The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-25
the disorderly ones in. This morning
their names will again figure in 20.
A S,yIypLEG ARRESTED.

a Man WHO 1. Wanted In Many Places
Picked up by chief DelbrusGc.
Chill Delbtugge arrested man on
Eighteenth street about noon yesterday
who Is wanted here for swindling, aud
who, judging from letters found In his
pockets, Is wanted in Pittsburgh and
alckeesport for ttiillng with the alIee-
tions OF two women; 1t Is also possible
that ho may DO wanted for tigamy, for
he married ono Of these women, It ap.
pears, and aflerward claimed TINT lie
had vito and three children living In
Philadelphia, and that hia marriage In
Western Pennsylvania was 4 bogus one.
The name OF this interesting character
Is be.ievedto DO Henry Taylor bradshaw,
and Shepherdstown, Jefferson county,
this State, IL believed to DO his home
at least lis mother lives there according
to letter found In his pocket written
by Rosa Weber, OF Shepherdstown, who
signs herself as his niece and gives up a
portion OF her letter to "Grandma's''
dietation. The old lady reprovcs her
son for not remembering her at Christ.
mas time, as he had promised to do,
and tells him what tho other children,
less able 10 give than he, because Of
dependent families, gave her.
bradshaw has figured here rs James
Bradford, Of Pittsburgh. How long lie
has been here or what brought him here
Is not known. About ten days ago
Harry Il. Gilwicks, m English Lutheran
student, came here with proper crcden.
tials addressed to Rev. i. r. Dornblaser;
his Grand was to canvass for subscrip.
tons to Tie Lutheran l;rangelisl, q
church organ published at Springfield,
OHIO. Mr.. Gilwicks was all right
and did a fairly good business
here. lie boarded at a house on the
South Side and was put In the same
room with Bradshaw, who posed before
him as a minister in hard luck, and
played the sanctimonious game 80 vel
that he won Gilwicks' confidence and
managed to borrow n dollar from him
which he never returned. Last Tues
day Gilwicks went to Pittsburgh and
since then Bradshaw has been working
the members Of the Lutheran cohgrega'
ton for advances on subscriptions to the
Epungelisi and also for subscriptions, ri
81 each, to Il fine atlas which he stole
from Gilwicks and which he finally sole
for Is Cents.
Bradshaw is about 81 feet tall, BlishI
build, wears a sandy mustatche and i:
apparently about 30 years old. liz
looks seedy aud would hardly pass for (
preacher, yet his fluent tongue and
unctuous use OF the word Brother" il
addressing his victims, won him seyera
dollars here. -
| The young woman in Mckeespori
whom Bradshaw induced to promise tt
marry him Is Annie A. Watson. judy
ing from her letter, she is in love Will
the gcoundrel, yet has repented OF he!
bargain and don't want to marry him
but unless he will release her from he
promise she will stick to him. From
other letters it would appear that lste
on Miss Watson started out Rogel
| O'Afara, the well-known Pittsburgh de
tectivo, to look up Bradshaw's record
but apparently Q'Mara could not fnt
| the fellow.
The Pittsburgh woman was a widow, =.
Mrs. Susan Craig, vino has daughter
| Maud Craig by name, who Ia alter Brad
shaw's scalp red.hot. Miss Maud read
Bradsliaws record in a very clear ant
pointed way in letter she writes him
she says he is puppy" "a scoun
drel" and that he was kicked GU
of Methodist Conference. Mrs
Craig lived at Braddocks, but being in
duced to marry Bradshaw, moved to No
$50 Webster avenue, and with thu
assistance OF Maud, who is a teacher
kept the fellow till he tired OF them ant
quit, telling Mrs. Craig that hs wa:
already married and had wife anG
three children. nf,
Squire Davis bound the fellow ovel
| till Thursday evening for an examina
ton. Chief Delbrugge has advised the
Pittsburgh parties Of his capture
Bradshaw had several "policy" tickets
purchased at local stopq III his pockets
He was very anxious the newspapers
should not DO informed Of his arrest
All indications point to him as being a
very bad kind Of fellow.