The Sunday globe., 1901-06-09
JUSTICE BRADLEY.
The VindicatiOn Of an Honest and
Fearless Judge
AN ERROR GLADLY CORRECTED.
The Globe Presents The Real Facts in the Case
Criticised In Last Sundays Globe and which
Did an Injustice to One Of The Most Upright
Judges Sitting on The Bench in the District.
Never afraid 10 correct an eroryhen deceived,

"0'0' d'd'u 'oOoIIeO' an error when deceived
The Globe on Sunday last contained
an article in criticism Of ustioa
Bradley in which a case was cited
wherein his decision on a point raisad
was charged as an absolute denial ~
justice, We have neither seen nor
heard from Judge Bradley in this mat.
ter but as it happened. and bv
strange coincidence, one Of our attor.
neys IN the libel suit Of Mrs AIev,n.
uer was the attorney for the busband
III the case before Justice pro,,...
from this source we were made ,n,,..
oi ~. Vne tact that editors are no ~
immune or infallible than i,drn. i,o,
IN IN other words, that we had sVS dog
3us'ice tias A. C. Bradley a gross inn
iIe' EVER ready to correct an or.as
mnglner solicited to do so or not ,,i5 w.,
snueT, IN this case especiaI1,, we
ueepest regrets for having n7isror,u.' ou'
Sented one Of the most honorablo Lu, p.e'
~ ana most fearless Of our i,doo- '-o'i. az
.nI9 ulstrlct Our only eycuso iT IN "a
ulatteT was the sympathy arorsa5 'iiis rs
no laIe OF a woman denied fnstfoa Dy
eause OF her poverty n sa.-.y, Coe,
aIiiaHse TO us that Justice p,.-iI.zuu ',iieu
%noSe reputation for exact i,.I'u'7y'
lne I0Wllest as well as the poost st'Is g'5 20 TO
Tnliai cltlzens Is not confined '"lIu
DislIict or Columbia sbouI5 ,ne
.u5eu IN this solitary instance 30 5C
"gInS an unfortunate woman u9
! ptol leIty prevented her comnIvir, rs Is
! tno rules OF his court, the onrort,,,itnn "itn
! ~ present her side Of the CASE t,,t ,4IiLy ity
80 ,,,t were so specific. and our insont- ~
Guy Guy man Of such position ana 80, stoIii ii
lug that our hesitation vanished 'aui n,
! we CHarltably ascribed the r,,Iju,,,,, anu
thJu ti,e Judge to Indigestion. or r. oSo VI VI
.nose nus or Inconsistency m yybJat III VI
men ~, are more or less subject 0" al
roo, "s9 % morning, however we Law tbo
goi IdcIs in the case before orr 80 .'.o
1, ana they will be found 70 -
pniN justify the rulings of tbe ~, Io'
| nIi. I " sustain his uniform and 80
IN ~ administration Of the statute,
no., 'so e humane as well as fearless mar,
n ISI LOT which he is distinguished sjnno
ascending the bench he adorne 'i'''e
7,, ne case at issue was a divorco
5 ne husband and wife have fonr obi1
t,o ne husband, for the sake ~
r ,"' onIioren, stood more than man,
r l "ouid put mp with from the I'M
n'Uia ana protiigate conduct ~ bis
80 ne frequently caught her an.
Ia iIns men and sending her cbiI.
Lnen l' 10 Ihe saloons for half ga1Ion
buckets OF beer. On one occasion bo
"as assaulted in his own house INV
soHle or these men while his wife ar.
outraged them to Kill him.
IGally ne left her, and agreed IN
pay ner nVe dollars per week ont of
ms wages Of ten dollars. He offered
10 ma a home for the children win
LIS LIS parents, who are fairly welI.to.do
ne woman preferred to keen them
Cus OF the children was given to its
Ialher The five dollars was maid
promptly every week until the man
.ook Ill., when the stipend was reduced
10 20 Meantime the husband discov.
ered that the money went for drinI,
ana that the children were neglected
me woman visited Speak easies " and
ner character as shown by a pile of az
HuaVlts' was everything but moral and
Chaste. Men visited her house and the
oucKet TO the saloon and kept going
from morning until highland late
into the night
Inc matter eliminated in divorce
proceedings. She secured the services
OF attorneys, at first one lawyer then
anOther until she had two able mem.
Ders or the bar on her side, which N
is established she paid fees to regular
~; yet she came into court and plead
poverty, and her plea was at first be-
lleyed and allowed. But in the prose.
cuuon OF the case it became necessary
10 take testimony and she sought
through her attorneys to pile up a big
Dill OF expense against her ten-dollars
a week husband, and by irrelevant tes-
timony, which amounted to $50. and
would probably run up to three or four
hundred dollars If the husbands at.
torneys had not put a stop to 1t. by ap.
pealing to Judge Bradley. The woman,
through her two attorneys. whom
she was fleeing regularly. plead the
poverty act, and sought to make bill
or expense for the husband which. Of
course, he could not pay. This. Judge
Bradley, on a showing very properly
| put stop TO- There was no denial OF
! justice, but there was a stoppage Of
| making the court the medium of a
! wretched womans spite. who. having
| forfeited by her immoral conduct, the
! right OF husbands protection and
support, endeavored to further revenge
herself by overwhelming him with a
| cost bill for irrelevant testimony ia
| ken out Of court where the rules Of
/ evidence could not restrain the piling
/ up of a mass Of testimony having no
| sort Of bearing on the issue at stake.
| The attorneys for the husband In the
/ case very properly applied to Judge
Bradley to have this order discontin-
ued on the showing they presented,
| and the parties heard in open court.
| where relevant testimony alone would
| be permitted Justice Bradley, having
| the afHdavits before him Of the charges
| made by the husband, and being thor
/ oughly conversant with the facts I'm
| the case, as here recited granted the
| application of the husbands attorneys,
| and the parties We're heard I'm open
| court. The case was so one.sided in
favor Of the husband and his proofs
so overwhelming, and damaging TO his
wife's immoral character, that Justice
Bradley following out the usual up
right and honest promptings of his ma.
ture, as well as conforming to the
law in the case. decided in the manner
so unjustly criticised i'm last Sundays
Globe, The editor Of The Globe ad-
mires the fearless character Of this up
right Judge who has won for himself
a place in the hearts Of the unfortu-
uate and friendless by his repeated
rebukes Of police court iustice,where
the liberties of citizens have been vio-
lated becaues they were poor and low
ly, and unable 10 secure the rights and
privileges guaranteed them by the
Constitution Of the country Long