The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-07

Russell ID. Ward. the Engitshman fsz,
EIoped with tho wife Of . CaIifer~ss
| Millionaire, Throws Himssir rrcnn =
Moving Train and IL KILLED.
Chicago. September 3-Russeil n. Ward
the Englishman who created n sensntsU>
a short time ago by clipping with the ~zgr
OF Millionaire John Bradbury OF Los An-
geles, Cal, committed suicide soms ,ixu.
during the early morning by thrnwa,t
himself from a Chicago Northwestarr
railway train. The fact was not known
until hours later. and as the result nj "a
search which was Immediately begun. rtsr
body Of Ward was found at Wheatlauds-
Iowa 1t is not known at exactly wsrma
hour Ward leaped from the train. but. arc
cording to Conductor Galloway. the 1srf
was committed after 3 o'clock this morn
ing. He was evidently insane when he
threw himself out Of the car window. As
he had been acting peculiarly for fhe
greater part Of the trip. and frequently
sent kilograms to all parts of the country
Ward boarded the train at San FrAD-
cisco mt $50 O'Clock Monday evening. Ha
was assigned to drawing room b. ear Z
and ne had tickets through TO Chicago
Early yesterday morning he began tn
show signs Of insanity He fiourished two
almost created n panic among the other
passengers. He told the conductor az
the train who he was. and acted In very
peculiar manner. At nearly every rtup
the train made ne would get OF and SEND
kilograms One Of these messages he sent
to a rsident of Los Angeles. saying ths<s
IL Mrs. Bradbury wanted him she cou6
come to him, but for the present he wou6
have to go to England and visit his wife
All yesterday and last night Ward acted
in a restless manner and frequently left
his apartment and created consternattoxs
among the passengers by his peculiar
| actions. He remained up all night anxi
| refused to retire until o'clock this morn
ing, when he approached the coiored prsr-
Ward then went into his room. When
| De Kalb. Ill. was reached the port~s-
knocked on the door Of Wards room bot
I received no answer. He made several cx-
success and then abandoned the idea.
When the long line Of cars pulled into
the ney station entrance was forced into
the roOIn. which was found to he empty
| A pile O. clothing which Ward had worn
[ was scattered about. but no trace or niul
could be found. Telegrams were sent az
along the line as far az Fr' mont, Nee-.
| and orders were given station agents to
search for the remains. Several hours
| later dispatch was received from
| Wheatlands. Iowa. that the body had
been found alongside the tracks near tina.
| place. The body was dressed only i'm -
! night robe and was much bruised. The
| remains were taken to Clinton, Iowa
| where they are being held.
In Wards satchels was found only SEs
| in cash, but he also had n draft for HSA
| He also had in his clothes a hotel bill for
$S4. The body will be held at Dheatlands
| until the dead mans friends can be COM
| municated with.
Ward was an Englshman. He wac
| married and had large family in Eng
Angeles, where he met the wife OF John
| Bradbury, a reputed millionaire. Mr-
Bradbury and his wife are still young a
reconciliation took place bstween the twc
at the Wellington hotel. In this city. Mn
Bradbury left Ward and all was forgiven
by her husband. The deceased had friends
in this city, and the body may be brough-
here.
San Francisco, September 3-Russell ID
| Ward. Of Santa Monica Cal. the Eng
lishman whose sensational clopenent with,
Mrs. John Bradbury. OF Los Angeles. To
this city July last resulted In their arre~s
for adultery discharged on Thurs
day, August 18th, and left here for Ness
| York on Monday evening. He went. pre-
sumably. to join his wife and family ir-
England.
Wheatland Iowa, September 3-At :
O'Clock this morning the crew OF "A west
bound freight train on the Northwcxterr
| road discovered the remains OF "A man az
tired in a suit OF underclothing lying t---
tween the double tracks. about half mHe
west Of this place. The body was picked
| up and later conveyed to the depot. Thers
| was nothing about the body to disclo4S
, | its identity, but later IL was learned thai
the dead man was Russell u. Ward. anS
, that he had been a passenger aboard tn
, overland limited, which passed here al
2:45 a. m.
Wards ticket from San Francisco &.
New York was found on the clothing. Ii
is supposed that he arose from his bertr
in the sleeping car and. mistaklng tn.
vestibule door for the door TO the toiIs<
ROOM stepped of the swiftly moving trzrfr
. TO his death. He was untouched by tk,i
whe%4~ but his hip was broken and I'm.
: means Of his instant death was apparent
from an ugly wound I'm the forehead TIA.
body was otherwise badly bruised Tn
coroner returned q verdict OF accidents :.
death. The remains were enbalned a IN,
3 now lie in the city hall awaiting the dis
: position Of friends