Bisbee daily review., 1908-04-22

 that the clothing was all torn from the body of Mrs Bedding except a l union suit of underclothes. Mrs. Bal | com said she asked Mrs. Cline about l gold watch Mrs. Bedding had and | she said she knew nothing about it. |
 I. c. CLAYTON,
 Provincial Constable,
 Mrs. Balcom asked Mrs. Cline what had become of Mrs. Readings money and she said Mrs. Richardson had robbed her at Douglas, which, of course, is untrue, Mrs. Richardson be- ing very respectable woman.
 IA man named Brackenbury came, to Balcom's last night and told Mrs. Bal com that Mrs. Cline had asked him to go out west and dispose of Mrs. Readings mining stocks and bonds and that she would give him half the proceeds. Mir. Brackenbury asked Mrs. Cline why she did not go her self and Mrs Cline said she dare not. Mrs Balcom says that while Mrs. Bedding was visiting her she had the stocks and bonds in her possession and took them with her when she Niece Thinks Mrs. Bedding Was
 
 The following from the St. Thomas (Ontario) Times of April 13, gives one of the niece's side of the Bedding mystery. It is a somewhat garbled story this woman tells. especially as to the .'wiIdness" of Deming and Ari- zona The Times says:
 Mrs Randall Cline of Kingsmil1 was in the city on Saturday, having returned on Thursday from Douglas, Arizona, to which place she aud her sister, Mrs, Laporte of Amherstburg, accompanied their aunt, the late Mrs. Robert Bedding, who had been visit ing in St. Thomas and Aylmer for some time.
 "In conversation with the Times Mrs. Cline said she thought it was Mrs. Readings intention to remain at Douglas, where she had expected to lease a house. Not being able to do this to her satisfaction, she decid- ed to go to Deming, New Mexico, where she formerly lived. Mrs. Cline and Mrs. Laporte accompanied her as far as Fl Paso on the way to Dem 1 ing and distant about eighty miles. | Here they saw Mrs. Bedding of on 1 the train for Deming and were com
 
 lowing day in order to catch the transcontinental train for Chicago. l While in Fl Paso they saw a copy of the Evening News of that city, con taining the report of Mrs. Readings death. They at once went on to Dem ing and made arrangements for the | funeral, which took place on Sunday, 1, the 5th instant, her remains being buried beside those of her husband. Deming is such a wild, unciviliZed place, said Mrs. Cline, that a minister could not be found to officiate at the funeral.
 Mrs. Cline and Mrs. Laporte were present at the inquest into Mrs. Red ding's death, held on April 4, at which man named J. D. Rice, who claimed to be from southern Texas, was held on suspicion of having known some thing of Mrs. Readings death. This man, said Mrs. Cline, who was a wit ness at the inquest, said he met Mrs. Bedding on the train from Fl Paso, and helped her on the station plat form at Deming, where she stumbled. Mrs. Bedding said: I'm all right now, can make it alone However, Rice did help her to an hotel, and passed on himself to another hotel He de- nied having gone with her to rooming houses.
 Admits Victim Had $4oo.
 Mrs. Cline said that there were no marks on Mrs. Redding's body when found, except bruise on her right knee, which she received while in Aylmer. There were. however, many scars made by hypodermic injections, Thea dnnnoGnd of drugs. Her body was found in an unfrequented neighborhood beyond the railroadNyards, and she was lying on her stomach, with her face in a place made muddy by water escaping from pipe. It is supposed she was lured to this lonely place and robbed, or had wandered there while in a helpless state. Her money, some s400 in cash, which she had on leaving Fl Paso, was missing.
 Nothing of Value in Trunk. At the conclusion of the inquest, at which a verdict of accidental drown ing was returned, Mrs. Cline and Mrs i Laporte returned home, the latter toI Kingsmill and the former to Amherst burg. Mrs. Cline took all of Mrs | Readings effects, contained in two trunks and the two valises, which had been held by the coroner. These trunks and valises, said Mrs. Cline, contained nothing of any particular value, notwithstanding reports to the | contrary.
 Mrs. Cline is of the opinion that | it became known that Mrs. Bedding had money on her person. She was of a very talkatiVe disposition and might have dropped a word in the presence of desperate characters. Mrs Cline said Arizona is a wild, lawless country, and it is not well to let everyone know ones affairs. I do not see why any person would chose to live in Arizona have no doubt Mrs. was killed for the money she had with her."