New-York tribune., 1902-12-08
ROBS @. H. P, BELMONT.
p. WHITNEY ALSO UCIVM
Prisoner Has Trunk Full Of
ISpoiLs- Tandfrhk's
Name FORCED.
OSCAR sTRADS.
phetesmph By Aimee Dupont1

Victor Bloom. nineteen yearsSold who is said
to room at No. 434 Fourth ave. was arragned
| In Yorkville Court yesterday by Detectives Nc
Mullen and Heaney., OF the East Fffty-t1rst-st
| station, on charge of robbing the families Of
oliver H. P Belmont, No 677 Fifth-ave., and
Payne Whitney No. II East Sixty-frst-st, the
son of William c. Whitney At the request OF
the detectives Bloom remanded until to
morrow
Bloom was second butler for Oliver n. T. Bel
mont from August to October L In that time
the detectives allege that Mr.. Belmont lost con-
sidera BILE clothing. and some silverware includ-
ing an antique cream pitcher, was missed
Bloom was not suspected He spent most of
the time he was employed with the Belmonts at
Newport with the family
When he left the Belmonts Bloom secured
employment with Mr.. Whitney and remained
until last Thursday night, when he suddenly de-
parted That day Bloom had been charged with
the theft of n silver watch After he mad lett
the Whitney home the loss.of the watch was re-
ported TO Captain Lantry of. the East Fifty
first ST station, McNullen and Heaney We're as
signed to the case. and Bloom had left a
trunk full of belongings in the Whitney home
thew waited there for him to return or send for
tine Trunk The servant did not return but sent
an expressnlan for the trunk, which the detec-
] ,syes followed to, the Anderson stoTase ware
house 1T No sic Third-ave, The detectives
ordered the storage people 10 hold the trunk and
keep them informed Saturday the storage peo-
pie got word 10 deliver the trunk on MONDAY 10
No 434 Fourth-ave- The detectives were IN
formed, and watched the house. At 10 a. m
yesterday Bloom started 10 enter the houSe anu
was arrested
Tn Bloom.s possession were the watch missed
from Mr whitney's home and pearl pin which
rho detectives assert was taken from Mr. Bel
, noont's house The detectives took Blooms
trunk.
The complaint at the station against Bloom
was made by William a. Hayes. Mr.. Belmonts
secretary. who will be in court tomorrow to
press the case.
The putler is native of Sweden, where his
father is a customs, officer Young Bloom came
To this country to escape serving in the army a
wear and a half ago. He said that he was too
proud to ask his father for help when he ran
out of funds and sought work. He got en-
i ployment through an intelligence office. in the
family of Mrs Charles Blair Macdonald, NO
West Forty-seventh-st He remained there only
a short time
Detectives McMullen and Heany said last
night that they had obtained statement from
Bloom that his trunk contained a large quanu-
ty of jeweiry, sverware and wearing apparei
which he had taken from the homes OF Mrs
Macdonald Payne Whitney and O. H T. Bel
mont. The detectives said that the warehouse
was not open Sundays and for that reason
they could not get at the trunk yesterday. ou1
expected to do so to-day.
The detectives say that the butler at Payne
Whitneys found a check among BLOOM eI-
fects made in Blooms name. for sZooo
and signed Cornelius Vanderbilt" 1t was
drawn on the Fifth Avenue Bank. The detec-
tiyes say that Bloom has admitted that the
check is forgery
The detectives assert that Bloom intended TO
go to Washington but waited until he could
get his trunk from the warehouse.