Evening journal., 1892-06-02
is 1T A MURDER CLUE 2
The Story of the Killing of
Jim Carney Revived.
WAS VIM, BRADLEY THE vICTIM2

He Was Murdered ON December ~, 1871.
The Head Severed From the Body.
Found ON the Railroad Track There
Was widow and Her Two Daughters.
one of Them Had AN IlIceitimate Child.
She Was school Teacher.
Since the EVENING JOURNAL published
the interview with Detective Emily
Noble. which contained an alleged con,
fession made TO her by Edward Clark. the
Dupont conspirator that he had muir
dered Jim Carney for running his niece
at Valley Forge Pa and hidden the body
under logs along the Phwuixyille road
the newspaper men and the authorities
of Pennsylvania have been trying TO To-
cate the murder and the victim
In this connection the Reading, PA
Eagle prints the following
The Eagle published a story from
Wilmington giving what purported to
be the confession of Edward Clark. one
Of the convicted DUPONT barn burners.
who said that about twenty years ago. he
killed "a man named James Carney nt
Valley Forge
"On December 10. 1871. n young man
known as William Bradley. alias mig.
a SON of Eugene Bradley of phmnixvile.
was found dead along the Ronding rail
road tracks above Valley Forge His
head was cut entirely from the body.
which lay some distance from the track
At FIRST 1t was supposed that he had
been killed by the cars. but subsequently
foul play was suspected and search made
for the murderer. but without meeting
with any success On the day when
Bradley lost his life he had been at Val.
ley Forge. where he was a frequent visi-
tor with a friend named jefferson Rapp.
! The two started for home about
D o'clock going together as far as the
cross roads above Hoy's Hotel. when
they separated, Rapp going toward his
| home az Williams Corner and Bradley
continuing in the direction of Phmnix
/ Vile. The railroad at this point is only
a few hundred yards from the publ,
road, and it was supposed at the time
/ that he crossed over TO the railroad in
order TO ride home ON coal train anC
while attempting 10 board the train lost
his life.
But the engineer who discovered
/ Bradley body stated that ho stopped hil
train before he struck the body. and th,
/ crew of the train preceding were positiv,
that they struck no one Those that saw
the position of the body stated that thl
head looked as If il had been haclSe,
from the body with an axe and the corps
| afterwards conveyed 20 the railroad {,
hide the crime. Rapp. who started on
from the forge with Bradley was arreste,
ON suspicion but readily proved am alibi
After few Intellectual attempts at dis
covering the murderer the case wa
dropped
"a resident of Valley Forge stated tina
at the time of the Bradley murder all thu
cotton mills at Valley Forge We're il
active operation and consequently Dire,
n motley population to the place Brad
ley was a frequent visitor. and being
fairly good looking young man he al
tracted the attention of the feminine poi
tion Of the populace
There vVoa at that time ~ widow an
her two daughters, one Mary "a scho,
teachorl living at that place, and Bra,
ley became acquainted with them, and
is possible that ne is the man referred {
by Clark In his confession. as the schol
teacher spoken of above had an illegit
mate girl child The family have Ion
ago departed from the vicinity and nOtl
ing is known of Them
Bradley is buried i'm st. Marys Cem'
terry at Ph@niXville. and his father
living there. he being employed i'm Oh
pudding department of the Phoenix lro
Company