The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-27
SPIRIT LEADS QUEST
FOR LONG-LOST WILL
Occult Message to Woman Puts
Her on Track Of Claim
to Fortune
CLUE GIVEN At SE.A\CF.
Location OF Last Testament 81
Stern Old Cronwellian
a Mystery
CLUE GIVEN At SE.ANCE
LONDON. Get. e


romance which would provide any
novelist with plot is revealed IN
strange spiritualistic quest for a i'HS
lost will now being undertaken most hop1
fully By Loadon woman In reno"
Lancashire village.
Al the urgent request, so SIZE CTS -
friends. az a remorseful "sp.Tli w.!''
cannot :cs,, Mrs. ]. Anderson. of =!
mouth. whitehall gardens. GGn.g sEab&.i
has personally supervised search IN 4!
village Of Bradley Fold. three miles SOU.
east of Bolton. which, II suecesstu!, Ea
prove her claim TO estates. now IN cna,'-
Gerry. worth many thousands OF pounas
In the troubled days of the cavalier an
roundheaa :, certain John Bradley In u
old age hid his will. which disposed o.
much valuable property and estates On /"
Lancashire moors> I'm the district =
which his homes .ead has given the nam
Of Bradley Fold.
A Stern Old Couple
Old John Bradley vas stern. uncom-
promising Puritan. like C-omwei. he
rarely conversed with any one--aha In MS
old age seldom spoke even to his Wiie.
When he drew mp his Will disposing OF
his property he hid X, and local 'esehn
has IL tha, he revealed the secret OF ITS
hiding place to the one person oniy-his
wife.
This he did with the stipulation that
she was not to tell any one-not even the
members of his family-where 1t was
hidden until he was dead.
He died, and then his widow. with
something of her late husbands stern
ness of will. refused to tell where 1t was
buried. and after many family squabbies
his descendants scattered. all their
searches for the will having been fruit
less
The widow promised that when she
was dying she would reveal the secret
but not before. Then suddenly she was
stricken with paralysis. and thus the
only one who held the secret was dumb.
The villagers Of Bradley Fold. among
whom dim echoes of the story had passed
down from grandfather to grandson. had
almost forgotten the mystery of "old
John Bradleys WILL" when recently 1t
was revived In dramatic fashion by the
appearance Of Mrs. Anderson from Lon
don.
Mrs. Anderson. who claims to have
papers proving her to be a lineal descend
ant of John Bradley. had been sent on her
quest by a strange series OF events
The Spirit Message
She is not a spiritualist. but attended a
seance out of curiosity. While there she
received a message through medium
that a certain spirit desired to communi-
cate with her. as it could gain no rest
until a great wrong had been redressed-
At first she was not convinced. but at
later meeting the medium announced
to her the very same message and gave
description Of the neighborhood OF Brad
ley Fold and certain landmarks to help
her In the search
When Mrs. Anderson's revival Of the
search was made known many OF the
Oldest Inhabitants OF the village volun-
teered information. and adventurous
minds have been conducting excave lions
around The Homestead. where John
Bradley lived.
Mrs Anderson is now back ut her home.
but she declined to tell what progress. II
any, she had made in her search.
..It Is a remarkable spirit message.
said a friend Of the family. 'All We can
say at present Is that Mrs. Anderson has
not given up hope OF finding the toughest
will