Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-17
SHOT LIKE A DOG.
Red-Handed Murder of Bradley, the
Base Ball Player.
1t Occurred Yesterday Morning on One OF the
Main Streets of Dallas-A Hack Driver
Did 1.-THE Cause.
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX, Jan. 16.-This morn
ing at go clock as M. J.. Bradley,
the well known base ball catcher, was
crossing Main street from the Windsor
hotel to Swope & Mangeld s ne was shot
down like dog by Tom Angus, hack
driver, who followed him and fred in his
back, inficting wounds which produced
almost instant death. At the first shot
Bradley turned and ran toward the Cabi-
net saloon, and he fell dead just as he
reached the sidewalk, almost in front of
the door Angus was Immediately ar
rested and put in jail.
THE ORIGIN OF THE TROUBLE
is found in the fact that Bradley visited
Dolly Loves bagnio Sunday night, and
in the course of a quarrel slapped
her jaws, Bradley was ar
rested for this conduct, and
was before the recorder Monday morning.
His case was transferred to the county
court and the charge was aggravated
assault and battery. Dolly Love is
weIl-known sporting woman and has
been the mistress Of Angus a long time.
IT was rumOred this morning that Angus
had married her Tuesday night, but
search of the county records failed to con-
firm the report. 1t was Bradley's assault
upon Dolly that fired Angus with rage,
and he has, it seems, made no secret of
his intention
TO KILL BRADLEY
upon sight, and since the killing numbers
of people testify that Angus has been
watching for a sight at Bradley ever
since the latter was released on bond
yesterday.
After the body had
been moved to Linskie IS
undertaking establishment Dolly Love
went there and said in the pres
ence of a dozen men that Angus
swore to her last night that he would
kill Bradley before sunset to-day. There
were numbers of people who saw the
shooting, and all that the reporter in
terviewed pronounced the affair a red
handed murder. 1t is said that Bradley
was warned of Angus intention this
morning, but he evidently anticipated
no trouble, as he was totally unarmed.
No conversation took place at all. The
assailant simply drew HIS 45-calibTe
Colts and fired into his victim S back.
Bradley has been
IN SEVERAL SCRAPES
since the close of the base ball season.
Some time last fall he shot a man
named Billups in First
ward beer saloon because BilIups
attacked him with an empty beer keg be-
cause he refused to pay for drinks that he
ordered. He was arrested for this offense
and jailed on charge of assault with in
tent TO kill. Subsequently he was re-
loased on bond and went TO- Denison
where he worked in a grocery store until
several days ago when he returned to
stand his trial IN the county court. 1t was
while he was awaiting his case to be
called that he got into the difficulty with
Dolly Love which furnished Angus with
the motive to kill him.
BRADLEY's RECORD
Bradley came to Texas last spring with
the Joplin ball team, which in the Texas
league represented the city of
Austin. He with Red Ehret
constituted the star battery of
the league. He was released by Austin
last summer, and towards the close of the
season signed with Dallas. Some days
ago he signed with St. Joe for the season
OF 1889, and his intention was to proceed
there as soon as his trial ended His home
is in Oil City, Pa. (, where his parents still
live, and they have been notified by wire
of his unfortunate death.
The affair produced a profound senSa-
ton in this city, and will be quite a sur
prise TO the base ball circles of the coun-
try in which he was quite well known.