The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-13
Senator Bradley Denies Having
Deceived Her by Mock
Marriage.
CONDEMNED BY FATHER-IN-LAW
Defendants Alihi Corroloratcd by
Witnessvs-Dramaiic Scene i'm
Court-.tccuSpd and Ac-
cuser Face To Face.

isEPIBl SPECIAL.
Canton. Miss. June ls-Thc trial Of state
Senator Bradley. charged by Mr. Ida Eoils
with betrayal. continued until 10 O'Clock
last night. When IL WAS resumed AT .
o'clock this morning. III. L. Pepper resi-
dent OF Bolton. testified that Mrs. Bois $
reputation previous TO her meeting with Sem
| ator Bradley was not good and that the
marriage license exhibited i'm court. as the
one under which Mrs. Bol's claims tho mock
marriage ceremony WIS performed. was not
the same as the one shown to him by her
when she first claimed To have been secret
iy married To Bradley.
Upon examining the letters exhibited by
Mrs. Bolls. addressing her Dear wife" "
and signed ''R. l.. Bradley he stated that
in his opinion The address and signature
were different from the body of the letters
and had been written over erasures.
Doctor Carstarphsn. Doctor Hunter. ]. L..
Goods, William Klinsman. Sam Hunter. J..
w. Key. +. y. MILAN and II. A. McNull.
citizens of Bolton. where Mrs. Holls lives.
testified that her reputation previous to her
relations with Senator Bradley. was bad
j. w. Bolis. the father-in-law Of Mrs Bolls,
also testified that she had bad reputa-
| ton while she was his sons wife.
blank Licenses Easy TO Get.
John White. the Circuit Clerk OF Hinds
County. in which the bogus marriage Is
said to have taken place. testified that the
license presented in court was OF a form
not now in use. W. 5. Neal. the former
Deputy Circuit Clerk. testified that mar
riage license blanks were kept in drawer
no difficulty in obtaining one.
Charles l.. Bradley, brother Of the ac-
at Jackson: Lee Jones and Dave Shelton
were introduced to prove an alibi.
The testimony of each was that on the
night of the 4th of MaVh. 1895. at the hour
at which Mrs Boils tt4tified that Bradley
went to her house and went through the
form of a marriage, he was engaged with
House. Mr. Williams. who was night clerk
at the SpanSier House, corroborated their
statements.
saw no marriage ceremony at any time be-
tween his brother and Mrs. Bolls. and SAID
that he visited her home about ten days
previous to the time when the marriage
is alleged to have taken place with ms
brother and a physician of New orleans.
Mrs. Bolls claimed TO be in delicate con-
dition and asked for money. She was ait-
erwards sent to New Orleans.
Eager to Hear Bradley.
The courtroom was crowded with eager
the instruction of the Court that the public
be excluded. when the defendant, H. L.
Bradley, was put upon the stand
He told how he first became acquainted
with Mrs. Bolls, that 1t was through her
solicitation by notes sent to him. that he
knev of her character: that there was
them until his relations with her had been
broken off. The letters addressed to Mrs
Polls as Dear Wife ard signed "R. l..
Bradley" he denied having addressed or
signed.
At this moment Mrs. Bolls, who had not
before made her appearance In court eN-
cept to testify. came in and passed across
the room. Senator Bradley who has been
once shot by her. paused and followed her
with his eyes until she had passed into an
ante-rocm.
He testified that neither the marriage IL
cense nor the ring. in which was the in
scription from ..R. L. b. to l. l.. b." had
ever been seen by him until introduced as
evidence in court.
his opinion that two letters. one Of which
Mrs. Bolls admitted writing and the other
cenied by her. were written by the same
person.
In rebuttal Mrs. Birdsong and Mrs. Sim
mons. who. as Mrs. Walton, roomed with
Mrs. Bolls. testified that there was only
one bedroom in the house. which was oc-
cupied by them and a nurse and two chill
dren. That Mr.. Bruce. whom Mr. king
man testified to having seen in the room
without being seen by her.
when told what Bradley and Klingman
utterly false. The testimony being all I'm,
without argument.
morning. when the argument will begin.