The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23

Charles E. Lambert. general passenger
agent Of the West Shore ralr.aI 10
transport a mysterious army of Austrian
SoIGleFS and officers from New York 10
d4cOuNer, where the army was to on
bark on specially chartered steam q r,
aneSe.
On opening negotiations about this mat
yer Dr. Blum pledged Mr. Lambert TO
the greatest secrecy, because as RIrrr,
!ald. the transporting of an army would
De a violation Of the neutrality laws anI
would make al those Implicated liable tn
serious punishment. While the greates5
/ secrecy was observed by all conc m 4
some mint OF 1t leaked out to the different
passenger ag ntS al over the country
mess.
Mr.. Lambert had all his arrangements
perfected. A tugbOat was cruising day
ana night down the lower bav to Ike
OF the soldiers when they woul- arrive
on the transport MARSHA, and two trains
were In readiness at the WeehawIreu
/ station, steam up, to start fmmedflfeIv
when the troops arrived. While the de-
parkau0n and embarkatiOn of the trOODs
We're taking p ace il was arranged that
IHe oIlcers OF the troops were to he ban
quoted at FleiSChmann'S. in Broadway
ana then dozen carriages or 90 were TO
4 De III readiness to give them q drive
/ around town.
! DISCOVERED ONCE MORE.
]
| bomb suddenly exploded Mr. Lambert,
becoming a little nervous about the mat
/ ter, went to see the Austrian consul who
! went into consultation with others, with
/ the result that twenty-fOur hours later
J Dr. Blum dlSappC AIRED from New York
/ The Eains at Wcehawken were dfsc0D-
nected, all other arrangements from here
to Vancouver were Cancelled and a car
load of pies and chicken sandwiches was
/ given away. The steamer Marsala ar
FlNed an rIgnt day or two later, but i'm
stead Of the mysterious army she had
only thousands of tons Of d:icd pruues
on board
As to what object DR.. Blum had in
making all these arrangements is a mys-
terry, since Mr. Lambert positively de
clared that he did not give up penny
to DIT. Blum, although the latter had
asked for a $1,000 advance upon his COM
mission. Mr.. Lambert SAYS ne told him
that a good paymastcr pays only after
/ the delivery of the goods. All that DR.
/ Blum got out of Mr. Lambert was 81
number of champagne dinners and prob
! ably $500 worth OF railroad passes.
/ The next appearance Of DR. Blum was
/ IN $50. when ne was engaged by Harper
/ RrOs. to go to Europe as special writer
/ for n series Of magazine articles. Carl
/ SchurZ recommended him to the Harpers
Blum had now acqui cd the name Of Prof
Emanuel Egon BOrges. Mr.. Schurz said
/ a1terWard that a prominent banker had
/ recommended Prof. 30, ges to him Har-
! per Bros gave an advance of 81 900 10
! Dr.. Blum, but never got an article from
| him.
! The next heard Of Blum was last year
! at the Paris exposition, where he was
/ seen very frequently in the company Of
very handsome young women. freQuentiug
| mostly places where American visitors
/ were to be found. About September Of
/ last year he suddenly dropped out Of
| sight, and nothing was heard Of him TN
! til his arrival on April JIG last on the
/ Oceanic. when he said that he was on
! his way to Japan to consult with the
| Mikad0, whom he wanted to interest in
! some deal with the steel trust To some
/ Of his former friends he said that ne was
! forming an opposition news company to
! Reuters agency.
! He was frequently seen here during re-
/ cent weeks in company with some very
/ elegantly dressed women, and was haV-
/ ing a fine time until arrested. The young
| woman he IS charged with swlndling is
! Miss CrOyt, from Holland, whom he had
/ lured to England and with whom he
! had undergone a mock marriage.
Won Berger, as ne IS now known, is
/ the son Of a banker in Prague, Bohe-
I mia. lie received a very good education,
/ and early IN the SOS entered the Austrian
/ army, where he reached the rank Of first
/ lieutenant in the First Austrian artillery
! regiment. Owing TO his drinking and
/ gambling habits, he had to quit, and
/ about sixteen years ago went TO England.
/ where he had the misfortune to get into
| trouble with the police authorities. and
/ was photographed for the rogues gal
! lery. He then came to America as the
/ representative Of Castan. the proprietor
| of the Berlin P9nOpticals.
Here he had a most Checkered career.
| For q time he was a waiter IN several
! restaurants. He then became an en-
| playe of Manager COnreid, of the Irving
! Place thcater, and Travelled with the
1 stock company throughout the United
! States. IN 1889 he got into difficulty in
Chicago, when he swindled several per-
sons out of a few hundred dollars on
some patent scheme. A little later he
! was an instructor Of athletic and mill
| tary drill in q Hebrew institute in Cleve-
/ land. Ohio, from where he had to hurry
away after swindling n jeweler named
4 Epstein out OF several hundred dollars
] worth Of jewelry.
I After the Worlds fair in Chicago he
/ was a checker at the EldoradO rcstau-
rant In Weekawken. and at all
times no matter what pos.tin he was in,
he was seen in company of handsome
( women. Many Of them he introduced as
his wife
! He IS a man Of fine education. a bril-
liant writer and a still more brilliant ora
tor. lie is the master OF fourteen Ian
guages in pen and speech. and his ap-
/ pearance is that OF a we'll bred gentle
man. A near relative OF his IS a very
! prominent member or the Bohemian
: Landtag, and one Of his New York rel
| atiyes is a prominent uptown physician.
! He is known all over Europe as one OF
! the most dangerous chevaliers d'indus-
J tre, and is eXcelled only by Chevalier
! Hoffman, and Geza Won SOmOskey. the
! two most notorious adventures in the
| world.