The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-11-12
PET DEER
KILLED HIM
Herbert Bradley Wealthy EX.
porter, Dead In Woods.
Ills BODY TORN BY HORNS
Examination Of Herd Showed That
Merchant favorite Had Ripp.
ed Open an Artery.

MONICl.AlR, n. ~, Nov, l2.-kllled
by the deer on the preserves OF his
beautiful country estate nj Eagle Rock
Way. the body Of Herbert Bradley. n
wealthy flour exporter OF ~ william
street. New York. was found at an
Ecarly hour OF the night
Deputy County Physician Simmons
Of Orange found that Mr.. Bradley's
death was due primarily TO the deer's
ripping open an artery In his hip. The
horns OF the buck. the largest one be-
longing TO Mr.. Bradley and his special
pride. were found TO be covered with
blood. Examination OF Mr.. Bradley's
body showed that the animal also at.
tackled him with his hoOfs.
Mr.. Bradley had Just returned from
business trip 10 the west when told
that great deal OF shooting by hunters
was going on In the woods near his cs.
tate. lie started out 10 see II any
hunters had broken into his grounds.
and Il was while investigating that
the buck killed him. His prolonged
absence led TO the 1ndIng OF his dead
body.
Bruises covered his body. and his
legs were lacerated. evidently by the
horns and hoofs OF the qnlmals. which
had been very tame and great pets OF
their owner. though they often terri
fed other residents Of the country side
by escaping from the park on Mr..
Bradleys place.
Mr.. Bradley lived an ideal country
life, and his place. though OF only
twenty acres, was beautifully located
In the glen near Eagle Rock and on
the line between West Orange and
Montclair. He had done great deal
toward developing the natural beau
ties OF that section. and through his
efforts roadways were shifted and
made TO follow the picturesque paths
OF the glen. On the Bradley place,
which Is densely wooded, Is fine con-
seryatory and large mansion. The
proprietor's interest I'm horticulture
bore fruit in many prizes at flower
shows.
Returning home, Mr.. Bradley had
luncheon and, changing his attire to
the rough suit in which he roamed his
estate, went out TO look over his prop
erty and to visit his deer park, the in
mates of which had been for years his
special pets. There are fifteen of the
deer, all of the ordinary Virginia va
riety.
When Mr.. Bradley did not return TO
his residence at the dinner hour Thorn
as Fahey, his coachman, was sent by
Mrs. Bradley TO search for her hus-
band, but in this Fahey was unsuc-
cessfhl. His report alarmed the
household, and all the servants as well
as some of the neighbors, who were
notified. began a careful scrutiny of
every foot of the Bradley estate.
This was soon ended by the discov-
cry of the body of Mr.. Bradley in the
most remote and widest corner of his
little preserve. He was dead, as DR..
Philip T.. Krichbaum, who was sum
moned, at once confirmed. He found
that every one Of the bruises and cuts
on Mr.. Bradley's body was below the
waist, and the character of the wounds
on the legs and the tears in the trous-
ers indicated that some such imple-
ment as deer's horns had made them.
Death was due to rupture Of abdomi-
nal blood vessels.
1t is believed that the deer, full of
panic and not having seen Mr.. Brad
ley for several weeks dashed down
upon him on sight. As they had al
ways rushed to meet him as their
friend and to eat from his hand, he
misunderstood the motive of their has
ty answer to his call and was gored
and stamped to death before he could
realize his mistake and save himself
He had been dead three hours when
the body was found Mr.. Bradley was
forty-one years old and leaves widow
and two small children.
After the body had been removed to
the house Philip Simmons, deputy
county physician, made an official in
vestigation and agreed with DR.. Krich.
baum that the deer had killed their