The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23
SWINDLER'S REMARKABLE GREER
Interesting Rogue Locked Up In Ludlow Jail, New York,
Awaiting 6ztrdditiOn Papers,

the very presence of Commissioner Cen
eral Palitschek that this man is Br
Emil Blum" said he to some newspaper
friends 4 would swear that he is DR..
Emanuel Borges, whom I saved four
years ago from going to state prison at
Joliet, and who, out Of gratitude for this
swindled me out of 800.
Mr.. Zeisler said nothing more. feeling
certain that he was merely possessed
of a fancy.
A few minutes later DR.. Blum consented
to grant an interview to several news
paper men, and gracefully promised that
as soon as His Imperial and Royal High
ness, the ArchdUke Francis Ferdinand.
would arrive in Chicago, they would get
an invitation to call.
Two days later Albert Stiasny. the
American representative Of the Austrian
firm Of ThOnet Brothers, gave a banqu It
in honor of one of the members Of the
firm who had just arrived. Upon special
request of Commissioner Palitschek Or
Blum was also invited, and by strange
coincidence it happened that when Mi
Stiasny placed the Doctors name on one
of the covers next to the Austrian com
missioner general, one of the walters Ie-
marked to another, as he pointed to the
card, This is my brother"
Mr. Stiasny thought that some unpleas-
a brother of one Of the distinguished
guests should act as a servant on q
festive occasion, and requested the man
ager of the hotel to give to the waiter
who had spoken something to do IN some
other part Of the hotel, and thereby keep
him out of the banquet room. Nothing
came Of this odd affair.
PETTED BY SOCIETY.
Meanwhile Dr. Blum continued to be
the Petted lion Of Chicago so -iety, and
particularly of the young women Of the
smart set. A few weeks after the fair
had opened the German Press club, OF
/. Chicago, ten3ered a reception in honor
Of the foreign newspaper CORE sp0n tents
and, of course, among those invited was
the q eat DR.. Blum. Mr.. Zeisie- was a 50
present, as was Count SsnGrenyi The
count as it happened had also been a
victim of the man who had swndl5d Mr..
ZCsler. and to whom Dr. Blum nal such
a fatal resem tlance. The count and the
corporation attorney had a talk as they
stud ed the man, AMI TIE count said he
was positive that DR.. Emil Blum and
Emanuel Eorges were one and the same
person. To bring the matter to an issue
Count Sendrenyi walkeI Straight up to
DR.. Blum, ana in the presence Of d.ty
or sixty newspaper men, loudly de-
nounced him as a swind er and demanded
his immediate departure from the Press
club.
The board of directors Of the club i'm
mediately went into executive session
and so convincing were the proofs 81 en-
by Count Sendreuyi that It was decided
to order DR.. Blum out. He was told to
go and not to Sow his face there any
more. This end Or. Blum's career in
Chicago, for woru was received from the
Austrian foreign office that no one OF
the name CT Dr. Blum was ever known
to them, and that TO one had received a
comm ssion t. await the arrival of the
archduke in the United States. The
Neue FTeis Pre-se also repaG!ated him.
declaring that he was never its accr dit
ed correspondent, Lut admitting taat It
had printed occasional contr buttons from
him, among others an interview with
President Grover eYe!and, which was
subsequently discovered TO be a fake
Upon the strength Of all this information
the late Mai. Moses ?. Handy, chief Of
the bureau of publicity and promotion,
and Col Amy, also Of the same bureau,
held DR.. Blum up when he entered the
Worlds fair grounds next day and took
up his fair pass.
A few days later DR.. Blum disappear
ed, and then 1t became known that he
had secured $1,000 from Henry Willard
upon the promise that the Arehdule
road, the Northern Pacific. Mr.. Willard
had also been assured that the prince
would be glad to dine at his house
The next that was heard of DR.. Emil
Blum was in New York in September,
1894. when he closed a big deal with