The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-26
SUICIDE Loses
NERVE BUT M
Jacob Bloom Sewers Artery 81
Right Shoulder With
Bullet "
SHOOTING ACCIDENTAL
DECLARES HIS WIFE!
Police Say She Told Them Hue
band Was Financially Embar
rassed--Physicians Dsclare 4
Death Was Intentional. III

A severed artery in the rtght shes
der, the result Of bullet dred N1e n
suicidal intent, caused the death III
Jacob Bloom. thirty EIGHT years ol1H
of 21- North Eighteenth street. Nn43
Wednesday morning at the CITY HoM4
hospital. gsSs
Bloom evidently Intended sh0ot3nMN
himself through the heart, acook4sS
ing to the theory OF city ho1p4
physician who attended him. ~ M@s
crucial moment, he In believed tnN
have weakened and to have shanq
the aim of his revolver. Tho nalz{
entered the fieshy part OF the 1AA
der intiieting what In most
would he a superficial wound. ~
sued diagonal course, however, NC !
cd an artery and lodged itoo11
the neck. Bloom died ON tie
rating table. sS|3
Financial TUuhlce. Sasl
According to informa&ton sn3@
have been given to ofhcer1 a.
tirst precinct police station. FL *
eide was caused by nnAnO1al truM11q
Mrs. Annie Bloom. widow eG To
man. IL credited with haytn9 n3U4
this statement to officers shortly r. -
the shooting took place. Later ~
morning. however. she denied that
husband was financial smbo1zQ
and intimated that she believo4 !
death OF her husband Wa acGe0o =
| The accident theory r. scoutM4 LA
City Home hospital authorities ssass
Details leading up to The saaieo
are meakrs. but 1t In bettered tl(z
Bloom, after returning to his An(
some time after l o'clock W0oI
day morning. crept out Of bed NJ
out waking his vile shortly h4A
8 o'clock. vent 10 the dtufMg N
on the floor below and endad hs9
His wife does not know whA&
he returned homo. but saya Me
| not home at o'eloNk, 6he d.
| remember hia.s hMttn cpxb4 1n4s
/ nor his having gotten up. 9Ah
/ however. that St1e 49, aWAk404
] . o'clock by an Agoni1od cf@n1n4 X
! called to ind out Whist 49,
/ and was answered by her hpa1
l voice. 6 sS8
Help me. Annie, T'm shot
/ cried. and became unconsctOu&
Leaping out of bed. she xt1G,GS
down stairs. She found iler hr1haf
/ half dressed. lying on the A0of
i the dining room table. his FGyc9M
i beside him. His head and sh0u144
were soak ed with blood. which O49
from his wound. s33s3
She telephone to the hospital ~
the ambulance, with DR.. Thurnnn4
charge, responded. Bloom waa at
ried TO the hospital and PLACID
the operating table. where he dtN6
seemed Worried. x@9
Bloom, according to some a. "
neighbors, seemed worried and n
anchoiy for several weeks. Acoo4
ing to others, he was In no hnAm4
distress whatever. He cOnduceo4X
small store on the instaiment pIn1
his home. He tended the store ll1
ing the day and spent his cvoM1
collecting from hts customers.
According to his wife. he le1k
home shortly after dinner Tueo4aI
go on bne of these collectin9 "a
She waited for him to return
midnight and then retired. She AN1M
she went To sleep about os0a001
the morning. She does not think
husband had returned 1T thax t1
She is Frustrated with grief
Bloom leaves his widow ana t14
children. the eldest OF whom u I'll
teen years old. s@ sa35
Or. Truman, Of the City Home 0
Wednesday morning that he the
il probable that Bloom had At
the weapon at his heart. but
weakened at the last momomx
changed his aim. Again, he AntE
is possible that Bloom really M1~
ed to Are a bullet into his he41G
was nervous and changed fha
untntentionally when he pulIAo
trigger.
Several relatives OF Bloom doal
that the shooting was accidentaG
dead man. they say. was In the an
OF cleaning hts revolver every M
ing and then putting 1t away
think he neglected to empty tl&S
volver chambers and was tn
down the barrel when the fAhAag
was fired. s9SxS2
Mrs. Bloom declared, too, tho&S
husband made q practice Ut E10G
his revolver every morning. 6A4S
however. that he rarely II ever n
at o'clock. half dressed. TO 20
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