The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-04

ward. who committed suicide by
throwing himself from the window of
the car in which he was travelling from
this city TO Chicago today. first gained
notoriety by his very marked atten-
tons to the wife of a young Los AM
geies millionaire, Colonel John Brad
bury, at Santa Monica, a seaside re-
sort some Is miles from the city of Los
Angeles. As Ward was a married man
and the father of a family, mis- f1irta-
ton with Mrs. Bradbury caused a rup-
ture between himself and Colonel Brad
bury and il was rumored that the lat
ter had even challenged his rival TO
fight duel. At the same time vague
stories of rupture between Colonel
Bradbury and his wife were bruited
about, but were strenuously denied by
Bradbury.
Matters came to a climax on June
80 last, when Mrs. Bradbury eloped
with Ward TO this city Upon their ar
rival they startled the community by
openly admitting their folly and de-
Tying public opinion by the most
shameless conduct Their career, how
I ever, was cut short by their arrest
upon the charge Of adultery at the in
stance OF the Society for Prevention of
wee. Mrs. Bradbury was released
| upon her own TecOgniZance by Police
Judge Low, hut in default of bail Ward
spent one night in jail. When the case
came up for hearing, that against Mrs.
Bradbury 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 went to his Santa
Monica home, but returned here for
trial last week. When the matter came
up for hearing on Aug. 26 Wards at
torney raised the point that the infor,
nation against him was insufficient to
! warrant his being held to answer, and
| on Saturday. Aug. q, Superior Judge
( Cook sustained this contention and or
dered that Ward be dismissed. As he
! was financially embarrassed. and in
| fact had been dependent upon the
! money raised upon such jewelry as
| Mrs. Bradbury had taken with her at
/ the time of their elopement, his wife,
who was visiting his relatives in Eng
land, sent him the necessary funds
I with which to conduct his defense and
| Cefrdy his expenses to England in the
event of his acquittal.
After leaving the court room a free
man, Ward went to the Grand hotel
where he remained in seclusion until
Buffalo, N Y, and left on the evening
eastbcund train, announcing that he
was going to England and did not eX-
peet to return to this country A
that time there was nothing in his ac-
tons or demeanor that would tend tc
show that he was mentally unsound
ward, who was a StalWart English
man about 10 years of age, located il
| Santa Monica about six years ago. Be
ing a crack polo player and possessed
of some means, he at once became very
popular With the English set at thai
place. He soon ingrauated himsel
into the good graces of the Ieadins
families resident at the seaside resort
and among them formed the acquain
lance Of the Bandinis. one of the oldes
Spanish families in southern California
He wooed and won Miss Bandini ana
their marriage was duly celebrated
with great ecIat.