The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-03-27

and feeling no movement. pillow was
taken from the bed, thrown on the stand,
then pushed against Mrs. Bradley, and
then thrown over on the bed. Then the
bed was violently jerked away from the
wall and out into the room, and various
other performances gone through with
In ali these cases the rooms were darken-
ed. In one other instance, when the girl
WAS dressing MIS-. Bradley's head, one af-
ternoon, the folding doors between the
parlOr and sitting room were opened and
closed. Mrs. Bradley's hands and ears
were touched, and her breast pin unloosed,
&c. Mrs. Bradley at first supposed it to
be the work of some children, but was quite
surprised to learn that no children, were
present, while the girl solemnly affirmed
that it was not her work, which Mrs. Brad
ley the more readily believed, as she knew
her to be dressing her hair during the en-
tire performance.
"The above were not the only surpris-
ing performances. Notes purpoItEg to
come from the late Mr.. Bradley would
suddenly appear, nobody knew from
whence. A watch belonging to a deceased
daughter, which Mrs. Bradley had locked
away in a private drawer, was discovered
under her plate at meal-time. No one
| but Mrs. Bradley had, it is supposed,
| key to the drawer, and its existence was
not known to the girl SO far as they knew.
! Then some of Mrs. Bradley's jeweIry was
found under her plate and what was
more perpleXing than all else a trust deed
! known to be locked in the safe in the of
| flee attached to the residence suddenly
! turned up in the same place. Mrs. Brad
| ley's ageut, Mr. a. F.tJohnsOn, aud a
nephew of Mrs. Bradley's stopping with
! her, were ready to make affidavit that
they had not removed it from the safe, and
none else had access.
''All these wonderful things had been
| accomplished. but 1t was not all. The
spirits stole. Mrs. Bradley at one time
placed 500 in her private drawer, together
with other money, and $50 in the same
drawer iEclosed i'll her bank book. Tie
next day, on going for the money $15 of
the 500 were missing, and also the SO i'll
the bank book, and how much more she
cannot sly. 1t is needless to say all these
things excited suspicion, but Mrs. Bradley
cUu!d not believe the girl thief and i'm
postor at the same lime. Besides, the
mysterious notes from her dead husband,
and all the communications she obtained
through the girl as medium, were calcu-
lated to lead suspicion from her. There
were those who believed the girl was an
impOstor, but they couldn't detect her
MIS-. Bradley had a teacher give her IN Us C
lessons and sent her TO school, and watched
and waited. Finally, just before Christ
mas, the pretended spirit of Mr. Bradley
promised Mrs Bradley Christ nas pres
ent. She was directed to place some mon
ey in her desk and wait. She did so, put
ting some money as she supposed securely
under lock and key. In due time the mon
ey disappeared, and on Christmas Mrs.
Bradley found in the bedroom adjoining
the sitting room beautiful pair of vases
with note saying they were from her
dead husband. The family were called III
to see the marvellous sight. Mr. a. +.
johnson examined them, and beheld what
had until then escaped notice. trade
mark. 1t was paper mark fastened on
the bottom of one of the vases. This lie
quietly removed and went down town. At
Breed S Murlay's he found the owner OF
the mark. They had sold them to young
girl, wondering where she obtained the
money to buy them. Mr.. Breed wasquet-
ly taken to Mrs. Bradley's, and the girl
called in and recognized. She diG not
know Mr. Breed, bnt evidertly suspected
something because the next communica-
ton from Mr.. Bradley assured Mrs B. that
Margaret had nothing to do with the
vases.
$50 the mystery was out ut last But
the girl was not immediately exposed, only
closely watched. The lock on the desk
was changed, and no more articles were
taken from there. At last, thoroughly sat
istied that the girl had been the author of
all the strange performances, she was tax
en- into private room, charged with them,
and confessed. This was on Thursday of
last week She not only confessed to per-
forming all the tricks, writing all the notes,
but she confessed to purioining tbs mon
ey. How much she took she. says she
doesn't know. She does not think she
took as high as $500. Thinks she may
have taken in all $500. She took it at
various times and from various places.
Last evening the girl and her mother
were sent for by Mrs. Bradley, and we
went to that ladys residence to see her go
through some of her manipulations. OF
course the girl was in great distress. Her
mother had told her she must confess eve
rvthino and there were several parties
present to witness her revelations. The
stand was brought out, the girl placed her
hands on it, and Mrs, Bradley placed her
hands over the girls, holding them fast
In this position the stand was moved by
the girl readily and easily over the carpet
to the piano. Then the girl lifted her foot,
and with the toe of her slipper ran lightly
or otherwise over the keys. STOPPING
down she took the tea-bell between her
teeth. lifted it and rang it, and put 1t
acoinst Mrs. Bradley's face. Then she