The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-07-20
SEDUCTION AND SHOOTING.
An Tnfuriated Father Shoots his Married
Daughters alleged Seducer. "A WASH
ingtOn High Life Scandal.
Correspondence of the n. Y. Herald.l ]


Correspondence of the n. Y Herald.l
WASHINGTON, June e20.-FOrsome time
past, in fact for years, the cutting, shoot
ing and numbering sensation with which
Washington has been blessed have been
mainly confined to incidents connected
with the life of the colOred population
and the gamblers. To-day, however,
there eliminated a first class sensation
in high-life, which not only startled the
sleepy denizens Of the quiet city Of
Georgetown, but racked the very basis
| Of fashionable society at the capital, or
what remains Of it at this season, with
earnest and astOnished excitement. The
matter had been brewing for several
months, and the inculpated parties had
| been lulled into a sense of security by
| the delay OfeXpected belligerent demon
! StratiOnS.
Mr. Edward Trueblood Hardy, a New
| York merchant, was the prominent ac-
| tor in the tragedy. He arrived here f10m
! the metropolis a few days ago, since
| which time he has busted himself seek
ing the presence of VIM. l.. Davis,a
| Washington real estate agent. He fOum
| the object of his search in Georgetown
this morning, and abruptly asked him
his name was Davis. On receiving aII
yer and fired at Davis, who, starting to-
run, received the ball i'll his left hip or
side. The shot did not cripple him,
| however, and he ran to the business
place of friend. On examination the
wound was found to be severe, though
not serious, and the ball was found to
| have passed through his body and was
discovered to have dropped into his boot.
Hardy attempted to pursue him, but
was stopped bya policeman, to whom he
surrendered himself, with the exclama-
| ton" He ruined my daughter, | came
here for the purpose OF killing him and
intend to do So" Hardy was subse-
Quently released on $4,000 bail to await
the result Of Davis's injuries. The wO-
man i'll this case was connected through
one of the most prominent and highly
respectable Of the "Old families" of
Georgetown. While visiting them last
year she acquired a reputation for wit,
beauty and other attractions which en-
titled her to rank asa belle. twas here
that she met Davis, her alledged sedu-
Ger, and by him was introduced to a
young man, Henry Bradley, son of J0-
seph II. Bradley, now of Montgomery
county, Maryland, and formerly lead
ing lawyer atthe Washington bar, whose
name is familiar to the public through
his prominence as the attorney for John
| H. Surratt.
The result of the introduction was the
marriage Of young Bradley and Miss
Hardy on the I'd of November last. With
in five months after that date the evil
fruits of fherpreviOus intimacy developed
themselves in the fact that she gave
birth to fine boy, the paternity of which
young Bradley firmly it not respectfully
declined. The latter succeeded, after
repeated endeavOrs, in obtaining from
her the name Of her seducer.
The circumstance connected with the
introductiUs1 of young Bradley to his
daughter added to Hardy's rage, and
hence his murderOus visit to this district
Joseph I'll. Bradley, Jr., offered himself
and was accepted as Mr.. Hardy's bail,
There had been whispered suspicious in
certain circles regarding the affair be-
fore the unfortunate occurrences OF to-
day, which now find more public utter
ance, and seem to show that Davis, hav-
ing failed to induce his victim to submit
to an abortion, was forced to negotiate
her marriage into a family of equal, il
not greater, responsibility than her own
for the purpose of hiding his own infa-
my. 1t is said that at one time young
Bradley was on the point of breaking of
the match, but being assured by his
friend Davis that the young lady was
beyond reprOaGh, was induced to COM
plete his engagement. Since the killing
of Philip Barton Key, nothing has Oc.
Cured to create such intense cOnsterna
ton among the upper ten of the capital
A STRONG LETTER FROM CHURz.-Tht
following letter from Carl SchuTZ wa
read at the Illinois Liberal Republican
State Convention, held at Springfield
on the Goth: ..=
ST. Louis, June 25.
MY Dear Sir-I regret to say that i
) will be impossible for me to attend tht
Convention of the Liberals of Illinois
tomorrow. / arrived here last nigh
from the East, and find an accumulation
of business which demands my imme
diate attention; besides, | desire t.
address my constituents here bef0r
taking part in the campaign elsewhere
You have my earnest wishes in your en-
deavors to rally for united action all th
elements of the opposition to that sys
tenn of policy which has now control o.
the Government and the people Of thi
Republic, and which, n0tinappropriate
ly, has been called " Grantism." Zap
plause.1
It is time the people of the North am
South be once more bound together b,
the inspiring conseiousnessO of a common
: nationality, of common rights, and o
common duties and to this end it
J necessary that the traditional barrier
he broken down, and that the policy o
force by which the embers of civil strif
} are assiduously famed and the bite
! feelings of the past are kept alive TO
j, DartiSan advantages, give way to thOS
moral agencies, Cancellation and frater
nal intercourse, without which our Re
| publican system cannot endure. Zap
Eplause.
II 1t is time that the despotism of part,
i spirit is broken, which ia the shape O
: personal government rules our legisla
ton, and the past organization of office
holders debauched with corruption, de
moralizes and suhjugates public opin
t ion, and stands in the way OF ever
thorough reform and to this end it j
J necessary that the embodiment OF tina
despOtisnl--the present administrator,
, be defeated in its efforts to continue i
power, and that thus a free field b
opened for reformatOry movement I'D
{ trammelled by selfish partisan control
[Applause.
/ Whether we be able to accomplish al
we desire or not. we certainly can ac
9 colnDlisll this, If for that purpose w
unite in an energetic effort, and OIL
success viii be great step in the rigll
direction. Although cannot be wit
, you tomorrow, / hope to be able t
cooperate with yon to that end in TIL
course of the present canvass. lap
! plause.
| Very respectfully, c. ScHURz.