The daily gazette., 1878-12-16
DIR. BRADFORD sENTENCEn
Nine. Grardin Declaring Herself Guiltv
Of Mdiprdctice.

ior lhc iast tlme IN all probability. A
woman who sat close to the bar put back
her veil when Judge Sutherland entered
ana would have risen, but a man who sat
beside her and appeared to be her COM
panlon, touched her upon the arm. Her
eyes were glttering and uneasy, and her
face was flushed. Her veil, of whtish
tissue, gave her the appearance of having
white hair. She wore a black COTTAGE
bonnet faced with cardinal velvet. n
sacque of Astrakhan fur, and silk
trimmed black cashmere dress. AT her
throat was big brooch of red coral
Her hands were encased in black kid
She gazed steadily at Judge Sutherland,
now and then muttering some indistn-
guishable words, and raising her hands
as though she desired to wave away some
distressing vision.
"OrlandO Z. Bradford to the bar !'
Clerk Stewart called out, and officers
took him there. He was pale and hag-
gard, but his chin was smoothly shaven,
and his costly clothing was well brushed.
The diamonds on his shirt front and his
right hand flashed as he moved. The
woman among the spectators started up,
but Capt, LINDSAY pressed her down In
her seat and kept her there. Her excite
ment seemed to increase under this re-
strant.
Il 81 move, your Honor" Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Rollins said, "for sentence
upon Orlando e. Bradford"
Then DR.. Bradford's senior lawyer
made long argument for a new trial.
] AT its end he said: 81 have now to refer
,. your Honor, to some newly discovered
Information that has been brought to my
knowledge. l do not think however, that
1t is my province to speak of it. DR..
Bradford desires to present it to your
q Honor for your consideration, as addi-
) tional grounds for new trial"
DR.. Bradford then spoke. His bearing
was easy, and his voice rang through the
court room with bell-like resonance
> 81 want 10 say before this court, he sale
''and every man in 1t that / am no
: lguilty. | can prove every step that
took from half past ten o'clock on tn,
day before until returned to my hom'
=. and found Miss Corners lying on th'
lounge in my office. Ihave learned tina
}, l went to see respectable woman Mrs
}, Katie Keehan, of Ill Ryerson street
Brooklyn. The memorandum of tn,
/, visit was in one of my old account book
that never expected to find. My assist
u ant brought this book to me to-day.
can also prove that after l quilted he
!. house went to the house of friend il
Fulton street and dined with him, goin
to the theatre in the evening, and after
), ward to boxing match"
"All this was on Sunday evening
'l Assistant District Attorney Bell asked
In his trial, DIR. Bradford testified tina
9 when he returned to his home on tn
morning of Monday, the 22d of May a
. nearly as he could recollent from visi
10 to Brooklyn, he found Miss Conner
whom he had never seen before, lying 0
- on the lounge in his office.
" "No, sir; Monday evening"" DR.. Brat
ford replied.
"Since l have been in the Tombs,
he continued. 81 have received unusus
r attention from a woman with whom
20 was previously only slightly acquainted
i. She was in the courtroom when was o
r trial. On the day after my convictio
/ she came to my cell and dropped fs'
y, u words that excited my suspicious. The
a | questioned her and she told me this
N she was guilty of the malpractice tht
y caused Miss Conners' death, and tht
she had in her home in Brooklyn som
articles that belonged to her. She too
Miss Conners to my office in coacl
II This woman is in the court room. Sh
is therew and he turned, with theatr
wave of his hand, to the excited woma
behind him.
Eyes, Judge, am herel" she es
claiued. starting up. But Capt. Lyme
I. say held her back.
"Now, your Honor" DR.. Bradford r.
sumed, off this woman chooses to confe
"a her guilt, | should have freedom. l fe
my confinement in every fibre Of m
body. Give me freedom or a new trial
"Judge, for the sake of God hear me
- the woman behind the bar almost shriel
nt ed. She spoke with strong French a
70 r. cent, and SO eagerly that her words We
II. scarcely understood. But she staggere
et to the bar, and clasping it with her sma
m n. gloyed hands, raised her flushed face
Judge Sutherland.
ri did it with these hands J" and 81
extended her hands tragically towal
Judge Sutherland.
"a 81 am called Madame Girardin," 81
"A continued rapidly "but that is not II
l. real name. 1t is my name for my pr
~ fession. | would not bring dishon
~ upon my family in France by using the
~ name and mine. am clairvoyant.
have advertised, and this dead girl can
to nv house at 1865 PieTepont street
i have her fortune told. She came twi
=. in the fail of 1st of May. She told n
mt that she was to become moi her, al
nd that she would prefer death to hayil
an illegitimate child. told her that
nd could not assist her. She told me TIL
ar she knew that / could. l said that
must have $50 She said that she won
We; return on Saturday, the 22d OF May
no She came, and she emptled herp poor lit
,en portemonnaie in my hand. Here it
(She held up dainty little wallet, wi
nd sides of mother-of pearl. l was gull
of the malpractice. A babe was Dor
1t lived only few minutes. l took Il
i. girl to DR.. Bradtord's house in coac
= next day and left her in his office:
of gave her $40 to pay her expenses. l hi
ner known Dir. Bradford for only thr
in months. He had treated me for hea
!. disease"
- "This is entirely without precedenl
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