In December 1935 Bloomer charged Smith and other bank officers with abetting the theft for failing to inform account holders and authorities.

The bookkeeper was convicted, and the bank Treasurer received a suspended sentence and paid a $400 fine.

Smith was acquitted at trial)[4][5] Bloomer also brought charges against a Proctor, Vermont selectman for neglect of duty after the town sided with management and refused to provide emergency aid to the children of striking workers at the Vermont Marble Company.

[7][8] Bloomer ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination to be Lieutenant Governor in 1944, losing to Lee E. Emerson, who went on to win the general election.

[9] Bloomer ran successfully for the Vermont Senate in 1946, and he was re-elected eight times, serving from 1947 to his death.

[10][11] Bloomer died at Montpelier's Heaton Hospital on February 21, 1963, after suffering a heart attack at the Vermont State House.