The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-30
BIumfieId Says He Did Not
COuse Honig's Death.
IS WEALTHY MONEY LENDER
Rsfuiss Statsmsnt That He Spends Only
7 Csnts a DAY for Food, and Declares
He Somallms Pays Out IS Cents.

New York, June 3o.--Coroner's Physi-
clan Weston yesterday performed an au-
topsy on the body OF Morris Honig. for
whose death Max Blumfeld, the wealthy
East Side money lender. is now being held
by the police.
Dr. Weston discovered that Honig had
been a sufferer from fatty dilated heart
and acute congestion OF the lungs. The
physician said that while these conditions
alone were enough 10 have caused death.
they might have been superinduced by
poison.
lie declined to say. however. whether or
not he had found poison in the stomach.
This organ. he said. he had sent to Pro-
fessor Ferguson, OF the College of Phar-
macy. for analysis.
Blumfeld will be srraigned In the Essex
Market court He admits he knew Honig.
but denies that he administered medicine
to him. Further proof OF Blumfeld's G.
centricities was furnished by the man
himself yesterday in the following state
ment:
BLUMFELD's STATEMENT.
'I see that people are telling the news
papers all sorts of queer stories about
me- For instance, II has been printed that
/ live on only seven cents day. Now,
that is wrong.
why. some days buy as much as fif-
teen cents worth OF food and occasion
ally spend as much as twenty cents. oh.
you needn't smile: It's a fact. do. Surely
fifteen cents is quite enough TO lay out
for a days food i believe In eating only
just enough TO appease my hunger.
why eat more than Is necessary? I
cook all my own food In my apartment on
when i boil IL you can smell IL all over
the house, I use a saucepan. not coffee
pot, In which to boil my coffee.
mo. i won't tell how much money I
am worth. Yes, have heard II said that.
I'm worth teooo but i wont tell wheth-
er or not have that amount
"A lot OF my money l have carefully
hidden away. once 1 had $4,000 conceal
ed In a grave IN Calvary cemetery, but
dug II up. and had detective with me
when ] did II. too.
IT have been lending money to police
men and flremen for something like fif-
teen years. and find II pretty safe and
profitable. Safe. because they know that
II they don't pay me / can have them
broke.
Profitable. because I have received as
high as 10 per cent interest My average
interest. though. Is not so high. Natural
ly, I try to get as much as can.
LOWER RATE TO OLD FRIENDS.
ITO old customers i occasionally lend
money for only 8 per cent month. l have
had many policemen dismissed from the
force for having failed to pay me debts.
And I didn't let the matter end there,
either, but kept after them when they
got other positions.
"An idea of how successful have been
In collecting my money may be gathered
when / tell you that during the fifteen
years ! have been lending money / have
lost only s1eo. Pretty good record, eh?
How many business men can boast OF
such a record?
I'm very fond OF music. especially that
OF the classic order. i have a fine plano
home and when play it-rand I can, let
me tell you-people come around TO listen.
/ also play the violin fine. I've got three
fine violins home.
IT will at this time say nothing about
the present accusation against me. except
that II is a gross error to imprison me
and will soon be free"