Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-15

arrest, detective bringing the double
barrelled breech-loading shotgun with
which the deed had been committed,
and-the personal effects of the prisoner,
found in his room at the New Arlington.
| He was taken back to a cell, and
Chief of Police Glass held quite an
interview with him.
The chief asked, "Do you deny the
shooting of Dyer"
mo, sir, | don't deny it," was the
answer. "He has threatened my life a
number of times, and recently, attacked
me with six-shooter at Fred Linde's
store. NY friends have advised me that
l would get killed unless left the coun-
try"
A HERALD reporter was then admitted
to see the prisoner. The reporter read
over the notes of the above interview to
him to see if they were correct. When
asked what caused the trouble, Bradfeld
made statement as follows:
II did this to save my own life. Joe
Dye has threatened to kill me, to drive
me out of the country he has assaulted
me and insulted me. AS | said to the.
chief short time ago, he met me in
Fred Linde's store on Spring street,
where l was attending to some business.
Dye came in and said, Cd d-n you,
you s-n of a b-h, I'll kill you; do you
understand what I say?' answered,
Yes, understand you. I understand
English, but 1 am not afraid of your
killing me here, Joe Dye He an
swered, accusing me OF selling him out
to a lot of eastern men, when we both
could have made lot of money, and he
struck me in the eve here-you can see
the mark yet," and Bradfeld showed
the reporter scar and distinct inden-
he said, 81 WINGED and put
my hand up to my eye. He had piece
of iron or something hard in his hand
when he struck me. AS he struck me
he drew his six-shooter and pressed it
against me. felt as if the bullet was
already in me, but 1 said, Don't you
shoot me, Dye l don't deserve shooting
at your hands, and turned to go out,
but he called out, Cd d-n you, don't
you move, or will fill your back full of
bullets
II haven't been able to attend to my
business for month, for / was afraid
almost to walk the streets. He has
threatened in the hearing of dozens of
men to kill me. Hardly day passed
but what friends would come to me and
warn me to look out--that Dye was cer-
tain to kill me" to'
| "Well, Bradfeld, what caused the
trouble between you?" asked the re-
porter. ,
"That's long story. 1t will all come
out now, and don't know as ought to
talk so much; but, in brief, it all came
about because l would not enter into a
plan with him to rob the oil company.
He leased some oil land to a
lot of eastern men, and misrepre-
sented the location, and made them
believe that certain place was on their
claim and induced them to sink a well
there, which they did. 1t turned out to
be splendid we'll. He wanted me to
Jump the claim, locate the we'll myself,
then sell it out and divide with him. l
told him, Joe l can't do that, it's too
low down thing He answered, Cd
d-n you, if you don't dance to my
music, I'll make it so warm for you that
! you'll have to leave the country. Ii you
ever come back and make a track in
this country I'll fill you 80 full of buck
shot that you'll stink, do you under
| stand?'
II said, well, I'll have to leave then,
Joe, for I can't do what you ask l
then came down to Los Angeles and
| filed claim to the land on which the
we'll l mentioned was located and
which, as told you, was unclaimed
land, though the men who sunk the
we'll thought it was on their claim.
| When | did this l turned the claim over
| to the company, and they are now get
ting patent ON it. 1t saved them a
great amount of money, and they made
me superintendent OF the company.
"Since that have not been able to at
tend to any business. He has been
boasting that he would kill me. He as.
saulted me as told you at Linde's, and
then about a week or ten days ago saw
him again. He was coming out Of Dolls
restaurant on First street, and l was GO
ing by on cable car. When he saw me
he swung around his hand on his six
shooter and ground his teeth.
"The way he assaulted me at Linde's
was just the way he acted when he
killed Haines up at the ranch. He
struck him first, then shot him, and as
Haines turned shot him again.
Friends of mine have again and
| again told me must leave the country
or be killed. 1t was nothing out of the
ordinary to be told that Dye had just
said he would kill me, and I knew he
would do it if he gotta chance"
Bradfeld kept perfectly cool during
the whole conversation, as indeed he
was from the moment he was arrested
AS he finished talking he hesitated 8
moment, and slowly asked: "Is he
| dead ?"
eyes" answered the reporter, "he
must have died instantly"
The face OF the prisoner never changed
in expression, and then Chief Glass an
nounced the arrival Of General johnson
and allowed Bradfield to be taken into
the Office, while he consulted with the
| general.