, 1884-12-24
OUT or luck.
william Bradley WeakenS, But is I'M
expectedIy Arrested for Forgery

During the recent raids BY the police
William Bradley, a gambler, was ar
rested for being vagrant Bradley has
been connected with various gambling
houses in the city, and quite recently he
conducted a faro game of his own. The
lair of his tiger was successfully assaulted,
however, and for something like two
months his accounts showed a daily loss,
exclusive Of the necessary expenses. AT
ter a time that sort of thing became mo
notonous, and simultaneously with the
loss of all of his ready cash it occurred to
Bradley that he was out of luck. He
Therefore closed the game and for about
two weeks was disengaged.
When the general arrest of suspicious
characters began, Bradley was promptly
introduced to the interior Of the city jail.
His arrest was partially due to the fact
that he was a common gambler by repute,
and partially because he had been at
times accused of Identification with
crooked transactions. He gave bonds,
however, and declared his intention of
contesting the legality Of his arrest. He
claimed that he was negotiating for funds
with which to open a gambling house,
that he had sufficient money for his daily
expenses, and that he owed no bills in the
city which he could not pay on presenta-
ton. Hence he proposed to contest the
charge of vagrancy. He positively re-
fused to compromise the case by leaving
the city, and thus the matter stood until
Saturday afternoon, when the trial of his
case was postponed until yesterday af-
ternoon.
Monday evening he learned that capt.
tai would quite probably be made out of
his identification with certain doubtful
dealings, and he then agreed to leave the
city. An arrangement was made for the
further postponement of his case when it
would be called Tuesday afternoon, and it
was understood that last evening he would
depart from the city. The LEADER was
cognizant of all of the arrangements in
the case, but kept its pledges
made to the officers to refrain from
any mention of the measures
adopted to get Bradley out of the city,
until after his departure. Almost the
sole purpose of the vigorous action of the
police toward the gamblers and bummers
was to cause their departure, and hence
they were satisfied when Bradley capitu-
lated and signifed his willingness to go.
But a new development was made about
7 O'Clock last evening, and instead of
going west Bradley went to jail.
For some time Sheriff Sharpless has
been in correspondence with Denver off
cials regarding the forgery of a deed which
occurred in that city about one year ago.
Last evening he received word to arrest
Bradley as the forger, and he at once
started out to find his man. Owing to the
delay in the arrival of the Eastern trains
Bradley had not left the city, and while
the Sheriff was looking for him the two
met on the street. Bradley told Sheriff
Sharpless that he intended to leave, and
the Sheriff, after calling him privately
aside, placed him under arrest Bradley
was taken to the County Jail, where he
now is.
Bradley arrest was a great surprise to
him, and was particularly painful to his
wife. Mrs. Bradley's sister was killed in
Denver by Murphy, who is now being
tried for the murder, and between the
Denver tragedy and her husbands troub-
les she is almost Frustrated. Bradley will
probably BE- taken to Denver in a few
days, as his offense is charged to have been
committed in Colorado.