The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-02
GEORGE w. BRADLEY, ACTOR AND
BARBER, CHARGED WITH
PLAYING
DOUBLE MATRIMONIAL ROLE.
MRS. M. w. sTANDIsH COMES TO ST
PAUL IN SEARCH OF A
DAUGHTER.
FINDS HER AND THERE'S TROUBLE.
Her Supposed Husband Has Another
Wife and Family Also Living
Here.

George w. Bradley, who Is down In
the city directory as an actor living at
480 Cedar street and again as a barber
living at 294 Rice street, was placed III
a very unpleasant position at the CEN
trail police station yesterday One of
the detectives said: There was a
chance for him to do a blt," but he
escaped any more serious trouble than
an exposure, owing to the forgiving
spirit of his wife and the dread Of a
public scandal by the mother Of the
young woman he had wronged.
Some days ago Mrs. M. w. Standish,
who claims San Francisco as her home,
called at the police station and asked
If there was anything she could do to
prevent her daughter, Stella Standish,
from marrying a worthless fellow. She
was informed by Sergeant Horn that
the best thing to do was to try per-
suasion, and as the womn said her
daughter was tWenty-seven years old,
there was no law which could be ap-
pealed to. The woman went away, but
continued her Investigations and then
reported back to the station, with the
additional information that the man
she had mentioned was married, and
she feared had deceived her daughter,
either by a pretended marriage or I'M
der promise of marriage. Her daughter,
she said, was an elocutionist, and had
left San Francisco in November last
and joined a theatrical company. Her
first appearance was in a small town
in Wisconsin. G. w. Bradley was with
the show, and after the company went
to pieces her daughter was advised to
come to st. Paul by Bradley, who
promised to secure her a position. She
did so and after entering into a writ
ten agreement to the effect that they
would live together as man and wife,
they took apartments at 4S0 Cedar
street. It was not until her mother
came to st. Paul and, in fact, only a
day or so ago that the young woman
learned that Bradley had a wife and
two children living in this city. Brad
ley denied the charge and took the
young woman from the Cedar street
apartments to a boarding house on Ex-
change street. Mrs. Standish, how
ever had a talk with Mrs. Bradley, and
yesterday morning the mother and
at the station. The situation was ex-
planned to the officers, and the combi-
nation actor and barber sent for.
Mrs. Standish also had her daughter
summoned to the station, and while
Bradley, the cause of all the trouble,
was given a chair in the woman's
ward, the three women had an affect
ing scene in the office of Chief of De-
tectives Schweitzer. Mrs. Standish said
she was willing to, drop all prosecu-
ton, if the wronged wife would. Mrs.
Bradley, for the sake of her children,
agreed to this and Bradley was sum-
moned and informed by Mrs. Standish
that, if he would promise to protect
and prove faithful to his wife, there
would be no prosecution. Bradley
readily agreed to this and left the sta
ton accompanied by his wife. They
went one way and few minutes later
Mrs. Standish and her daughter also
departed.
Mrs. Standish stated that she would
take her daughter home to San Fran
cisco with her