The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-12
BRADLEYVAS GORED TODEAfH
A BUCK FOUND IN THE HERD
WITH BLOOD on ITS ANTLERS.
Evidences Of a S~truggIe-A Broom WIN
which He Had Been Beating out a fire
In Some Leaves Found Near By-An
Artery Pierced-Buck shot Yesterday.


MoNTcLAIR. N. j.. Nov. II-To-dsy
those who investigated the cause OF the
death Of Herbert Bradley, whose body
was found lying in a shallow gully on his
estate neal this place Saturday night, were
able to verify the first assumption. that he
had met his death in a struggle with a vi
cious buck, one of a herd o. pet deer that
had been the pride of their owner. A our
yesr-old buck with blood on its branching
antlers and the blood stains also on it's
front and hoofs was found in the hero
to-day.
From the evidences Of a struggle about
tho place where Mr.. Bradley s body had been
found the details Of the tragedy that oc-
Cured some time after S o'clock on Satur-
day night could o-day be reconstructed
Tit fight between the man and the buck
had been desperate. The man, without
weapons. had been forced to grapple with
the beast b~arehanded in the growing dark
ne SIS OF the evening. And when the fight
was lost he was beyond the possibility OF
aid, lying a. he was in the dark gully in a
lonely part of his land.
+. Merriam Wheeler of this place last
saw Mr.. Bradley alive. 1t was at about
4 O'Clock that Wheeler, driving along Eagl.
Rock way by the boundary of the Bradley
property, noticed a fire in the leaves along
the road, which threatened to reach the
fence and destroy il. As Wheeler passed
Mr.. Bradley further along the road he called
to him and warned him Of the fire. Mr..
Bradley. thanking his informant. ran to
the barn to get a room. calling out at
the same time to his ~coschman, Thomas
EahaU tn haat Otf tho HanoaS in 0na mar
ter while he went to the other end of the
line of fire TO beat out the sparks there.
1t is presumed that in the dusk OF APP
preaching evening MIR, Bradley was lost to
the coachman's sight. What happened
after that time only the mute evidences
of trampled sod and broken bushes tell.
Possibly the deer became excited al the
sight of the flames and of Mr.. Bradley
swinging his broom, fail like, 10 put out
the fire. Or il might have been that the
big buck, subject to the freakish distemp-
ers that come 10 animals in breeding season,
charged on his master without provocation.
About one hundred wards from where
the body Of Mr.. Bradley was found those
who went over the scene of the ira Redy
to-day discovered his hat and the broom
he had used to thresh ont the fire. Then the
sharp pointed tracks Of the buck, which
split the sod like the jabs of a trowel, led
to the edge of the gully. Here the earth
was torn away in one place and chunks
Of the turf had been broken oil and carried
down 10 the bottom Of the gully 10y the
weight OF he mans body as it fell down
into the brush below.
Mr.. Bradley, after being hurled over the
edge of the ra wine, had evidently tried
to crawl along the bottom in the direction
of his house. But one Of the bucks horns
had pierced his thigh, scvering an artery.
and the loss of blood weakened him. Alone
and beyond the power OF attracting aid
by calling, he lay there IN the brush and
died.
Chief of Police Henry Gallagher and
Deputy County Physician Simmons went
out to MIR. Bradley's place to-day and looked
over the herd of deer. They picked ont
the big buck, with his antlers stained with
blood, and Gallagher. seeing that he was
still 10 a nervous state, shot him.
Mr.. Bradley had lived in Montclair about
ten yea r., and his residence on Eagle Rock
Way was one of the beauty spots in the
most picturesque section Of the town. IL
comprised about Twenty-Five acres, to whsch
he had recently added tho tract where he
met his death. At one end Of the grounds
was a pretty little lake, spanned by rustic
bridges and surrounded by plants and
shrubs. His c~onservatories were filed
with choice flowers and he produced speci-
mems that won many prizes at the leading
flower shows.
Mr.. Bradley was in the four eNportin z
business, with Offices at 81 William street
New York. He lea widow, who before
her ma was Miss Elvira Weeks of
New York, and two children. The funeral
will be held from the house on Tuesday
afternoon at , 30 O'Clock.