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WEEPS BIITERLY..IWalter Bloom Repentant of His RashAct—Breaks Down Repeatedly.siHOPES FOR LIGHT SENTENCE.I| Young Lad Who Wrote ThreateningLetter to Mr, Musser Demanding000er’s TearsBehind the grim steel bars, his liber-ty forfeited and a prison term staring»Bloom, theI| j Muscat in*? boy who demanded of Mr.Musser or his life. w.--ps bitter' I tears of regret and sorrow over his 'Di j rash act.Walking about the cell the lad main* ** 4; tains a sorrowful silence. It was lastII night, however, that ho was put to the11 test, fiis mother came to see himiI; bowed down by the sorrow of his act.itI {Weeping bittterly she asked him whyhe had done such a thing. Thon he iiIIbroke down and wept w.fh his motherand could give no reason for doing as*he did.Hopes for Lsght Sentencelt;I♦Bloom hopes for a light sentt nc e. ‘ 11! will, in all probability, be sent to thettischool* ; i\• r* - : p: ].• .:i • :alt; t t;..irIi%*M he would not be taken to the Daven- J.IJ port prison with the other two ladsI • an a lug a: ng on tie a me jI ; i ■ A »■? i f.. ft lent, a;i:ielt;ri; .• s \have taken no hand in the matter and ilifii it is more than probabio that they will [•not.I Watched the School.* From what can be learned Bloom r watched the Cedar street school the j Friday night mentioned in his letter, ^lingering about the steps and waited ^ for the money to come. It is not sup- J fI posed that he w as armed or that at ^ ianv tim* he had murder in his heart asIII\he states in his confession.! Confided to Other*.It is stated that he confided the contents of the letter to two of his j rstboy associates, Francis Maxon and i Willie Rhodes, who advised him against mailing the letter. He, how- 1 “i*iever, determined to do so and now issuffering the result of his act. The two boys when shown the letter by the j police at once recognised it, so they vsaid, as the one Bloom showed them some time before.rNothing Original in the Case.The:*? is nothing original in the j *I scheme. “Fat Crowe” was emulated in 11ievery respect. The example of the 11 two other boys, Stocker and Morrison, t charged with sending the first tetter! wa* closely followed. Even enough j t •originality was not displayed to select bThescheme closely followed the first at* I ptempt. ) cHad Good Training. }Bloom has had the best of trainingj from appearances. He is a regular at- j « j ten dan t at the Baptist church and is a \ y •member of the Y. M. C. A. of this city.hHe has been drifting astray, so it hasCJbeen ascertained, for some time, losing his job in the harness factory a few ; weeks ago, and later haunting billiard jrhalis and pool rooms continually. His J ( family is nearly prostrated over the af- ] fair.*
Newspaper Details
Muscatine Journal
Muscatine, Iowa, US
Thu, Jul 21, 1904
Page 5
Full Page
Clipped by
Anne C.
NA, 18 May 2023
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