The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-18
BELL RINGER BRADLEY INSANE.
Broko Into n Church and Rang an Alarm q. for
the Murderer OF Cant. NfuIlIsnn.n

wv nuruerer OF capt. MuIfignn.0
KINGSTON. n. V, July 17.-Last night at
midnight William Bradley OF Saugertics broke
into the Catholic Church in that village and
rang the bell for some fifteen minutes, arous-
ing the villagers from their slumbers. When
asked why he had rung the bell, he replied:
Il rang for the murderer of Capt. Mulligan
and for my own lost love"
To-day the village authorities brought Brad
ley to this city, taking him before County
Judge Clearwater. and asking that no be COM
United to the.insane asylum, where he was some
six months ago. Judge Clearwater refused to
commit him. although the lunacy papers
were all right, and said that they had
best go before Justice Alton b. Parker
Of the Supreme Court, who had released
Bradley from the asylum after he had COM
mitted him there. They refused to do 80.
Bradley was released from the asylum by a writ
d.. Brinnier Of this city. Bradley in his afiidavits
said that his commitment to the asylum was
kemble of Saugerties. who desired to rid them
selves of him, as they were criminally intimate.
with several other men in Saugerties. DR..
kemble Is a prominent Republican politician.
and the charges caused a Juror throughout the
county.
The story that Bradley told this morning
was a curious one, and there may, be something
time cause the apprehension of the murderer
OF a well:known Hudson River boatman, Capt.
Patrick Mulligan, who was murdered near
found early in the morning of Thursday. Nov.
10. lying erom in the roadway sS S on IA z lonely , road
The body was cut and stabbed with a knife
and the features were disigured. A bulldog be-
was also found dead by the side of the muir.
dered man, the body OF the dog having been cut
and stabbed in the same manner. The motive
that the old boatman had on his person whom
last seen some hours before was missing. A
reward OF 81 900 was and is yet offered for the
apprehension Of the murderer. John 7: Nc,
States secret service man, has long been work
ing on the case.
Frank Doherty, n poor tramp and an alco-
holic wreck, was arrested some days after the
alibi. he became mentally unbalanced and COM
| mittcd suicide in the village lookup by out
ting his throat, being harassed to death by the
detectives, who urged him to confess, to the
arrested for the murder. He was indicted by
the Ulster County Grand Jury, and when ar
raigned for trial was at once discharged, District
Attorney Cantine failing to find any incriminat-
ing evidence against him.
This murder and attending suicide have stirred
up the residents of Ulster county more than
| anything else has done in years. Now insane
the birds, butterflies, and flowers whisper se-
crcts to him. and have told him who the MUIR
dercr OF the dead man was. His name he will
not divulge. but looks mysterious when he says:
The murderer and my own lost love i rang
the church bell for"
Tho authorities will try to clear up the mys-
terry, and 1t is thought that the desire to get
Bradley in an insane asylum Is because they
vulge what he knows regarding Capt. Multi
gan's murder. Tonight Bradley Is In the VII
age lookup in Saugorties.