,
and in every Way endeavouring to attract the attention
of the driVer of the engine. It was then observed by
these on the platforms, 'as NMI. as the railway servants,
that an accident had happened ; and on the train nearing
them the last off wheel of the carriage at the end of the
train had adhering to it what to many appewed a bundh;
whi;th wns rotating with the wheel. On the stoppageo
the train it was found to be the body of one of tri,teviotsly
plate-
layers engaged on the railway, and who
from tile
been at work in the tunnel. Every
release the body, which was a shapelessnutes that success re-
wheel, but it was not for some fe.w,onsl
n
1, of life appeared ;
warded their efforts, when exerti orasilsysal:e ‘'
made t
no
osibones had been broken.
On going into the tunnel all
thtree other men were found se-
fact it seemed as though a
d that the men had stepped
It is stated by those who escakpe
at to allow the train to pass,
se-
riously injured, and were att once conveyed to the hospital
off the line they wore at work
e between the two. The deceaaed, whose name
fwlhleonwsanwotehrer came in the opposite direction, and the pour
only 21 years of age.
was a young man of good character, and
is:John Winston,