The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-12
CITY NEWS.


Some usiy ilumcfa, Under suspieious Cir
cunstanoea, Indicate Nest unhsppy
New yoar for n Compile 81 Families.
For the past few days the city has been
rife with rumors that A. A. Pearson, an
Elm street milliner and married man, had
elopcd with one Of his young lady clerks,
Miss Edna May Bradley, and excitement
I'm regard to the natter has run high |
throughout all Dallas. The facts in CON
nection with this case, so far rs we have
been enabled to obtain them, are that Mr.
Pearson left Dallas last Tuesday morning
with his packed travelling yalise containing
change of clothing and a memoranda oil
bills due him, advising his wife that he
was going to Gainesville and other
points on q collecting tour.
lie further stated that II he
did not return by the next evening he
| would telegraph her his whereabouts and
keep her posted in that respect. hore
| than week has elapsed and not word has
| been heard from him. On the evening OF
| the same day Miss Bradley suddenly deter
mined to visit friends, as she said, ut Nine
ola, Tyler and Palestine, and little while
| after left Pearson's store in hack that
drove up there for her. Not one word has
been heard from her since her depart,
|
| for at the points above named.
| 1t has been the simultaneous and suspicious
| disappearance of these two parties, coupled
with certain ugly rumors pertaining TO them
| for some weeks past, that has given rise to
the idea OF elopement, that so generally pre-
walls in this community. Mr.. Pearson, Pc
! fore leaving, drew what money he had In
bank, except a small balance, as also, of what
there was in the safe in the store, the results
| of the closing years and months collec-
tions, without the knowledge of his wife,
who has been his chief helpmate, # indeed,
not partner in the establishment,
Mrs. Pearson, who enjoys the nigh es-
lady-like conduct and excellent business
abilities, is heartbroken and almost mind
! wrecked ut this unfortunate condition OF az
| fairs concerning her domestic and Business
relations She has placed matters in the
hands of her attorney, Colonel J. u. SNIP
son, for investigation and settlement An
\ assignment was last evening made to Mr.
Fee, ST., of Fee Brothers, who duly quail
fed and took charge of the stock UNI
der a $4,000 bond Pearson's liabilities
are estimated at something. over
| 81 900, while his assets are said TO be In
sufficient to cover. Mrs. Brady, the mother
of the young girl, appears greatly e2erclsea
and distressed over the unexplained con-
duct of her daughter, and the unhappy ru,
| mors which have so generally connected
her name with her late employer. She ex-
presses the firm conviction in regard to her
as does Mrs. Pearson about her husband,
that all will yet terminate satisfactorily.
Both Mr. Mr. and hd,rdeI mrs for feaff tba
past few days at the house Of the mother OF
| the Young girl. Mr. and Mrs. Pearson
| have most interesting daughter about
nine years of age, and it seems scarcely pos
sible that a man, not actually demented,
] could have thus deserted such an estlmsDle
woman and wife and so sweet a child.
LATEE.
! A thoroughly reliable gentleman, we'll
known throughout the country, who is
connected with an important railroad and
| who makes his headquarters in Dallas, re-
turned home last night from business
| trip to Memphis, Little Rock and other
! points. He informed sHERALD reporter
that on Tuesday last, at the Peabody
Hotel, Memphis, he met and conyersed
with A. A. Pearson, late a. merchant OF
| Dallas. whom, it is alleged, has eloped
with Miss Edna May Bradley, desert
| ing his wife and child, and causing thereby
am assignment of his business and creating
one of the most sensational scandals in the
| history of the city. Mr.. Pearson and Miss
| Bradley have been absent going on two
| weeks and the details OF tnelr aiieSeu esCa-
| pade are fresh in the public mind. The
| gentleman who saw Mr.. Pearson is OF I'M
| doubted veracity and has known Mira Pear
son and his family long and Intimately.
He says Pearson was in comnany with
portly young lady, whom he escorted TO
| breakfast, and whom our informant did not
recognize; neither is be acquainted
with Miss Bradley, but the descriptions OF
that young lady are technically those OF
Pearson's companion at the Peabody break
fast table in Memphis. The gentleman IN
troduced Mr.. Pearson to several friends ana
acauaihtances, and jokingly informed him
that he was en- route to Dallas and should
inform his wife that he had seen him Pear-
son) with another lady. At this Pearson
appeared annoyed or embarrassed, but the
gentleman thought nothing OF it, as he had
rot heard of the Dallas sensation.
The next morning he was astonished
to see the details in paper
at Little Rock TIE HERALD's informant,
as is his custom everywhere, looked ever
the register of the Peabody for several days
previous. to see if there were any names OF
| friends or acquaintance thereon, but did
/ not see Pearson registered consequently
i he is of the opinion that he was travelling
iunder an assumed name. AS before stated,
the HERALD's informant is perfectly reli-
able, but at his request his name is with
held.