The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-26
Harvey ]. Gates Tells First Al.
thsntic Story Of Shooting 81
Clifford Smith
BRADLEY FIRED SIX SHOTS
Witness Declares That Argument Be
tween Smith and Bradley Lasted
For Only a Few Seconds
Bradley Makes No Defense

The first authentic story of the kill
ing of Clifford Smith by John Bradley
was told in Justice McCarron's Court
on Thursday afternoon by Harvey J.
Gates, one of the eye witnesses to the
crime and if the story told by Gates
is substantiated by other witnesses for
the state it is a hard matter to see
how Bradley can avoid spending long
term in the state prison. The story
was told at the preliminary hearing of
Bradley and the story of Gates was so
strong that the defendant did not put
in any evidence at all and was held
without bail for trial at the March
term of the Circuit Court. Many
stories have been told in regard to
the manner in which Smith met his
death. Gates was friend of Smith
as well as of Bradley and he had come
to KenOsha with the two men on the
night of the murder After spending
few minutes at the police office Gates
and Smith had spent some time in the
| city and returned to the camp on q,
car leaving the station at the north
end of the city just after ten O. clock.
Bradley had gone out on an earlier car,
| Gates did not state that Smith had
any warning of troubles with Brad
ley. When the men left the car to
| walk over to the camp there were four
men in the party. Gates, Smith,
q Badly" and "Al." The names of
the last two members of the party
we're not known to Gates Gates was
walking in the lead and after the party
had gone nearly mile west on the
Berryville road he stated that he saw
Bradley step out in front of him from
the side of the road els that you
Harv," said Bradley and Gates
answered in the affirmative. CT want
Smith " continued Bradley and as he
said that Smith walked up. Gates said
that the men talked for about ten
seconds, but he could not hear what
was said and at the end of that time
Bradley drew his revolver and began
firing. Smith fell at the first shot
down on his knee and Bradley con-
tinued firing. He fred six shots in
all. Smith fell backwards and Gates
and the other men rushed over to
where he was just in time to hear him
say: "I'm gone boys, I'm gone.
Gates declares that Bradley left the
place at once and that he never saw
him again until after he had been ar
rested at Denver when he identified
him for the sheriff. Gates under cross
examination insisted that he did not
hear any Of the conversation between
the two men and that the shooting
started only few seconds after Smith
and Bradley had met. He declared
that Smith had a revolver, but that he
had made no effort to draw it when
Bradley opened fire on him Gates
did not state why the men had gone
to the police office, but stated that
Bradley was not with them when they
visited the office.
The only other witness at the hear
ing was DR.. Frank E. Andre who had
assisted at the post norton over the
remains of Smith. He testified that
three bullet wounds were found in the
body of Smith. One of them had
pierced the heart, another the abdo-
men and the third the right arm. DR.
Andre testified that the wound in the
heart was sufficient to cause death.
There was no effort on the part of
Bradley or his attorney to put in any
evidence in the case and Bradley sat
through the hearing as if he had been
manikin. He did not even advise
with his attorney as to the questions
to be asked the witnesses on cross
examination.
The information against Bradley has
not as yet been drawn, but it is proba-
BILE that he will be arraigned in the
Circuit Court on charges of murder
and manslaughter.