The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-08
BUTLER ROBBED RICH MEN.
o. II. p. BELMONT AND n. p. WHIT
NEY AMONG BLOOMS VICTIMS.
Thefts Included silyerware and Clothing
-theek With Cornelius vanderbit's
Name FORGED Found In His Room
Game From sweden ~ Months AGO.

Victor Bloom. a young Swede. who has
only been in this countrya year and half.
but who has been assistant butler for y.
H. P. Belmont, Harry Payne Whitney and
Charles Blair Macdonald, was arraigned
in the Yorkville police court yesterday
charged with robbing his employers of
silverware and clothing.
The police say that Bloom admitted
the robberies and said that some Of the
loot was in his trunk, which VAS in a
storage warehouse. Bloom also told the
police that lot OF stun he had stolen would
not be found. as he had pawned II and de-
stroyed the pawntickets.
When Bloom was first suspected. accord
ing to the police, o. II. p. Belmont's head
b .tler found in his assistants room a
check on the Fifth Avenue Bank for 81 800.
signed Cornelius Vanderbilt Bloom, so
the police say. has admitted that he for ged
the check
The prisoner also told the police that
he had worked for and robbed man named
Harrison. who lives in Locust street,
Philadelphia.
Tho arrest resulted from a visit which
William A, Hayes. Mr.. Belnont's private
secretary, made to the East Fifty-frst
street station last Thur sdsy. Mr.. Hayes
told apt Lantry that some valuable an
tique siiverware had been stolen from Mr..
Belmont's residence at ST. Fifth avenue.
Among the stolen property, he said, was
a cream pitcher. The articles had dis
appeared ono by one and this led Mr.. Bel
mont to think that the stuff had not been
taken by out siders, though he was reluct-
aut TO suspec, any Of the servants. A
closer watch was kept and for a line moth
ing disappeared. Then Mr.. Belmont dis
covered that some Of his clothing was
missing.
Mr. Belmont hired Bloom on Aug. 7. The
Swede had excellent references and when
he wanted to leave on Oct. Mr. Belmont
added another. The butler said he was
going to work in Harry Payne Whitney's
| house.
Mr. Hayes told tho captain that he had
since obtained information which led him
the police should investigate the matter,
The captain sent Detectives Heany and
McMullen 10 Mr. Whitney's residence at
II East Sixty-frst street They inquired for
Bloom and were told that he had gone out =,
but would he back in a short time. They
also learned that various articles including
| some Of Mr.. Whitney's clothing had disap-
peared in the Whitney household since the
young man had been employed.
While they were in the house the head
butler told them that he had lost a silver
| watch. He said he had accused Bloom of
taking II and the young man had denied
the theft and had left the house in a huff
The detectives waited several hours for
him. but he did not return. That night,
however an express wagon drove up and
Blooms trunk. II was turned over to him
and the detectives follow ed it TO Anderson's
storage house at SIG Third avenue. They
left instructions 10 be notified when the
owner called for ii.
The young man did not return TO the
whitney home and an Investigation showed
that considerable silverware and other
property had been stolen. The detectives
heard on Saturday that the trunk was to
be sent to t34 Fourth avenue and Bloom was
arrested there yesterday morning He was
wearing the watch which the Whitney butler
declared had been stolen from him. The
police made him roll up his shirt sleeves
and found that he was wearing silk under
clothing; Among the things taken from
the Whitney and Belmont houses were
suits OF silk underwear. The prisoner had
a valuable pearl stickpin IN his tie. 1t
was recognized as one Of Mr. Whitney's
The detectives said that the Young man
had stolen jewery when he was in the
employ Of Charles Blair Macdonald at
West Forty-seventh street.
They took the trunk to the Fast Fifty
first street station and told the Magistrate
that they expected to find some of the
stolen property in il when they opened IL
bloom said his father vas IN the Swedish
customs service at Stockholm and that
he had been sent TO college In his nati,o
country He left Sweden hastily p year
and half ago TO escap" military service
Tho detectives asked that he bc remanded
until tomorrow so thai they might have
time to examine the trunk and find out
ia hos many families he had been employ ed
since no came to this country. Magistrate
Crane renlanded the young man.