, 1874-06-20
Tho LtlxvrcnccburE E1orror.

DlEHL that CoIu-DlQ9uGA GCCA lsa4 ptGH COlH-
mitted at LawreucobArg. 1twas announced that
a woman BY the uamo Of Mary Bradley, Thoeo
husband WIS away from homo ut tho timo bud
been deliberately murdered. together with Two
children, by some unknown tiond, WHO o. hatl no left
eceno Of tho murdor yesterday our reporter
found tho smnll town Of Lawreucoburg in state
Of great excitomout.
Following tho direction pointed out By tho
cltizouH, we soon arrived at small office On tho
muln street running through the contre Of the
town, which waB part OF tho uniertakor'a cstab-
lishn'ont, and seomed to bo the village morguo.
III this small room, exposed to tho scrutiny Of
all tue men, women, aud children Of tho town,
ont Of tho close quarters onco, twice. md ofton-
CT, mothers leadlng their ltslo ones to the awful
sight.
in the contro OF the room was tho pln,u, mont
coffin containing tho nutilated reuuains Of Mary
Bradley. She was o large. powerful woman, Of
misunderstanding figure, and, apparently, 10 far
ns one could judge from the reyo1ting, appear
anco, about 35 years Of ago Tho cotliu-plato
md VIC reg,et to eay TINT, for q part of tho time
tue coi1is-Iid was OF, aud tho Taco exposed to
the hot, smothoriug atmosphere and s'Salms Of
flies.
coiiin-glass was nearly enough to froazo tho
soul. On the forehead and top OF tho lead wero
no less thun four deop gashoa, any ouo OF which
would hRvo finished tho victims life, and NJ II
the heil-louua reyeed In crime and boodshed
for their own sakoa, ho had also buried his dead
ly ax IN tho wonans check. It waH also shown
By medical examination curly in the day that not
only wns part of tho brains gone, but that tho
fond bud used the handle Of the Ak to mako II
1iideouB cash {that il tho only expressive woral
iu tho wo1nan's abdomen. Tho ront was Several
Inches wido. and the rugged elgeB prove it was
not made by the sharp edges OF tho ax, and thoro
il rengon to believe, from tho length OF this
dreadful wound, TINT 1t could nevor have bcen
In, h.r %I,n htrnf hnnH nf tFha
doctors said That when tho woman was
found, lying iu blood on the cabin
floor, her bowels werc noarly oil
out. Tho rerolting spectacle OF tho
f. tragedy, but there wore two moro pictures in
tho scene. On either side Of tho woman }ay tue
bodies Of her two little gir1s-llosa, aged ., and
Eliza, aged II. Their hoads aud fenturcB had
been niashed, mud cut, md boaten in with the
eaule mirderous weapon md tho same hearsless
inllunlnulty rs their nother'a.
Tho noxt thing, In order. IL possible. to find
any clue to the murderer from the evidence Of
der in company with citizens Of tho place. It
NaB a relief to leave tho work Of tho assassin for
the fresh air aud open country road, even though
it led to the sccno of hs operations. Following
tho turnpike from tho river to Tho broad fields
back Of tho town for about two miles brought us
to spot from whici, wo could see the Bradley
cabin. It is simply common, miserable hovo,
rerched on tho top Of q hill TINT slopes up from
Tanners Creek. which small stream winds along
through tho valley for somo DISTANCE, till 1t emp
tics into tho Ohio Mt the end Of the town.
The cabin il about II by IL feet in Mze, has
hut ono window mud ono duor, and tho roof Gun
almost DO touohod by standing on tip-toe. The
furniture Of Tho hut Was in keeping with it's OK
the loom, filling 10 much snace that little wuB left
for table, shelves. and chairH. There WAS an air
OF miserable, almost atii!ing, poverty about tho
place, and it correBponded with the daily lifo and
tail ~ fFta 1,A to,,u
at tho foot Of tile hill, porhaps at q distance OF
thirty yards, aud bctweou creek aud hut urs
about ten acres Of poorly-uu1tiyatod land.
Tho family consisted OF William Bradley, his
wife Mary, tho two daughters mined, 4 sou 5
years of ago, and an infalit about months old.
Bradley was away from homo doing Framework
itl tho noghborhood Of Ohito, Clormont County,
when the murder waB committed. but tho tele-
graph reached him yesterday, aud he was no
doubt in Lawroncoburg lust might.
Goms time during Tuchday, just when 1t IL im-
possible to Aay from nnY Testimony yet received,
villain entered the Bradley cubin with tho foul
est imaslnable pott; in hls mind and proceeded
to carry it out. What he 1neditated aud what he
attempted was rape, as provon inconteBtnbly by
u post-mortem examination, and wlion Ao Ind ac-
colnpllshed hiB diabol'cal purpose he won't delib-
eratoly to work, with tho, businesH Of coalug
every eye. ellonoing. every tongue, ending oyory
life thul could testify TO his crime.
This dane. ho doparled, leaving only two
harmless witnesses t1ehnd hinl-a speechless
babe, with no powers of obacryation, who was
found pinying In its mothers blood, mud little
boy scarcely tEreo years old, who know enough
to feel That lie had lost something and waH 1ole-
some, and who wandered over tho grounds moan-
ing pitoouBly tho only rord tlat ho could astiou-
late, =" "bIaurmal It IL poss,ble that this child
mny have Tho image Of murderer ilidelibly
stamped on tho tablota Of hin little mind, and
when Ills tongue In loo6el and this enemy CROSS
Gu his path recognition aud retribut!on may fol-
low.
1t WAS not until o'clock Tuesday afternoon
that the boys cries were attendod to. In tie
field adjoining tho Bradley property, Nicholas
Rauch, . German falm-haid in tho employ Of
r. strahIey, Ind boon ut work about 800 yalds
hut heard tho child, aud saw that he was acting
Us il III tloub1o, but thought nothing Of It nll
1t was reserved for little daughter Of Mr.
Sttahoy, the nearest nolHabor, to follow tho
hoye orios aud beokonings uutl sho madc the
discovery
Rauch's doubts wore over when ho hoard tho
story OF the girl, and l.e lost no timo in spread
ing tho information, and the people OF
murder by hnnlroda., Tho cabin was q
gl,astly sight, never to bo forgotten BY thone
wo saw II juat aB tho iiend hal lott it. Tho body
OF Mira. bradley Waa on the floor In puol OF
blood, her head noar tho ilro-place, and tile bod,
eldest daughter, was found about thrao ieot from
her ,notltor, Aer death caused by . blow OH the
forehead. Eliza Jnno waa found lying OH ho!
baok on ono Of tho beds, tho base OF hor spinal
column resting on tho rail, aud Aor foot on the
floor.
Coroner Skinner removed the bodies ut onco te
Co!enans rooms, whore they wore dcoentl,
plarod in cotils, and wherc they ronlainad during
I'LL Of Yesterday ald were yluted BY hundreds Of
tue tOWuBPenp!o,
Yesterday morning tho Coroner impaneled Iltt
Jury, and proceelsa wth thu examinations Of wit.
noHAoa. Tho modical testimony Of tho posi-
nortam WAS submitted in brief Language by Dss.