The times., 1901-05-27
BRADLEY's TRIAL TODAY.
Other Cases to De Disposed of in
Court This Week.


George A. Bradley will be put on trial
today III Criminal Court No. 1 on an
Indictment charging him with grand lar
ceny. The specific charge against him is
that in July, 1898, he stole two United
States bonds. valued at 81 600 each, which
belonged to Mrs. Henrietta Stuart. The
bonds, it is said, were deposited by Mrs.
Stuart in a lock box at the Ohio Ma
tional Bank, and mysteriously disap
peared about the time mentioned. 1t was
not until nearly two years after the bonds
had disappeared that any trace of them
was discovered. One of the lost bonds
was found in New York, and it was
traced back to Bradley
At the time the bonds disappeared from
the Ohio National Bank, Bradley was an
employe of the institution. When charged
with being responsible for the disappear
ance Of the bonds, it is understood that
Bradley acknowledged having had pos
session of them at one time and claimed
that he found them in Il pile of rubbish
at the bank. A day or two after he
found them he stated that he caused an
advertisement to be inserted in news
paper, asking the owner of the bonds to
call for the bonds and prove ownership.
No one claimed the bonds. he states.
Since his Indictment Bradley was ad-
mitted to bail pending trial.
At the trial, which will be commenced
this morning, the Government will be
represented by Assistant District Attor-
ney Thomas c. Taylor, and Joseph ShiH-
ington viii appear as counsel for Bradley.
During his trial last week Arthur II.
Harris, colored, who was convicted in
Criminal Court No. l Of obtaining money
fol
plea as a defence. He claimed that he
is an attorney and was justified in receiv
ing the money he did as a fee. When
examined as to when and where he
studied law and why it was that he is
not a registered attorney. Harris was
unable to explain satisfactorily to the
court and jury. Harris insisted that he
studied law in the office of an eminent
attorney in the State of Maine. He spent
five years, he said. in endeavoring to
master "Blackstones Commentaries" but
gave 1t up because he disagreed with that
authority on more than one point At
this stage of his career Harris said he
turned to the study of philosophy and
spent many years in the study of Plato.
Harris said that he agreed with the
ancient philosopher in all he said, particu-
larly in reference to the immortality of
the soul. A close examination OF
Harris however, developed the fact that
although he claimed to have spent hye
y
not know his definition of law or of how
many volumes the commentaries consist.
AZ a defence to this Harris said there
are a great many lawyers who cannot
answer these questions. Harris will be
called for sentence on Friday next.
1t is expected that both branches of the
Criminal Division of the Supreme Court
will be kept busy from now until the end
of the term, June 80, as there will be no
Jury trials after that date. Before the
end of the month OF June an effort viii
be made by District Attorney Gould to
dispose of all of what are known as
'.jail cases''-;nat is. he will call TO trial
those persons who are confined in the
District Jail under Indictment. The grand
jury has made two reports since District
Attorney Anderson has been appointed
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
of the District so it is probable that IN
the effort 20 clear the docket of jail
cases several of those against whom IN
dictments have been returned recently
will be called 10 trial In Criminal Court
No 2, over which Justice Anderson pre-
sides.