The sun., 1902-06-28
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~a- sTr--tsi Yesterday nv th~ f'nlir- 20
th- fi,lrtdg~ strs~t station uu -,i-pirinn q
havtrs : rnu.ssl ~. death 81 Mlrfis Hoaig.
,luak -,k7,'n~h. Nhn di9d yrSt"rJi,v
r,nrring H. IN" 'ffi~ ~ ~ Mu-'OVitE.
"a dentist a. no Rivingtuh Str,--t.
HuUiE was brought t"to drug -tnrv at
Eiviu Stuu and t--'N -tr-ts abOu, = ~
och OK hv Blonmirld whn said hat Honix
~a- -1ck Houig "a, trembling all over
aLd collapsed ~ ,ha.' Th" druggist
Questioned Bio mf-,d who. Ncording to
tue stat rricn' mad" Va th" polite. All that
Hong had taken -alpl. n drug that Is -o'ns-
titns- pr--rribsd Tor rh''umatisnn.
The druggist. thinking the man Was
DING. told Bloomf,id TO take Hong To
do,tof. and Bloomfield Ytit 10 Dr. Mus
c,vtz's offc,. few doors away. Dr.
MuScuvitz, hrothcr-n-law. Dr. finkel-
-,"in. has an oG.rc on he foor above.
MuscoviiI. who is u dentist. went to call
finks lsiein and ~h"u hr va'ne back with
him Bloomf,ld had disappeared A. no
went out. according to Dr. MusrOvitz.
Bloomfield told the crowd that had gathered
OUTSIDE that man had just becn Aill,'d by
having his tooth pullssi by th" dentist.
In the meantime Dr. finkel-tcin and the
dentls, were working over Honig Ac-
corting Ia the Gp,tor's statements TO the
police. HONG said
Il heard that Bloomfc ID had discov-
cred great cure for rheumatism, and /
went TO HIM las, nigh, and he gave me- some
powders Tor nity Crnts. lhey were Salol.
he said. This morning took one of them
and became sick then ! ran around To HE
houss aud julu him and he rushed out with
me and said We must get doctor
HONG died Ia twcnty minutes from the
time he reached the Office. His body Was
taken to the station house and the doctors
went with It A. ticy stood lLside. they
saw the Money leudrr on the edso of the
crowd outside. A policeman went o,It and
arrested him.
bloomfield IL about 70 years old lie Is a
lii tie man. misshapen in ngure. with "a long
black h-ard He told the olice he had never
known the man before and had not pre-
rcribed anything for hiin. lie said in the
ks-ex Market Iolic- court, when he Vas
arraigned, that he had simply met HONG
on the street and SEEING he was sick had
offered to help him to a doctor. lie was
h"ld IN 5000 hail for examination on
SUNDAY
When the police searched the rooms where
Bloomfield lived alone at iss Orchard strect,
they found everything from piano to a
bsbys rattle There were several cam
cras. half dozen fddles, gas ranges, silver
war;. false limbs. showcases, and about
100 bottles of all sizes and shapes. some
empty and some with liquids IA them
The police did not find any powders They
took all the bottles that had anything In
them. however. and will have them sent
to the Board Of lie alth for analys sis.
The police learned at 6i3 Sixth street.
where HONG had boarded for two months,
that he had been all right the night before.
but had been taken suddenly III that morn
saying what was the matter They could
not learn whether he lad ever had any
dealings with Bloomfield
BlOomfeld's chief clients are said TO be
poliCefneu. No one was ever known to go
10 his home His Office was where he
happened TO te. 1ho-s who know him say
he SELDOM carried less than 81 .oJo and often
would have fiye times that amount wrapped
up IN dirty red handkerchief. His Gus
TONERS would meet HIM on the street aud
he would loan them money. charging, Il
is said ruinous rate 81 interest. In
addition 90 lending money Bloomfield was
n Iedler and sold everyt hing from dlA-
moud- TO a five-Cent cigar.
Nine years ago bloomfield was arrested
by Detective Sergeant Michael ksiff for an
alleged burglary. He told Police Justice
Powers In the Es--x Market court then
that II was done for spite 10y Ieope who
knew he had $1,000 buried ia Calvary
Cemetery. To prov" II he went with the
detective TO the cemetery. and there. In an
out OF fthe-way corner. dug up the money.
When he brought Il hack Ia court he Judge
let him 60 Bloomfield said at the time
that the reason that he had buried the
money In Calvary Cemetery was because
certain people were after II. and he knew
no jew would ever look for II thcr"
Sine" then he has been plying his trade
unmolested and is thought To he worth
about so ooa He is said TO have boasted
that he lived on nine cents day.
Coroner's Physician Weston will perform
an autopsy to-day on Honig's body and
the contents Of his stomAh may be
analyzed