The New York herald., 1879-11-08
FATHER BRADLEY'S DEFENCE.
The Marx Will Contest Viewed
Outside the Court Room.
ALLEGED MISCONCEPTIONS And SUPPRESSIONS.
The Defendants Theory OF Undue In
iluence" on the Other Side.

As several of the most important points in the con-
will of Caroline Marx. recently
held before Surrogate Calvin. not as fully de-
veloped as a curious public would naturally DESIRE
HERALD reporter yesterday called upon the lesa.ee
and defendant. Rev. Father Aloysus Bradley. who
is at present stopping the parochal residence at
tached to St. Bernards Church, in West Fourteenth
street. The reverend gentleman received the re-
porter very kindly and evidently glad of the
opportunity to thoroughly vindicate his char
acter that had been unpleasantly brought before
the public
CAUSE OF IT
"AIany of my personal friends in New York." said
he, shave urged me to make use of the freedom OF
the press in this country to make statement in
justification of myself reference to the unenviable
light in which have lately been represented before
the public. Those. indeed. who know me personally
and who members of my Protestant congrega-
tion understand thoroughly the utter baseessness
of the Insnuations made against me. They need not
be informed as to the source from which all this
malignty and cruelty has taken its rise. Others,
however, who do not know me except through Mr..
Gerry's slurs upon my character. in danger of
doing grevous injustice. 1t does not require
Daniel in judgment to discover that the whole OF
these proceedings are nothing but revengeful
ritualstic conspiracy Ton the part of those con-
hand my character and influence. and to take re-
venge upon the other'
''What is the ground Of your suspicions?"
Had had any doubts about this before certain
anonymous communications from these people sent
to since the trial would only strengthen and
confirm them. THE past is gone says one of these
letters; 'the Nemesis is with her timely
lash. Avaunt mongrell Go to hell, il you find
where else to go to- This 1t is which accounts for
the vugarity which condescends to stoop so low as
to make capital out of my physical infrmities. For
it may well be asked what has the fact of my per-
spring in the summer heat to do with my alleged
undue influence the late Miss Marx"
..Do you account for the statements to your
tecedents and family in the same way?"
.'Yes Mr.. Gerry knows very well that my family
hold good social position in England that they live
upon their income and estate and that their
is irreproachabe. If parents afford to give their
son an English university education. he for his
part cannot be truthfully represented impecu-
NOUS especially when he is living by means of his
own profession. AS to the of aliases Mr. Gerry
should know that Lewis Luigi &C., are the English
and italian forms OF the Latin Alloy sius-the name
took when was received into the Catholic Church.
my antecedents had not been honorable and above
all suspicion is it conceivable that the prudent
Bishop Potter would have received with the
marked kindness and appreciation which he did?
And it, as Mr.. Gerry argues. adopted an untidy
the Misses Marx it ought to be conceded that it was
o somewhat novel way Of ingratating ones self into
the good graces Of & three % Of the most fastidous @
| ungentlemanly disrespect which Mr.. Gerry in
varubly adopted when speaking of me in open
court Surely OF speech Ia not the usual
companion OF honest. fair argument It is not.
think a good trait In the character of any man to
ley is hardly tho term in which one protepsioaal
gentleman should speak of another. Mr.. Gerry in his
admiration Of Dickensonian slang in general and
Sergeant Buzfuz in particular, has forgotten that
| Mr.. Pickwick was not professional genteman-not
oS ths Bar sacrce the instincts of good breed
| ing. They noted for the marked courtesy they
always exhibit: especially to oppononts."
''Why Mr.. Morrilis name brought into the
1T is accounted for in the same way. Mr. Gerry
speaks OF his friend the Rev. G. w. Morrill, and
again. sThe rector Of st. Adams through Brad
ley from the first 1t is to be hoped that gener
GUS posterity will arise to appreciate Mr. Morrill,. 1t
is too bad that a of his intuitive perception
! should be secluded. Miss Marx, Mr.. Noyes,
Bishop Potter, u hundred others. and even the
sarewd pastor of St. stephens Church are all my
dupes and it is special testimony to Mr. Morrill's
astuteness that he alone saw through this man.
who appears in the case for the purpose of vilify
ing my character Is Mrs. Benson, the quondam
| housekeeper lodging housekeeper of Rev. Mr..
Morrill, before he became rector Of st. Adams. She
was called to testify that had admitted behaving
| in u dsgraceful manner for priest H. e.. Potes-
tant Episcopal parson) by singing innocent comic
songs one Thanksgiving night ten years ago. This,
ing statements made by the Miss Marx in refer
ence the rector and trustees of st. Adams, not
one OF them has been permitted to appear in the
FATHER BnApLEy's EXPERIENCES.
"what is the history OF your coming to this
| country and your subsequent conversion p
''It is some ten years and more since made
my first visit to this country. For conscientious
reasons. which my Bishop ndorsed. had resigned
my English curacy. The Bishop of Ripop commu-
ncaed this fact to the Bishop of New York and sent
me commendatory letters. Bishop Potter most
kindly aud amlaby did his best to reassure my mind
with respect to my many doubts and misgivings.
For this purpose he sent me to consult the notable
nr m n m was
again reconciled to Protestant Episcopalanisn.
Meanwhile several prominent members of st. Al
| bans congregation came forward of their own
cord and promised to give me their support IL
would start church oil more catholic principles
than were in vogue ut st. Adams. The Bishop of
| New York sanctioned the scheme quite heartily. We
to try and influence the poor. The Oratory of
| St. Sacrament was the result. The great feature
| in the new mission was las ITS name inn
| ped) the daily celebration of what called
Very Rev. Professor Seymour, of the General Tbco-
logical Seminary, now Bishop OF Springfield 1t was
earnest defence OF the restoration of the daily
sacrifice. BY the kindness OF DR.. Dix the choir of
| Old Trinity Church assisted the occasion and
sang Gounods mass. There octave OF
| vices. Among the preachers were the names of DR..
| DIX. Mr.. Goodwin, Newark; Bishop Southgate. DIR.
Patterson. st. Clements. Philadelphia. and other
| prominent ecclesiastics at that time. The Oratory
was a success. This success. coupled with the de-
serton of so many welto-do supporters. the rector
aud people OF st. Adams have never forgotten nor
forgiven. From that day ST. Adams ceased to be "a
specially and its glory began to wane. In his own
peculiar style Mr. Gerry speaks OF this enterprise as
the fact that the surviving Miss Marx was SO gen.
erous us to contribute $50 80 ID for its support.
About this time tho Rev. Mr.. Trimble rector of st,
David's, Ninth avenue and Forty-cighth street.
| pressed me to take his parish of his hands. lie
had established u mission among the poor
and had grown tired of II. accepted the call. For
| more than year kept both chapcs In nse-viz.,
ST. Sacrament and st. Davd's This was of course, %
great practical difficulty for mad but assistant,
the Rev. Mr.. Parkman, aud certain young students
| ut the General Theological Seminary who used to
come and help gratuitously. AZ soon as was practi-
cable the two missions were combined and the Ora
tory removed from Broadway to Tenth avon ae
and Forty-third street. The building was a large
three story structure. The ground floor consisted
of vestry, reectory kitchen and o comfortable little
room which Miss Marx appropriated for sewing
purposes and where she and another lady conducted
sewing class. On the second floor was the chapel.
and the third floor divided into three rooms.
Here four young men and orphan boy lived with
myself haa my study, they their sitting
room, and we a slept In common dormitory.