The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-02
Describes His Relations With Annie
Bradneld 10 the Coroner.
HAD KNOWN HER EIGHT YEARS.
Met Her Night Before she Was Found
Drowned In Tank-Parted on Friendly
Terms He says--Did Not Think 1t
Case OF Suicide.

The Inquest into the circumstances at
tending the death OF Annie Bradfield was
continued this morning by Coroner Lin
coin.
Mr.. Smith OF the Metropole Club was
the first witness to be called.
He testified that he had been man
ager of the sanitary gymnasium
nearly five years. The gymnasium is
open from In the morning until 9o'clock
in the evening daily. The gymnasium
and Metropole are come ted by covered
passageway from the third floor. 1t
enters the gentlemen's dressing room 9
in the gymnasium building. Stairs
60 from these dressing rooms into
the gymnasium on the floor above.
From the dressing rooms the tank room
can be seen through screened opening
ia the floor used for ventilation. This
opening is over the water in the tank
near the Aborn street end Of the
room. A door in one corner of
the dressing room opens into tn gallery
OF the tauk room towards the West
Minis er street side. This is the only
entrance from that point into the tank
room. A stairway from the hallway OF
the gymnasium goes to the gentlemen's
dressing room.
adjoin the dressing 10 pms aud are on "a
level with the gallery of the swimming
tank, aud from the door of these
TO ms one can look into the
tank aud most OF the swimming school
Had Known Her Eight Years.
The witness stated that be had known
Annie Bradfeld for about eight years
The last time he had seen her WIS on the
17th Of SEPTEMBER at the
back end OF The Journal office.
He was then with her about twenty
minutes. He met Miss Bra field at the
corner of Mathews n and Washington
streets. They walked from there to The
Journal Office. When Miss Brad
field left she said she was
going home and started toward
Westminster street to take the Mt.
PIE, sant horse cars. Witness then went
into The Journal office and when be came
out Mss Bradfeld was still there. He
spoke to her and said gooi-night;she then
went towards Westminster street. III
and witness in opposite direction toward
Washington air, ct. He called on Mr.
Brown ON + ny street and then went
home. He got no ne little after 10
o'clock. He dill not see her again. He
from thence TO his room
w no one in the lower entry of the gym
nasium. He went into the social r. O ns
of the club where re four or five OF the
mem bers. Mr.. White, Mr.. REYNOLDS and
others lie sal goodnight to them and
passed along. Hs was not there IN re
than five minutes. He went upstairs,
through the hallway and gentlemen,
dressing rooms to the passage way lead
ing to the other building to his own
appartmen which he did not leave az la
that night. He did not 20 into
the gymnasium building again.
First News OF the Death.
TIE fist intmation that anything
unusual bad happened was received from
Mr.. Francis, who woks him up ii
sad Get up. Mr.. Smith," He
asked what was the matter aud
FtAncis again said Get up"
His first impression was that steam
pipe had burst an he asked What's the
matters" Fcancls replied 1T looks as II
somebody is In the tank" " itness
asked him II be was sure and he said
"No."
Witness told him to go and find out
and then to come an tell him immedia-
ttIy. tie uresse nlnscit I'D Jht Dlean-
time. Bows some ines get fooling in
there and so he thought there might be
some mistake. Fra els ca e back and said
IL was woman's holy. Witness
said he would be right over. This WIS
about 1880 O'clock. After that about
what s cps we taken he only I'm W
what was told him. The witness did
not 40 to the tank room. but went 10 the
upper part of he gym asium. Sid te
felt bad and did not re to see the body.
They Id him who IL was while he was
in the little Office In the dres, lug
rooms. He could not say whether Lake
or Franci- tuld him who 1t was B fore
he was dressed the police at City hall
were notified. Witness could not say
what lie did. Messages were brought TO
HIM there.
Did Not Look at the Body.
II was about half an hour after he heard
OF the affair that he learned who IL was
lie did not then Look at the boly nor had
he seen IL siuce IL was taken out When
witness last saw Miss Bradfield
she was dressed in d,rx
clothes aud fur cape. On tat
day, the 18th. witness stated he sent no
note To Miss Bradfield nor was there any
agreement for her to lie there that day.
She Was apt to come auy day. Sle never
made any appointments TO be shere Sun
day night.
Tie witness said he was more or less
In the habit Of s,ndlng fJr her. She was