The record-union., 1897-09-04

ana Indt having IdueQ 10 give nlIlSetI
up to the Los Angeles authorities, con-
cluded to surrender to the Chicago po-
lice, but decided later to commit sui
eide.
Nobody on the train, not even the
officials, knew that Ward was missing
until Conductor Roundy took charge Of
the train at Geneva at 3 o'clock this
morning. In going through the train
he found Wards berth empty, and the
car window wide open.
A new book entitled "Witty, Wise
and Wicked Maxin1s," !" with all the pas
sionate love passages heavily under
lined with pencil, was also found.
1t is the belief of the police that Ward
had become insane brooding of his
elopement with Mrs. Bradbury.
The porter of the car, C. NJ. Galloway.
and the conductor, l.. F. Goldman, both
say Ward was morose and gloomy from
the time he boarded the train. He
kept in his stateroom most Of the time
reading low stories.
WARDS CAREER.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 3.-W. Rus
sell Ward. who committed suicide by
throwing himself from the window of
| the car in which he was travelling from
this city to Chicago to-day, first gained
| notoriety by his very marked atten-
tions to the wife of the young Los An
| geles millionaire, Colonel John Brad
bury, at Santa Monica, a seaside resort
some eighteen miles from the city of
Los Angeles. AS Ward was a married
man and the father of a family, his
Irritation with Mrs. Bradbury caused a
rupture between himself and Colonel
Bradbury, and it was rumored that the
latter had even challenged his rival to
fight a duel. At the same time vague
stories of a rupture between Colonel
Bradbury and his wife were bruited
about, but were strenuously denied by
Bradbury.
Matters came to a climax on June
Both last, when Mrs. Bradbury eloped
with Ward to this city. Upon their ar
rival they startled the community by
openly admittinf their folly, and defy
ing public opinion by the most shame
less conduct. Their career, however,
was cut short by their arrest upon the
charge of adultery at the instance of
! the Society for the Prevention of Vice.
Mrs. Bradbury was released upon her
own recognizance by Police Judge Low,
but in default of bail Ward spent one
night in jail. When the case came up
for hearing that against Mrs. Brad
bury was dismissed, and with her
mother she at once left for Chicago,
where she was met by her husband,
who was en- route to Europe with his
mother. A reconciliation was effected
and the couple went to New York,
whence they departed for Mexico, where
they now are.
Ward meanwhile returned to his Santa
Monica home, but returned here for
trial last week. When the matter came
up for hearing on August 26th, Wards
attorney raised the point that the charge
against him was insufficient to war
rant his being held to answer, and on
Saturday, August 2Sth, Superior Judge
Cook sustained this contention, and
ordered that Ward be discharged. AS
he was financially embarrassed, and
in fact had been dependent upon money
raised upon such jewelry as Mrs. Brad
bury had taken with her at the time of
their elopment, his wife, who was visit
ing his relatives in England, sent him
the necessary funds with which to con-
duct his defense and defray his ex-
acquittal
After leaving the courtroom a free
man Ward went to the Grand Hotel,
where he remained in seclusion until
Monday. He purchased a ticket for
Buffalo, N. Y, and left on the evening
eastbound train, announcing that he
was going to England, and did not ex-
pect to return to this country. At that
time there was nothing in his action or
demeanor that would tend to show that
he was mentally unsound.
Ward, who was a stalwart English
man, about 40 years of age, located in
Santa Monica about six years ago.
Being a crack polo player, and pos
sessed of some means, he at once be-
came very popular among the English
at that place. He soon ingratiated
himself into the good graces of the
leading families resident at the seaside
resort, and among them formed the ac-
ouaintance of the Bandinis, one of the
oldest Spanish families in Southern Cal
ifornia. He wooed and won Miss Ban
dini, and their marriage was duly cele-
brated with great eclat.
NOT A SURPRISE.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 3.-The news of
] the SUICIDE OF w. RUSSELL w dGu, WHO
/ gained notoriety by his indiscreet at
tentions to and final elopment with the
wife of John Bradbury, the young mill
/ ionaire of Los Angeles, was not alto
gether a surprise to his most intimate
| friends Of this city. From inquiries this
afternoon among his friends it appears
| evident that he was mentally unbal-
| anced when he jumped from the train
and was killed, as is evidenced by a tel
! egram which he sent yesterday to John
| t. Gaffey. the husband of Mrs. Wards
sister. The telegram, which was sent
| from Columbus, Neb., having been dis
patched when the train which was bear
/ ing him East stopped there. clearly
! showed that he was in respondent
mood and terrible state of mind. 1t
reads as follows:
Am liable to be rearrested at Chi
| cago. See Mrs. Bradbury. Will return
when wanted. Must see my wife and
children first"
The receipt of this telegram caused
Wards friends much anxiety, and while
/ they were not altogether prepared for
! the news of the tragedy, they were not
altogether surprised when it was made
public It has been known for some
/ time that Ward has been drinking to
excess, and was on the verge of col
| lapse.
Among the gossip loving public
Wards death was great surprise, and
the circumstances of the recent scandal
were again freely discussed, the senti-
ment meing mingled unconcern and ad-
! verse criticism. But many were charit-
| able enough to express word of SYM