The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-29
BLOOMS BEEsWAX GAME.
One of the Humorous Operations OF
a Clever Cincinnati SwindIer.

a Clever Cincinnati Swind1er.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer
As fine a bunch of criminal records went
through the mails last evening from this
city to st. Louis as ever crept in between
the fly leaves of yellow back.
The police department of st. Louis is
determined to make out strong case
against Charles, alias Badly" Bloom of
this city, who is booked up there awaiting
trial on the charge of grand larceny
From all appearances they will be sue
cessful and again Badly" Bloom will be
filed away for a snug period. Bloom is a
native of Cincinnati and has a brother in
business here who is highly respected and
who has spent thousands of dollars in
trying to keep Charles out of trouble but
all to no avail. Bloom has served three
terms in the penitentiary and as mixed
ale manpula tor, he possessed a genius al
his own. He is an original thief in a way
and in the realm of criminology is a rec
ognized buffoon. One of Blooms thefts
would make monkey laugh. He Is the
humorist premier in his field and may
never have an equal along the same line
in the days which are to come.
Blooms beeswaX game is a fitting sam
pie of the clever work for which he is
celebrated. 1t was with the beeswax trick
he first attracted public attention. One
day the Merrill Chemical Company of this
city was aroused by a violent ring al it's
telephone.
"Hellow
rs that the Merrill Chemical Compa-
n.y."
Yes"
How much beeswax have you got or
hand?"
Twelve hundred pounds"
'tWhat are Won holding II a p"
Then followed a lot of jockeyiug about
the price. Finally the matter was set
tied and the beeswaX was purchased by
the voice at the telephone. who represent
ed itself to be a certain other company
with good credit. Then the voice said
that it would send around its wagon and
get the beeswax. and it did. The cargo
of stuff was loaded up and bill rendered
the company supposed to have ordered it.
but il was Bloom who got all the wax and
had his expressman haul it to an out-of-
the-wey place. He then. in this particu-
lar case, called up Jansen, the Vine street
groceryman, and offered him the beeswax
at a great reduction, and Jansen took the
wax and paid Bloom the money for the
same. Having planted the wax and re-
ceived the money for 1t an ordinary thief
would have been satisfied, but not so with
Bloom. A day after that jansen has
trouble with his telephone and hears a
welcome voice whispering seductive SEN
fences at the other end.
This is the So-and-So Company"
Yes. well?"
I'VE are in need Of about 1900 pounds
OF beeswax and can find only 300 in the
city Have you any wax or can you tell
me where to I'll an order to-day?"
why yes; | have 1900 pounds, but I
don't care to part with it," until at last
Jansen was offered an advance on bees
wax that startled him and few minutes
after a wagon numbered up to the grocery
and carried away the wax.
This was only the beginning of the
beeswax deal. for when the wax got start
ed 1t waxed warm in its desire for travel
under the management of Bloom. who
kept II on the warpath, with every sale
a clean profit until Chief Deitsch each
day had turbulent delegation of angry
grocers end men in other branches OF bust
ness waiting for him long before office
hours with beeswax stories that almost
drove him mad. In the meanwhile SQUAD
OF detectives were spraining their ankles
running around town trying 10 find out
who was the active advance agent Of the
circumventlng wax. AS manager of a
gang OF globe-trotters Bloom would have
made fame and fortune, and everybody
around Central police station wondered
until he was at last rounded up and the
travelling wax was buried.