The sun., 1894-05-12
vRS, BRADFORD, FINANCIER.
-, ,o MAZE BORROWED s1So.oo
IN SMALL AMOUNTS.

IN SMALL kMOUNTS.
- ssr,.. OF Singular Trsnssstiors
,.o,sht to Light by = wc.ss's Dissp-
....-Hsr Husbs.a, wac Hinseif
-, Her $1,000, Believes she Has
...uo.s Her..i,-I. .. The-sht she Lost
..u.r Money d. wall str..,-A He.t,-s
.s Creditors, but NO Legal stspo Takes.
A.. E.t. bradford. the wife OF Charles Brad
= =, asa Bedford avenue. WillismsburRh,
~ ~. ~, home on Wednesday night after writ
~ ,srswell letter to her husband. and moth
.h,. aimee been seen or heard OF her As
Ga. involved In financial difficulties to the
~ a,..t possibly. OF more than s15o.000. and
-. ~ her creditors we're pressing her hard.
y I, believed she has committed suicide.
ana lived In q brown-stons house with her
Aa,bsnd and two sons. aged 10 ma 13 yesrs
...n.c,iysly, and stood high socially. About
..St ye.rs ago she engaged In . speculative
,a.nss. tn. nature OF which she told few per-
.on. Her plan was to borrow sums Of money
,.ns,ne from $50 to 1000 on the statement
,A.t abe made large profits In discounting the
-, AZ public school teachers. AZ far as could
ear b. learned she did little business with
,...hsrs but spent q good deal OF her
,lns in Wall street. Those from whom
"a borrowed were . class OF women who
.r. usually very provident Some promi-
,.nt and wealthy men also lent her
,oosy. Il II said that her husband let her
have 5000. He was under the impression
th.t this money was we'll invested. and be-
ihy.d her when she told him there would be
large profits in his investment To the men
from whom she obtained money she declared
thst she could lend IL TO public school
- q
estyinR from the teachers an assignment OF
thsir pay checks A principal Of Williams
hurch school is authority for Che statement
that Mrs Bradford did not carry out many Of
ths transactions which abe described to those
Who lent her money.
Mrs. Bradford induced Charles J. stoll. .
pork packer in Graham avenue. near North
s.eond street, to advance her $4,000. II Il said.
IN various sums. Btoll saw no income. and
few weeks ago he called on her and demanded
lsek his money. Mrs Bradford put him Oh.
and stoll finally determined TO sue her. Mrs.
Bradford called on him and tried in vain to
have him reconsider his intended action.
About week ago Stoll instructed Lawyer II. A.
Powell Of this city to begin . suit against Mrs.
Bradford unless she returned the money he
ldvanced her In . short time. He told Mr..
Powell that Mrs. Bradford came to his
n J. Tiettsnbsrg represented to him.
he said. that the woman lent money
to school teachers on their pay checks.
stoil advanced her $4,000 on notes signed
By George Corliss and endorsed By Tietten-
berg. Whom he found there was not likely to
10 any revenue from his $4,000 he went to
Tisttenberg. he said. and discovered that Tist-
tsnberg, too, had been lending her mopey; He
had let her have Sl1.OO9; On Thursday Stoil
ss1yss tss .tssr ssa that Tra BrsdiorS had wetsn
10 him TO the effect that she was going to drown
fsStly SiS to the s wonsns house ShsTs che; fcaPa
hr. Bradford greatly ssitated. Brsdiord told
G e sfs Sm s hs been a:s
T. - s:ss ssSs,S .ss.ss IA /. SSs
newer I aH Knew ; just t what she wss dealing In At
sssdsd Hi any % help In fs:pins % set Of Ssos. :hs
was always e9SsSaistnf SSs sss na ase,insa y
body had been found in the river.
Known lu some ONE Of her ] creditors dscidsd to hold q
meeting. and this meeting vas held on Thurs
Sdssisr ia 'hs BsoSS % street e. % this sits Who lives
lords house: AZ the meeting q! the Iisslns tsp
the money they had advanced. it was not de-
many NJ sskS q M4s
obtained sums under $1,000 Among those
SS s. h:T sTS sSsS ISs
4 this city. Mr: PTobst said ysstsrdsy
isid. ranging from sl.oVo % 8. 900, and ali
stthsm had been honorsd. Mr.. Probst added
sssd him aS any 1Ss %oSs snd her ssi1
eondltion whom she disappeared. he made up
his mind that financial troubles had driven her
tnown OF her troubles he would have tried to
Il was not possible to see Mr.. Bradford last
"a Bradford be intervieSsd The man added
would 1 ss9 on9 say S ssss Ma s % Br.SioGd I'd Ssd not
:s S:sn heard trpm: and that 1t was thought shs
Mr.. Brsdiord e SO years old. and, 4 70 said
sasS ses Swnsd the he house % In which che LIVED Her
her invest q couple Of thousand dollars for
TIE srst intiaaiiOn %S that II Brsdford had that
ns Vie Was gone was when ne found note
P9r snS S .nd a' pssSSSs. 9sss search 5s St
s5nsr street police station, and asked the
set By the Captain;
Ss:P m. HsSs. s s Ss. ssss
as..y .Ss Ia. tsI.issn.d 80 commit It's suie,ds 0''
his the general belief that the woman lost
per money In stocks.
hs Bradfords m alden name was Ward. and
Iot many years before her marriage shs Was
active member OF the South second street
Church In WillIAmsburgh. She WAS
s.ld sLisd kittls by, her friends. Mn Bradford
pold aeduaintAnees OF MIRA Bradford. she had
EnnlnR and even fascinating way about her
sAieh would eAptiyAte anybody.