The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-08
DIED IN HIS CHAIR
Bradley, Multi-Millionaire Lumber
man, Had Been Married but +
&s a Few Days. h. /
Brides Honeymoon Was Spent in
Constant Attendance Upon
Is Her Dying Husband.

Milwaukee, Jan. S.-William H. Brad
ley, multi-millionaire 1umberman, whose
marriage to Miss Marie Hannemeyer, his
secretary, on Monday, while he was i'll in
his chair, caused such a sensation, is
dead. He passed away yesterday after
moon in the same chair he sat in during
the marriage ceremony. His wife and his
adopted son, William T. Bradley, We're
present when he breathed his last
Mr.. Bradley had been in failing health
for several years, cirrhosis Of the liver
having set in. About ten days ago he
expressed a desire to wed his secretary,
whom he had known for twenty years, and
who had been closely associated with him
in his business transactions. :'
Soon after the marriage he. began to
fail, but he regained full command Of his
faculties and his mind was clear to the
end. H. Il. = ssS#
He did not seem to realize that he was
dying. and chatted during the morning
hours with his BRIDE. who during her
honeymoon, watched at his death bed. 81
+ The funeral of Mr.. Bradley will be held
| Friday at p. m. from the family resi-
| dence. At the request Of Mr.. Bradley his
body will be crena;ted at Forest Home
cemetery. This was the only dying re-
! quest>Mr. Bradley made. s
| ~: often In Minneapolis.
Colonel BILL Bradley, or "Tonahawk''
Bradley, as he was called, was well known
| to lumbermen and railroad officials In
| Minneapolis. He was director Of the
| 500 road and frequently came to the city.
| He was an intimate friend of F. D. Under
| wood when he was general manager OF
the 500 road. of the late Colonel John T
| West and others. It was he who induced
W. G. Collins of the Milwaukee road tc
resign as general manager to go into the
lumber business with him at Toma hawk.
Mr.. Bradley was, with w. r. Watkins
the founder of the Bradley Watkins com
pany whose offices are in the Lumber Elk.
change Of which Mr.. Collins is president
and he was at death director in this
company.
While somewhat eccentric, he was {
man Of many excellent qualities. He hat
his own peculiar ideas about many mat
ters Of a social, religious and economic
nature, and was independent, yet consid
crate, in asserting himself The, colone
was a man Of the rough-and-ready type
not caring for social display. He was kin,
. hearted and sympathetic to a marked de
; gree. ~ :s:-sss - ,'..'lr =. I'll.
It is told Of him that when the trains OF
1.-the 500 do not run to accommodate thos
l&wao wished to visit Tomahawk, Mr.. Brad
b ley purchased a. sleeper, placed 1t on hi
. own road in charge Of q porter, and whe1
/ the train left Tomahawk over the Brad
t | ley line it carried this sleeper to i tn
: Junction, where 1t was sidetraeked.. Til
Q passengers who came. off the 500 train
:. and who formerly had to wait during tn
early morning hours for the train fror
l. Tomahawk, were given sleeping quarter
j on the car at regular hotel rates. In tn
It morning they are: hauled to Tomahaw
and become guests of Mr.. Bradley's hote
Z rs Whole Town His Friends.
A story illustrating some Of the Bradle
y characteristics is Of an incident when tn
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