The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-11-14
But it Turned at Last, and G.
W. Bradley, an Iowa
Scamp, Gets Pulled
by an Officer.
A Long Chase for Him
Through the Greater Part
of Two States and
Many Counties.
He Has Eight Living Wives,
Thereby Proving His Very
Tickle Nature and Taste.

Early one morning last week, an officer
with a hand-cuffed prisoner in charge,
knocked at the door Of the Peltis county
jail, asking that the man wearing shackles
be given q resting place i'm one of the cells.
To this request Sheriff Couner promptly
complied ana the iron doors of his hostile
ry swung open to close on prisoner
long sought asd much wanted
That he vas expected by the sheriff,
the subsequent recital will reveal, as ii
shrewdness of the prisoner, his life OF crime,
aud the persistent efforts of his pursuers to
bring him to bay and punishment.
| THE AGENTS STORY.
On Friday night, last, there arrived in
this city, Captain E q Stephens, OF Iowa
City, bearing the proper credentials and
other necessary papers, signed by Governor
Buren, X. Sherman, of Iowa, for the pur-
pose of taking back to the Hawk-Eye state
+. w. Bradley, the man above referred to-
Last night BAzOO reporter met Captain
Stephens at the city hotel and from him
CLEANED the following statement concerning
part of the rascally career of the fellow
| he was after.
"Before I begin telling you about
Bradley" said the captain, "le me show
you these"
By "these," the officer meant his papers,
duly signed by the governor of Iowa, and
bearing the great seal of the state. The
reporter looked them over and said they
were all right,
81 do this because there are so many
snide detectives trampiDg over the country,
pretending to he officers when they are
frauds and liars. that want to prove /
am not one of that class" The reporter
acknowledged the force of this procedure,
in the matter of proving character and
official position, since he has seen a good
many of these snide detectives In the past
few months. in this city.
"Now, then" continued the captain,
after he bad put the papers back into his
coat pocket,~ will tell you about this
man Bradley" "This card" producing a
postal, twill show YOU that on the night of
the 2lst Of las, June he broke Jail at Leon,
Iowa, where he was under ar: est on the
CHARGE OF SEDUCTION
Where he was from that time up to the eth
Of last September, cannot say. On that
day he appeared in Riverside, little town
in Washington county, Iowa, and went to
the livery stable of s. Wonbacker who is
here with me, and hired a fine team of
horses and spring wagon. the whole valued
ut $3.50, stating that he wanted to 60 ten
miles in the country after young lady
who had been engaged TO teach school in
his fathers neighborhood"
"Was this true ?" asked the reporter
"Nots biz of it He drove out OF town a
couple of miles in northerly direction
then he turned west, then south and then
east to MS fathers house in Washington
county. There he took in some rembers
Of the family, and struck out for Sedalia
as was afterwards learned"
"How did that fact come outw
'In this manner: On the 9th of Septem-
Der old man Bradley hauled wagon load
If household goods to Riverside, passing
by a much nearer railroad station, and 60
ing by circuitous route, and had the
goods
BILLED TO SEDALIA,
promising the agent to send him the money
for the freight. the next day. from the little
town Of Washington. Bnt he failed to get
the money, and so wrote the agent, saying
that he wonid send it from Sedalia, and
that he could then forward the goods to
him at this place.
You see, the old man expected to meet
his son at Washington and &c,
the money from him. but in this
he got left, as the two failed to
connect. Finding that his team was
stolen, Wombacher sent me q postal card
on the 10th of September, asking me "a
catch the thief. j at once started out and
traversed the counties of Johnson, Benton
lows, Poweshiek. Washington Mshaska
Keokuk and Jefferson, in which las
county struck the trail oftbe fugitive
then went back to& Riverside, where
found the old mans goods still in tn,
freight house, where asked that they b,
held for three days.
STARTS FOR SEDALIA.
"On the 10Th of October, Mr.. Won
bacher and I started for this city. Ar
irving here. we found such pointers as {.
assure us that the man We wanted VA
somewhere in this neighbOrhood. On,
dsy went to the freight depot, and found
man there loading the goods, which hat
come on. in wagon His name, thinl
was Jackson, and he said that he wa
going to take them two and half mile
northwest of Dresden. Old man Bradley
had sent him for them.
81 was compelled to return to low,
City to attend the United State court theI
i'm session, and had to leave here, which
did on the 9TH of October. Before leav
ing, I wanted to find some good man whom
, could entrust With the case but l did no
, know q soul in the city. did not entrus
it to the police, for the simple reason
that have been
CHIEF OF POLICE MYSELF
and think it better to leave such matter
to a special detective"
Has did you manage to find q de
tective?"
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