Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1866-05-19 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

SWANSEA AND GLAMORGAN HERALD.  clothing, which, although soiled and saturated with blood, they recognized as Lacing been worn by Mr. Blum. Next they were taken to the coffin containing the body, which they at °misidentified as that of their List friend Deceased hail two cut,. cue under each jaw, and about an inch and a half apart. The ',mud on the left shit, was a clean cut of about two and a half inches long, with an abrupt termination near the windpipe; the other Wet'! a similar character but a little shorter. There were several abrasions oil the knuckles and on the back of the right hand, but no other marks of injury were perceptable When Mr. Blum was last seen In Bradford he had on a black silk hat with maker's name Mettle, " Lee, Bradford," a reddish brown overcoat of light texture, a black frock coat sail waistcoat, light tweed trowsers, and ;elastic side boots. Ile had also a small gold Geneva lever watch with gold face 7,213 a gcld albert guard with a seal or pendant attached by a steel ring, a gold signet ring with a plain white :and pink ODYI stone, a gold scarf pin, and steel spectacles, which he invariably wore. Ile had also a Ftrotll portemonnate, which is known to have contained several pounds, and several letters In his pockets. When the body was found there were missing the hat, the gold watch and chain, the purse, the letters, and the spectacles. There was nothing in his pockets except Bs. in loose COIII and a white pocket handkerchief. The letter, dated the 24th of April, addressed by the deceased to a young woman residing in London, to whom he was engaged, affords the only clue to his disappearance on the day named :—" I hail a strange letter from I.eeds from a stranger who is staying there on business. Ile come. from Hamburg. and wishes to see me. As it is impossible for 11113 to go to Leeds until Saturday I must consider in the meantime what to do. A strange thing is it not 1" No trace of the letter here referred to has hitherto been discovered, and most likely it was in Mr. lilum's possession when he left Bradford. It is surmised that the appointment mentioned In the letter may have been altered from L-cds to Liverpool. It is stated in the villa., e of iloylake that on the morning of the day on which the holy was found two men were seen struggling on the Redetones, and that one of them was afterwards seen to come away alone. It may lie added that no weapon of any kind was diecovsved near the booty, and had the deceased committed suicide, it is stated, that the rocks are too far dietarit from the sands and the water for him to have thrown anything where it could not have limn discovered. The wounds are both so severe as to have made it Impossible for them to have been Inflicted by Mr Blum's own hand. ia very important that the brother of the deceased, known es Paul Bloomfield, or Blumfield, should be made aware of what has happened, as It is thought his evidence will throw alight on the correspondence referred to in previous paragragka. The following is the description given of him:— " Short-sft. to Mt. Gin. (about) ; slender, but strong and wiry ; swaggering like a real Northerner : aimut 22 years of age. Fought in the American War, on the Northern side— perhaps on land, certainly at sea. Ile was some kind of subordinate naval officer. Hamburg appears to be his favourite haunt; came from there towards the end of last year. Would very likely go back after the crime from Hull, on her return passage in the vessel that brought him here about 23th to the 23rd of April. Seems to have written from Leeds on the 23rd or 24th of April. She would sail on her return passage about—days after that."