The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-07
AUNT BETsEY,s INFATUATION.
How an Old Maid of Seventy-five
Fell i'm Love with a Priest.
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Philadelphia Press.1
Miss Mary c. Marx, late of New York,
died at the age of rs years, leaving a
handsome estate. This she bequeathed
to young Catholic priest, who, at var
ious times, has had various names. lie
is known now as the Rev. Aloysius j. ID.
Bradley. Her surviving sister is contest
ing the will, and as is usual in such cases,
the weakness and the follies of the de-
ceased are being brought to light. Brad
ley came from England, bringing with
him proper credentials as a minister Of
the Anglican Church. About the year
1865 he became an assistant rector at st.
Albans Church, of which the Marx sisters
were members. The elder sister, although
at that time IS years of age, fell in love
with the young rector. She invited him
to her house, and thereafter she virtually
supported him, and dying, bequeathed
him all her estate.
Bradley was at that time somewhat
eccentric character. He opened little
chapel at 1885 Broadway, which he
called the "Oratory of st. Sacrament"
10 this place Miss Marx went to live in
the capacity of housekeeper, in order to
be near the object of her devotion. The
presiding genius of the "Oratory of st.
Sacrament" moved his sacred emblems to
house on West Forty-third street, which
he designated "The Orphanage," and
there Miss Marx followed him. They
had one orphan in the house, who was
subsisted by Miss Marx for twelve
months. About this time Bishop Potter
began to inquire into Bradley's perform
ances, and his license 10 preach was re-
voked. On Friday, January 10th, 1872,
Miss Marx noted in her diary that Brad
ley had told her on the day of his inten-
tion to join the Roman Catholic Church.
Two weeks afterward Miss Marx was
herself received into the Catholic Church,
and five months later she and Bradley
went TO Europe together and remained
abroad six years. She paid all the ex-
penses of Bradley's education in an Eng
lish college at Rome and in other institu-
tions, and travelled extensively with him
on the Continent. During this period
her sister in New York remitted her up.
ward of $4,000, all of which she Law.
} ished on Bradley. He apprised Miss
| Marx of his ordination as priest in this
| tender note:
} "MY DEAREST AUNT BETsEY-Every
thing went off delightfully."-. I was sick
: with joy and the consultations Christ gave
me- The whole congregation came uI
: and kissed my hands. We had cham
payne dinner afterward; nothing coulc
have been nicer or more consoling."
In the spring of 1878 Miss Marx re
: turned to New York, and on May 22t
e of that year made the will which is nov
: being contested. She died on July Sth
| 1873, of paralysis of the heart. To he
surviving sister she bequeathed 1000
| year during her life, and $4,000 to tn
s Rev. DIR. Edward McGlynn and all tn
remainder of her estate to the "Rev
+ Aloysius J. D. Bradley, of Liverpool
r England" Her personal property sh
t gives to him absolutely, and he is t.
r have the use of certain real estate durin
e his life, and at his death it is to 60 t
e the Little Sisters of the Poor TN
r, ground on which the will is conteste
" is that the Rev. Aloysius J. D. Bradle.
y exercised undue intelligence over Mis-
II Marx as confessor and spiritual adviser
flattered her vanity, and encouraged he
d love for alcoholic stimulauts. The rela
y tions of the designing young man an
the infatuated old woman wildly recal
the case of DR.. Schoeppe snd Miss Steir
ecke,