The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-21
KILLED IN HER LONELY HOUSE
MISS BRADLEY OFTEN MIST AIKEN
FOR 4 SISTER or CHARITY.
Well known by Reason OF Her Gsrb and
Her Sandbasged In Her
Kitchen While writing a Letter TO Her
sister Motive Doubtless was RLbbery.

Well known by reason OF hcr NarO ana
Her ssesSandbasged In Her
Kitchen While writing Letter TO Her
Sister Motive Doubtless was Robbery.
WOODBURY., y j.. May cO.--The body OF
| Miss Margaret Bradley. wealthy spnster,
was found last night in the kitchen OF her
home, an unpretentious farmhouse. about
three miles from Franklinvlle. From the
condition of the body 1t Is believed that she
had been dead since Sunday last. Miss
| Bradley was more or less of a recluse, and
she wore a costume that caused her to be
mistaken often for a sister Of Oh irity. Her
kindpe .ses about the neighborhood con-
tributed to this error in the common mind
A sandhag was found in an ad Joining
| room. Upon it were stains of blood saw
eral teeth that were missing from the front
of the mouth were found on the floor near
the body and superficial examination of
the face reveae a deep cash over the right
eve and cut on the chin But owing to
the condition of the body an autopsy will
have to be performed in order to discover
any other injuries the woman may have
received.
Sheriff Wilson T. Jones discovered sew
eral things. One was that while all the
rest Of the keys of the house we're in their
proper keyholes the deadlock key was
missing. Miss Bradley was reputed to be
wealthy and yet when the body was found
a careful search revealed only two cents.
She visited grocery on Saturday night
at Franklinville and made a number Of
purchases, displaying q roll of banknotes
while paying for them. She remarked as
she was leaving the store that she would
be glad when her sister. Miss Emma Bradley
Of Philadelphia, should join her as she felt
somewhat lonely at the farmhouse, where
she lived alone. She drove away nodding
to several acquaintance outside Of the
store That was the last seen Of her alive.
Miss Bradley's nearest neighbors were
Frank Roth and James Downs, whose farms
adjoin that owned by the dead woman and
her sister. The two mon have been plow-
ing within hundred yards Of the Bradley
house for several days and they have re-
marked to one another that it was strange
that Miss Bradley had not been seen around
her house. Their suspicious were awak-
ened last evening when Daniel Blakely,
the letter carrier OF Franklinville and vicin-
ity, arrived in front of the Bradley house
with letter for her.
He noticed that letter he had dropped
III ttlc Ildll OCN III IIONt Vi VIC louo0 ouI
ing the previous several days were still
there, and he hailed Roth and Downs. who
we're ploughing, and asked them if they
knew whether Miss Bradley was at home
or was visiting her sister at Philadelphia.
Downs said he was sure she had not gone
away. Downs and Roth then went to the
Bradley house and raped on the door.
There was no response Downs peered
through kitchen window and recoiled.
He broke the glass of the window and pulled
back the bolt OF the door inside, Opening
the door he saw Miss Bradley lying dead.
He at once drove to Franklin vile and
notified Sheriff Jones. When Sheriff Jones
arrived at the house he found upon the
table in the kitchen letter which the woman
had evidently been writing to her sister
at Philadelphia when she met her death.
The letter said that she was feeling well
and that her heart trouble, from which she
had suffered for number Of years, was
better and that she enclosed prescription
for medicine. The letter ended with half
finished sentence.