The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-26
CITY NEWS


The pen"son. iifadlcy Scandal.
rho fcanon.limdloy scandal, which has
become so notorious throughout tho coun-
try, and which has caused such a.shock 10
the moral and social scnibilitios Of tho peO-
pie o Dallas for the past three weeks, pre-
scnlcd new developments yesterday Of suci
q nature as 10 make n once more the pre-
dominating topic on the streets and in pub
,ic places. The new disclosures are to the
effect thcat when Mr.. A. A. Pearson and
Mr.. Bradley, in company with the wife OF
the first named and Miss Dora Bradley,
daughter OF the last-namcd man, and who
is also the elder sister of Miss Edna May
Bradley, met at Dcnison, in the parlors Of
the A iamo Hotel, the two male members OF
the party we with difficulty kept from
engaging in personal ailray. II is alleged
that finally a compromise was agreed upon,
the terms of which are said
TO have been that Mr. Pearson
,hould pay Mr.. Bradley 81 800 in cash and
cancel an account of one hundred dollars
owed by the ladies ofthe Bradley family to
Pearsons store. 10 is said that in the pres
ence of witnesses Mr.. Pearson paid through
the hands of Miss Dora Bradley, for her
father, 81 $50, that the aforesaid store ac-
count was cancelled, and that Mr.. Pearson
promised to pay at subsequent and stated
time the remaining $3.50 of the compromise
money. The details of the alleged
compromise leaked out Tuesday
night, and yesterday morning in the
following manner: 1t is said u well-known
citizen of Dallas on Tuesday purchased
from Mrs. Pearson, her household goods, in
Guiding piano. several pictures, carpet,
ETC., for the sum of $500, giving his personal
InI, an N Rank l)ulIng
in settlement of the transaction; that on
Tuesday night, in company with dray-
man, the purchaser called ut the Bradley
residence, corner of Ross avenue and
Leonard street, to remove the goods.
When he attempted so to do
it is said Miss Dora Bradley
positively and emphatically refused to sur
render them saying to Mr.. Pearson that
they could not be taken from the house
until the full terms of the compromise
were carried out, that he agreed to pay her
| father 81 500 in money; that he had paid
but 5 $50, and that the balance of $50 had
! to be forthcoming or the furniture, piano
etc, could not be released. 1t is said this
| brought on II violent war Of words between
Pearson and Bradley, that pistols were
drawn and that serious and perhaps fatal
encounter was only prevented by the pres
ence and interference of the other parties.
| Finally all the goods except the piano were
removed, and the purchaser in question by
common consent was made sort of third
party to effect compromise, ana possess
| himSelfof the musical inStru Aent. 1T is
understood this gentleman offers to pay
$l25 to Mr., Bradley, which is to be known
as settlement of board bill"
! The compromise had not been
consumated at dark last night.
! Yesterday morning it was rumored that
Pearson had quietly left Dallas the night
previous, and after diiigent search during
| the day reporters arrived at the conclusion
that the rumor was correct, but as to where
Pearson had gone nobody could positively
tell. The belief is general, however, that
| he has gone to Mexico or California. In
order to give Mrs. Pearson the benefit
of any statement she might see fit
to make, and to impartially fur
nish the public with both. sides Of
the subject, two reporters, last night, called
on Mrs. Pearson at the house of Il highly
respectable family in East Dallas, where
| they had. learned she was stopping, as they
had been informed that she had left the
| Bradley residence, where she, her husband
and their daughter have been boarding
for several weeks previous 10 the scandal,
and up TIL yesterday Mrs, Pearson ana
her daughter were found. The reporters
made known their mission, address
ing Mrs Pearson as politely as
they possibly could any other lady.
She, however, flew into a passion, using
very severe and not tlattering language to
the reporters charging them with being the
cause of the scandal being made known to
the public, and condemning them in The
most sarcastic terms at her command. No
amount of reasoning could conciliate her
temper, and she refused, point-bank, to re-
flute or confirm the reports that are current
She said she had no statement to make,
and would answer no questions, and at
tempted to slam the door in the faces
of the reporters. The latter had performed
what they deemed their duty in the prem
ises, and withdrew to attend to other mat
tiers 1t was learned last evening that an
attachment was yesterday levied by Dep
uty Sheriff on about $3Oj worth of personal
effects of Mrs Pearson, for the benefit of
New York creditors, which were found
packed in the back part of the store. The
goods seized include three sewing machines,
large mirror, several articles of goods
usually kept in a ladies furnishing store,
etc. Other developments of public interest
may trausDre today.