The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-05-15
DESERTS WIFE
AND CHILD
Young Lady, Formerly Of SpOtSyI-
Vania, Disappears al Same
Time.
3. c. DsA1ON MISSING FROM RICHMOND

The entire end oi North Seventeenth
Street and u large portion OF Church Hill
were all agog yesterday with the excite
ment of the sensational disappearance Oi
Bethel Claude Dcaton. a married man,
with wife and one child living IN this
city. and simultaneously that Oi Miss
Mary Bradley. "A youthful blonde. fe-id-
ing with Mrs j. T. Baker. AT No 123
North Twenty fifth Street with whom
she boarded since coming here from her
native county Oi Spot~ykania.
The French leave of Deaton It. quite
sensational. owing 10 the destitute aud
surroWiul circumstances IN which the
husband left his wife, who Is at present
at the boarding house OF Mrs. Lula Frr-
man. without cent of money or ANY
prospect oi making a livelihood. Miss
bradley, W ho is also mi~sing.W II well
known young lady of the Hill, having
made "A great number of friends during
the three years in which she has boarded
with Mrs Baker.
Friends oi Deaton were ia the dark as
To his intentions ill lnst Saturday after
noon. when pretty Miss Mary hit her
boarding place inthccOmpauN OF l)caton.
with the expressed purpose oi paving "a
visit to her sister MIS- Luther Oliver.
who lives at Oh Hanover Street in
fredericksburg. They were seen together
driving of from the e. and q. ii, pot aud
since then nothing has been heard here
Of either of them Friends declare that
Miss Bradley thought Deaton WAS single.
and that he had never To their know ledge
told her that he was otherwise fixed in
liic
Besides wife, who arouses ones sym
pathy because of her ppyerty-strickcn
condition and her tweuty-onc months
old infant, praton shook the dust Of
Richmond oil his slippers with u couple
of rather large debts in his footsteps
70 Mrs Freeman he owed So for board.
and on the day preceding his departure
be- touched tine generosity OF a fellow
hoardcr named kasper Hardin for AL
additional twenty dollars.
Miss Bradley is the daughter oi Mr.
and Mrs William Bradley. oi Spot-yl-
yaHia county. where they are highly re-
~pocted but 100 moderate circumstances.
She has three sisters and two brothers
all living in her native county. She came
To- Richmond three wears ago with Miss
Florence Hart. with whom she worked
in Fredericksburg and who is still board
Iug AT Mrs Bakers Miss Bra ley sccur-
ed work in MayO's tobacco factory,
weighing ont tobacco. where she is high
ly spoken OF for her steady habits in her
work She lid not receive much COM
pAny. but has been going with ncaton
regularly for thr past seven weeks, who
passed himself off al the boarding place
of Miss Bradley a. u single man-Rch
mond Iimcs-pi-patcl.
\ representative of this paper rallrl nj
Mrs Oliver IS 10 ascertain ii Miss Bradley
had arrived there and talked with tlr
young lady Miss BRADLEY stated that
beaton accompanied her a. Tar ~ Fred
ofickShurg. arriving hru sunday night.
lie stopped here. hui Miss Bradley Says
be- told her that Doe would leave ON the
next train North, and that be- was going
10 Chicago The youug lady said she
Jeff Richmond because Beer health i~poor.
and She could mot continue her work
there