Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-10
SAILORS Nude
BODY FOUND IN
HOTEL R @ @ M
Murder Angle Being In
vestigated by Police of
San Diego.

san DIEGO, Cal, June 1O.-Pos.
sibility of a murder under especially
revolving circumstances was reveal.
ed here yesterday afternoon and
caused the city and naval officials
to start extensive investigation fol.
lowing the finding of the body Of
francis Milton Bloom. 1S year old
naval apprentice, in room at the
wilson hotel, at GA Fifth stree,
. bout . o clock.
The body OF the Young sailor
laked, except for shoes and socks.
was found upon a. bed by }. !. Ma
r;rdeI, proprietor os the totel Tn
der the bed was "a pint flask CON
tanning Il few drops OF liquid which
nay have been poison, according
to authorities. The BODY bore enc
mark Of violation, but no marks
Of a struggle. Bloom had evidently
been dead many hours before the
body WAS discovered.
Cacardel notified the police i'm
nediatcly after the finding Of the
'odv. + G. Fleming, hospital stew
,rd, went to the scene with the DO
ice ambulance. He notified Cor
Dncr SCHUYLER G. Kelly.
No Alcohol Found
In his report to the police station
flc2ling said that death resulted
1ossibly from alcoholic poisoning
II murder by criminal assault
Naval patrol men who investigated
we're of the latter opinion. Coroner
Schuyler c. Kelly said last night
hat he believed death to have re-
suited from poisoning or internal
trouble. He said that he could de-
tcct no scent of alcohol in the room
Or from the nearly empty bottle
tcund under the bed.
Main investigation centCred on.
he finding of sailor who gave
he name of W. II. Smith in reg
stering for the room in which
Gloom was found. If found, he ma,
lc faced with the charge OF muir
der.
According to Macardel 5 report to
Doth Fleming and Coroner Kelly.
smith has been Il frequent lodgcr
At the hotel during the last six
ears. Mrs. Macardcl gave Il rs he;
'pinion that the man used a Iicti-
louS name. He was 0ftcG seen 70
3ring sailors to his room, she report
ed
Smith engaged room No. 25 be.
Wcen ) O'Clock aud : O'Clock
,uoSday evening. Macardel told Coz
ner Kelly. lie went to he room.
4ater in the evening, Young sailor,
believed by Macardel to be Bloom,
uttered and asked the number Of
IN 18th S room. He, too. went up
smith had left a call for $50 in
he morning. When the clerk callc!
he room at $50. there was no an
SWCr.
Poisoned Theory
Shortly after > o clock in the aft
'rnoon, Macardel entered the room
md found Bloom s body. Investi-
CATION later, effected through the
'lothes of the dead man, led TO the
naval hospital. 1t was found that
e had been Il patient there and was
given leave, extending from 4:30
clock Tuesday afternoon to .
, clock yesterday morning.
Coroner Kelly investigated and
found that Bloom was born in
Eanncr Springs, Kany, Aug. 8,
1908. He has Il mother, Mrs. O.
NJ. Bloom, 406 S. First street, in
dependence, KanS. She WAS mo-
flied last night by Kelly of her
son : death,
Clothes of the dead man wcr"
Found in much dishcvel1d state,
Some Of his undcrclothirg, badly
H. was found in the bathroom.
While diSiucliurd to accept IT,,
hrory Of murder, Cworrr Kelly
,2jaj last night that thc.c was ro
ia, $tion that The Two urn hod hr,l