The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-07-05
Sheriff veitch Takes Prompt Ac-
ton to Apprehend John Brad
ley Warted for Murder
OFFICERS SEEK HIM IN VAIN
Discovered That He Remained on the
Scene of the Crime for Some Time
but He is Supposed to Have
Afterward Escaped

John Bradley, the slayer Of Clifford
Smith is still at large, and while the
Kenosha officers are bending every
nerve to catch the murderer not
trace Of him has been found, and it is
thought possible that he has man
aged to get out of the state.
Sheriff John H. Veitch this morn
ing acted for the county and offered
reward of 5000 for the arrest of Brad
ley or behalf of the county, and he
has telephoned to John T. Tigh of
Brighton urging that special meet
ing Of the county board be called GO
increase the amount Of the reward.
This small reward will not secure
much aid from high class officers.
All night long the sheriff and his
deputies kept watch about the camp
Of the railway company near Berry
vile, hoping that the murderer might
see fit to return to the scene of the
crime to secure his clothes, but uei-
Their hide nor hair of Bradley was
seen. All Wednesday afternoon Off
GERS under Assistant Police Chief
Newhouse beat the bushes and
tramped the woods north of the city
in hopes of finding some trace of the
much wanted man, but not a track
was found and none of the people
along the road haL seen any man who
answered the description of the muir
derer.
Fascinated by his crime it is
claimed that Bradley stood within
few hundred yards of the scene Of the
murder Wednesday morning and wit
messed the removal of the remains of
his victim, and after that he managed
to hide himself so completely that no
trace has been left behind.
Bradley is known to have been
armed to the teeth: He carried re-
volver in each pocket, and about his
waist he wore a belt filled with ammu-
milton He had told the men with
whom he worked that he was a bad
man, and the officers fear that if his
hiding place is discovered he will put
up determined fight to prevent his
being taken by the officers. Justice
Sturges late Wednesday afternoon
issued warrant for the a rreat Of
Bradley ia which heis charged With
foul and felonious murder.
The people of the city are demand
ing that the honor of Kenosha be vim
dictated and that every possible effort
be made to capture the man who kill
ed stranger sojourning within the
limits Of the county. The friends of
Smith at Libertyville have as yet
taken 10 action, but it is possible that
they will offer a reward if the county
board fails to make the reward offered
by the county a larger one.
The men who worked under Smith
are wrought up to frenzy and they
were in Kenosha last night crying
out for vengence for the murder of
their foreman. These men have raised
small fund to assist the officers in
seeking the murderer. Should Brad
ley be captured anywhere near the
railway camp the men might attempt |
to take the law into their own hands. |
The police have been able to find |
absolutely nothing in regard to the
past life Of Bradley, and this fact is |
proving a serious handicap in the |
search for him Bradley had been
employed by the company but eleven |
days and when he was employed by
Foreman Parker he came to the camp
as tramp. He was alleged to have
formerly lived in Chicago, but no
trace of him could be found in that |
city.
In the meantime the remains of his
victim are still at the morgne. A |
post mortem vas held by DR.. F. r. |
Andre and Dr. w R. Cheever on |
Wednesday, which resulted in finding
one of the bullets but the other was
not located. Friends of Smith came
from Libertyville Wednesday after
noon and positively identified the re-
mains. Smith was well liked In Lib
ertyvi1le. He had formerly been a
police officer there. Mrs Smith is |
completely Frustrated by the blow
and it is said that her condition is
critical. She has ordered the remains |
of her husband sent to his home and |
it is probable that the remains will be
sent to Libertyville this afternoon.