The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-09-21
STILL No IIGfr CAST UPON
THE MYRlLEH AWK|NS MYSTERY

that she did not see George Bradley
but did see the Mccall family that
night. She ate breakfast at 1880
o'clock with the family. About 9
O'Clock Sunday morning she heard
about the body having been found in
the waters CT OsceoIa Lake.
Sunday morning Miss Grant re-
turned to Hendersonville and stopped
at the Dodson House near the depot.
She returned to her home two miles
from Bats Cave in this county Mon
day evening. Miss Grant explained
to the jury where she was Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday before the
discovery of the body.
Tuesdays PROCEEDINGS.
Nothing startling was developed
from the testimony at the inquest
held yesterday evening The
crowd was so large that Coroner
Kirk moved the inquest into theNmain
court room
SEEN WITH BRADLEY.
Probably the most important testi-
mony given was that OF Miss Rose
Sunofsky, who swore that she saw
Miss Hawkins with George Bradley,
a recently married young man, on
Thursday evening, September, z. be-
tween and o'clock She said they
were walking towards Miss Haw-
kins home. Miss Hawkins left her
home Thursday morning leaving a
note saying that she was confront
ed with disgrace and up to today no
body had testified to having seen her
after Thursday morning Miss Sun
ofsky's testimony contradicts that CT
Bradley, who, on Friday, swore that
the last time he saw Miss Hawkins
was on the Wednesday evening be-
fore she disappeared.
WITH YOUNG MAN
Miss Mary Granger testified today
that she saw Miss Hawkins on the
afterncn of the Thursday she disap-
peared. She said Miss Hawkins was
with a young man whom she did not
/ recognize
Wallace Reddin told of seeing
Bradley with small young woman,
whom he did not recognize at twi-
light that Thursday evening. He said
/, they were standing near Osceola lake.
Andrew Finley said he saw Myrtle
that Thursday morning. She was
riding on bicycle IN the direction Of
Brs dley's home.
Mrs. Reuben Wright told of hearing
a woman's screams, the most pItiful
sound she ever heard" about II
o'clock on the Wednesday night be-
fore Miss Hawkins disappes red. She
was positive it was Wednesday night
because her daughter returned from
prayer meeting a little late. The
! screams gradually became fainter
until they died away. 1t is known
! that three other witnesses will testify
] to having heard a woman's screams
about II O'Clock at night. One will
say it was Wednesday night and the
! other two will say it was Thursday
night.
Dead GirPs Clock Found.
Lucy Wright. Mrs. Wright's 10
year-old daughter, told of finding a
tiny clock carried by Miss Hawkins.
She found tie clock at o'clock on
! the Saturday evening before Miss
Hawkins boz was found 1t was
lying IN a spi.Iway leading from the
! lake. This clock had stopped at 9 80
o'clock. The finding cf this clock at
o'clock may-upset the theory that
Miss Hawkins body was taken to the
lake at IL o'clock Saturday night.
! Robert Waddell, coachman, testi
! fed last Friday that he heard men
/ walking across q bridge towards the
/ lake at the later hour. Miss Wright's
| testimony as to finding of the clock
was corroborated by her mother.
/ Mrs. Maggie Brock testified that
| she overheard Miss Hawkins tell Miss
=! Roney Thomas on Tuesday evening
! before she disappeared that Mrs.
! George Bradley was cold to her An
attempt was made at last Fridays S
session tc show that Mrs. Bradley
and Miss Hawkins had quarreled be-
! cause Of Bradley alleged attentions
to the latter.
/ E. L. Anders told of seeing Mrytle
| with man whom she did not re
cognize early in the week she dis
appeared.
John Cox testified that. he had
seen Miss Hawkins with Bradley a
number of times. Mrs. Granger also
said she had seen them together two
or three times, and Mrs. Brock as
serted that she had seen them to-
gether several times in the last five
or six weeks. Bradley testified last
Friday that he had only talked to
Myrtle a couple of times since he mad
married early in August.
Mrs. Daniel Mccall was subjected
to the longest and most rigid exam
ination. She disclaimed all knowl-
edge of the things told of by Robert
WaddeIl, her husbands coachman
She said sheS visited the barnsmen-
toned by Waddell every day but had
not noticed the Ndor of dead body
which Waddell had spoken of. She
denied all knowledge of the myster-
ious night noises which he told OF
Mrs. Mccall was asked this uestion
when did Alb. Mccall and George
Bradley tell you they were suspected
ofshaving performed a criminal oper-