Props to H. B.

[Mayerling]

A Little Bit More on Mr. Charles H. Bloom

I plugged the name of the "Royal Baking Soda Company" into the "Brooklyn Eagle" Web site search engine, for the year 1888 - 1889. I found a little something of interest - though hardly connected with Tumblety or Whitechapel. It is connected to Mr. Bloom.

From the Brooklyn Daily Eagle of 30 May 1888, on Page 6, column 8.

"Princely Pay"
What some men's services are worth.
Are the Hoaglands too handsomely renumerated?
Some interesting testimony about very large salary.

"There was a gathering of big financial lights in the Supreme Court, special term, this morning, when the trial of the Ziegler-Hoagland Royal Baking Company Suit was resumed. Samuel McLean, Charles Pruitt, John W. Masury, J. Seuer Page, and a number of others were among those who clustered about the lawyers. They were called as witnesses by the defense to show that the salaries paid the Hoaglands were not exorbitant when viewed in the light of the returns from the business. The first witness was Charles H. Bloom, one of the travelling men of the company. He testified that he had been in the employ of the company for several years, and when in New York his time was mainly spent in the office of the company. The drift of his evidence was to show that Mr. Ziegler had not paid as much attention to the business as formerly.
John W. Masury was the nest witness." He was the president of the John W. Masury Company which manufactured paint and varnish.

The defense attorney was (according to a later article, William J. Gaynor, future mayor of New York City (1910-1913). The plaintiff was represented by Benjamin Tracy, future Secretary of the Navy in the Benjamin Harrison administration (1889-1893).

Jeff

[Robert]

Ah! Old poet with a cigar. You can still visit his cottage and see the cigar ash.

[lynn cates]

Burns

Hello Robert. Thanks.

Does Howard even know who Burns is? (heh-heh)

Cheers.
LC

[Robert]

Och! He thinks Burns Night is November 5th.

[lynn cates]

prefs

Hello Robert. Indeed. Just wish he liked haggis. (heh-heh)

Cheers.
LC

[Robert]

Howard often finds good stuff. I think he's wonderful for his age.

[Amanda]

Indeed..

Yes indeed, a very interesting find.

Wonder if there are any of Mr. Bloom's memoirs waiting to be discovered...

Amanda

[mklhawley]

Hi all,

As a Tumblety researcher, I make it a practice to see what Howard Brown has again discovered. To me, this is awesome. It allows me to figure other places to search. We clearly do not see eye to eye, but I have to be honest, he posts what he finds without bias. Great job, Howard.

http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=23420

Sincerely,

Mike