Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-03
ALMA GAZETTE 8 VIRGINIA ADVERTISERS
MISSING BROADWAY MERCHANT. The New


PER ASSUM, payable in advance.
MISSING BROADWAY MERCHANT. The New
Iolk " Wurld states:
The mystery surrounding the disappearance
of Mr. Edison Brau.ey, Broadway New York;
merchant has been explained by United States
fiarshat ElSkc. From information he has re-
rciy.u il is believed that the uiis'log man has
fled to Canada with SO 900 in gold belonging
to his crcci'ors The latter include Mcs>rS.
II b. uE4tlin, A. T. Stewart, Dale Brothers,
and other importers. Bradley fight was dis
covered hy James Mooney, a private detective.
Ills Scry is that the merchant has goue 20
VI 'n,rral to escape imprisonment on charge
ii frau iuent hankruptcy. Ii seems that the
c,oli firm of Bradley 4 Co.. suspended on
"Wednesday ol las, k, with liabilities amount
Ing To abon, $25O.0JU. Tu avoid being forced
ntr bankruptcy Biad"y represented to Mr..
tiatlrn and the rest OF his creditors that II they
would give him time to collect the notes due
him he would b. euahicd t. settle nearly 10 iuil
with them. They subsequently, had their sus-
,icinns aroused as 10 the honesty uf his iDten
Ii,uS, aud employed Moun,.y's detective agency
10 watch him On Sunday afternoon the mem
Lrrs uf the firm met at the house OF Alr, Hotf
nan Que Of the partners at So Joral lrmoon
street, Brooklyn, aud Bradley proposed, 1t is
.aC that he should take all the cash assets
AID dccaup from the city, lie subs qiently
io,k carriage and drove to the Fit h Avenue
llo,l 10 company with his 500, Major VIM.
G.; Bradley. A detective saw him leave the
hotel by the ladies' entrance aud go to the
Hudson River railroad depot, from which he
took train going north. From Buffalo be
s.n, lrrg telegram to his.son, and afterwards
wen, 10 the Clifton House, in Canada He
carried with him so. 600 in gold, which he is
suruoSed TO have sak.U uut Of the assets OF the
firm. Ii is charged that N. ,j)r Bradley at
tnlWcd TO conceal his father flight from his
creditors.
Major Bradley was arrested at his store by
detective Mooney thursday last on a warrant
from Commissioner Bct,S. He is accused Of
,wlpdling his creditors. Mr.. Hoffman, his
brother lu-law, who is the complainant, says
thai he negotiated S35,nu0 III God notes and
converted them to his own use.
TIE EX, EMPRESS EUGEN1E AND RIsToRI.
Tn, R,luau Journal Ii FauiulIa cootains an iu
tcr"stlnc account Of a visit paid by Nine. Ris-
,on 10 Chiselhurst. The great italian actress
who had received many proofs OF Kindness from
the late Emperor of the French and the En-
press Eugenir when she gave her first repre-
Scnatiuus iu Paris, was, 1t seems, desrous OF
visiting the tomb Of Napoleon LII. With this
view she wrote to Dr. Councau to know it she
ulght obtain permission, aud on receiving an
Answer in the affirmative, she at once performed
this pluus pilgrimage. She was very court
cou>Iy received by Dr. Conncau, who intimat
cd to her that it was the wish of the Empress
Euecnie to see her. Nine Ristori had not
tnought Of iutrudng 90 the privacy OF the En-
PRESS, but, on the assurance of Dr. Conu2au
that her Majesty really wished it, she grateful
~ avalcd herself of The Empress Eugene
courtesy. The Empress hunored her with a
long interview. in which she gave the greatest
Prominence to the manner in which she felt
!uucicd by the numerous marks OF pubic re-
spsct paid IN l;aly to The memory OF Napoleon
Ill. She authorized Niue. RiStorl, to give.
Whenever 4 fitting occasion presented itself,
iu. expression to these feelings, which she
aided were completely shared by the Prince
lm>crla The Empress in referring. to the
ru,ose announced iu Italy Of erecting mouu-
mcu At Milan to the mem4ry of her deceas d
hns:aud esp, clally dwet ou her hope that 1t
might have national, not personal character,
that It might ra her record the general services
rendered 10 Italy than the atfec,ionate memo
RES cherished by individual friends. Mme.
Rl>torl LETT Chsclhurst deeply touched by the
noble language aud bearing OF the widowed
Empress.
TIE Pen BUSINESS IN THE BoWERY. At
tie Bowery New York, Is new scheme for
moucy-getiDg. In one game the operators
layea uumbcr Of white boxes, each about two
inches long and an iuch wide lu these money
is deposited, and the spectators are invited to
take chances. When $40 is the amount bal
o;cd for, as is usually the case, FIVE boxes are
placed before the spectators, and one contains
tn" money. The chief orator ofthe house then
cX!or'S his hearers to invest a s. chance lhe
first man to avail himself he offer is acapp,r
oi The game, aud he picks out the lucky box
e'r:y ume \ poor man lost twelve dollars
last night in about as many minutes. First he
Invested -, hoping to draw $40. Failing IL
this he was caught FOR $40 m re. The opera.
Tor, played it nicely. Twenty dollars was plac; d
IN one of three boxes. Theu the caller said
l.at >lo would purchase either box, and per-
haI> the purchaser might strike the big mon.
cy. The man who had lost his - waited and
S.w the carpcr draw a bux, which proved to
b.a h'auk This left two boxes on the shelf,
AID another cappcr took Que; OF course the
one cou,aiuiug the $50, but did not exhibit its
cnicnts Then followed long harangue from
he a,ctiouecr, in which he avowcd as his firm
beici that the box he held in his hand contain
el the prze The mau bought another ticket
AID drew nothing The swiudlers cloak thier
robbery und,r the pretense that each box con-
tanned number OF pens, and that they offer
the ouy money "a an lniucemcnt to customers
III the pen line -Ne,c ln7k SIN.