New-York tribune., 1895-10-26
DR. BRADFORD FOUND GUILTY
NIXON. WHO WAS TRIED WITH HIM. GOES
FREE
THE LATTER TELLS OF HIS RELATIONS Win i"A
CONVICTED MAN AND TIE ARcH-coUNTER-

FEITER BROCKWAf
Tho ,,rv IN the United States Circuit Court which
has been trying Or. Orlando L. Bradford the ihru-
ave dentist. for counterfeing yesterday afternoon
brought In a verdict of guilty. Johh NiAVH' VIM
was tried with Bradford was acquitted
Nixon was the first witness when the trial was re-
sumed Yesterday morning He testified TO having
been keeper In Sing Sing Prison in lSSo. he So'
acquainted with Dr. Bradford. VINO was pilSo''e.
there about 1881 Witness left Sing sing IN 1893 anu
went to work for steam company. he thoush'
DIR. Bradford had been pardoned by Governor hni
before that time About six months after the piz-
zard OF 1888 witness heard from Dr. Bradloiu anu
called upon the latter at his dental rooms III oN'"
ave near Fourteenth-st. Witness had oeeh intro
duced to W. T. Brockway, who lived IN Le"s-s'
In 1891 and also TO a man named spencer ne nov
received a note from DR.. Bradford on September :"
,,o,, hv a man named Mike" in which the doc
,or requested witness to meet him at One-hundrea-
arasixth-st and Flfth-ave. They met, ana ne
went with the doctor to the latters roonl' III one
hundred and-hf,h-si
THE AGREEMENT WITH BRADFORD.
Dr bradford had told him when visiting him to
ask for him under the name of "Nlr snow VII
nsss when he called the doctor, whisued Inc
widow Machree outside the house 10 ie' nm h,o"
vho his visitor was. He began TO do this whisthhs
on the evening OF September last. Nixon tod OF
r.reivnc three packages from the man Mike whie
ne tNIxon) was attending TO his WORK at 'ne i""
road switch at Seven,eenths;. ana Broau"e!' nav
ing obtained employment from the cable company.
DR. Bradford had told witness at conversation
tbev had held abou, September that he would re-
csive the packages from Mike" The doctor had
given him as a pass..orl the word Lex, teiihg
him that anybody who gave him package ana VI
tered that password he might know came from MN
eW,ness said he had left the packages IN a sa-
,oon on East One-hundred -and-hfth.st and had in
ormed the doctor 10y whistllng under MS wlhuow;
Witness had not learned that the man VINO hal
been introduced TO him as Spencer Was w; ;,oE r.
Brockway until some time after the lntr1unc,on; ,3 n;
At no time had any one broached the sup|S! u
counterfeiting 10 the witness. ,,
William H. Garrison, OF Newark, \; j. a coIiector ,,o
for the Central National Bank Of New ork Guy,
was the next witness. lie had known Nixon fifteen @
years and had never heard the slightest tihs
against his character
BRADFORD'S STATEMENT.
Here both sides rested, and Dr. Bradford was
asked II he desired to go upon the stand. lie SAID
no. and then opportunity was given TO hm 10
address the jury. This after some hesitation he
accented He had been advised by his counsel, he
said at the tine he made his escape from arrest.
70 collect his things in his Office and rooms ana
turn them over TO the authorities in hope of making
some arrangements with them. 1t had been MS IN
tenton to do So The press and others had ac-
cused him OF trying 10 delay trial by feigning sick
ness and refusing counsel When the trial began
he had expected TO be Represented by two eminent
lawyers. but he had found himsel: deserted. Coun-
sci had been assigned him. but he refused to be
an object Of such charity, especially under such
disadvantageous circumstances. lie agcn.ed Sscre
And surely there is enough against me wthoH. S
that ssd Dr. Bradford He & CRITICISED & the Wsy w some me
Of the testimony relating 10 the plates iound IN MS
possession. -, IL, - =,
giysn TO the Jury AT $40 At $3.50 the jury brought
in the verdict named Bradford received the. .Veruic'
sto.idly. He was remanded till Wednesday FOR SEN