Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04

and Monday that lie "was going to
settle up what he owed and quit" No
one had any idea of what he meant.
Monday morning the members Of the
were all down town and Char
ley went home. 1t is thought he
was expecting money from a woman,
perhaps his sister, he had loaned
money to and did not get it as he had
been promised. Anyway he was ter
ribly disappointed and cast down and
the last seen Of him alive was Monday
morning about 8 o'clock as he was
on his way home.
HE WAS FOUND
8 little after IL g.. II. by q negro boy
in his employ. Charley Hedge, his
step-son, was sent for and the body
was removed to the house and the
coroner summoned. Two shots were
heard. Only one had taken effect
and that in the back of his head. He
was lyirg at full length with his head
between the spokes of his front bug
gy wheel. The pistol was on his
breast and his arms were lying
stretched at full length by his side.
and not folded across his breast as
heretofore published.
Charley had many friends and as
far as we know few enemies. He
was rough in his manner but good
hearted with it all and a hard work
ing man. At the time of his death
he was proprietor Of a billiard hall in
the West block. He was 'notconsid.
cred a drinking mar or a man who
would think of such an act. He
went to the M. E. Church, South
the night before he killed himself and
acted in q restless manner, which was
remarked on by parties before they
knew Of the tragedy. He was think
ing Of the deed all the time. Some
thing was weighing on his mind more
than be thought he could stand. W.
are not prepared to express an epin
ION Of what it was hut give our read
ers an idea Of his checkered ane
rough-perhaps unhappy-life.
MRS. BRANDRIFF's STATEMENT.
Seated behind Willard Potts fas
trotter, a LEDGER reporter was driver
to the residence of Mrs. Brandrifl
in South Mexico, and on entering til,
house, upon invitation Of the lady
found everything sc%rupulously neat
coy and clean. The scribe proceed
ed to business at once by PROFOUND
ing the question:
'.Mrs. Brandriff, to what cause d
you attribute your husbands sui
cider" ,-s.
Indeed 1 cannot tell; that
what / am worried about. There
surely some mystery connected wit
it," 81.
"Your family affairs were pleasant
were they not?"
Eyes, 1 always tried to make it a
pheasant as possible for him, and b
seemed to think a great deal of me.
.sHow long had you been mai
ried?'
"About Is years.
"Were you ever married before 7
, '.Yes; my first husbands nam
E was James Hedge, father of Charlie.
my only son. From him l was SCI
Grated and legally divorced, remain
ing a widow for Is years. My fir
husbands treatment of me was NJ
! what a wife could take from a hui
band" I'D i
WAS he ever in Mexico?"
Al "He came here cnce, q long tin
ago, after my son Charley, but
would not let him take him away"
Z ~"There is a report that Mr.. Bra
s drift, at the time of his death, hs
another living wife. Did you ev'
hear such q rum0r!"
ayes; l have heard a number
times of such being the case, and u
9 on one occasion 1 questioned hi
n upon the subject, and asked him if
was true"
h At this stage of the conversati'
Mrs. Bfandriff hesitated somewhs
u presumably as to whether she shou
!. tell the rumors she had heard.
n .Well,' she resumed, "Mr. Bra
n drift fatty denied it. As / was sa
Ling, l heard his other wife had cor
here to see him, and Mr.. Brandr
5. went to a friend q will not call
name) and had him GO to the der
and tell her he did not desire to 6
~ her that be did not know what
!. do with her as he was NOT divorc
from the woman, and did not wa
10 Mollie, Gas he always called me)
Re know she was in town; told the frie
is To say to her that be did not int
q to ever live with her, as be was ags
:. married and living happily"
Mrs. Brandrin thought it mi
s. probable that her husband bad ano'
er living wife, and had heard the n
son be did not live with her was &
OF was not respectable.
~ "What do you think about thes
ter, who was expected here the d
~ he killed himself2"
y ssThere certainly Is some. myst,
q about that also. From the rough nj