The Hartford republican., 1913-08-15
wife and
INDIAN TAKEN
Years Pursuit Ends in Ar
rest of Couple.
Woman Says Indian Was Her
First Husband and
Loathes Pursuer.

' st. Paul. Minn.. August l2.-Airs. j
F. Bradford and II. NJ. Cherron were
arrested here a few days ago by de-
tective Fred Turner ni a complaint
,aAde by J. F. Bradford Of Medicine
Hat, Canada. Both the man and w0-
man arrested are said to be half-breet
Indians. Bradford il a reputed mil
lionaire ranchman and also president
of the Federal OIL and Gas Company
Of Calgary. There are several inter-
esting features to the case. includ-
ing the existence Of a couple of chill
dren OF the women about the posses
sion of whom there is a contest.
Mrs. Bradford Is outspoken in her
preference for Cherron and says he
was her first husband
The arrest OF the two at a house
on We Jams srteet after a pursuit
ilasting for nearly a year Is the Sc
quel TO a tangled love affair which be
gan when the woman was but l6
years I'd and when both she and
Cherron were residents OF Saltwater.
MINI.
The latest chapter In the strange
romance was written on the police
blotters after Mr.. Bradford. with the
aid OF detectives. had located the
woman and her former husband and
pleaded with her to return 10 his
sranch home. but without success. Two
children .one said to be about IL and
the other Z years dld, are involved
In the case. They have not yet been
found BY the detectives. but Mr..
Bradford expects to get possession
ii them and take them back to Cal
gary. Mrs. Bradford says that the
children are the result Of her marri-
age to CherrOn when she was but Is
years old.
According to the police Bradford hal
been seeking his wife and Cherron IN
st. Paul for several days. They
were traced to Minneapci is and from
ssere to a flat on Jay street in ST.
Paul. They left this flat and went to
a house on Williams srteet. where
they were arrested by the city detec-
tive. Detectives are now Booking for
the daughter. who Ia said to be with
friends OF the mother in Minneapolis.
Both Cherron and the woman ap-
peared in Police Court and entered
technical pleas of not guilty
Mrs. Bradford and Cherron told
conflicting stories OF their EXPLOITS
when seen at the police station.
II left this man Bradford" said the
woman, nearly year ago because
he was. cruel and abusive and made
fun of me before the relatives and
members Of his family.
"He doesn't live In Calgary. but
in Medicine Hat. They say he Is
rich hut that Isn't so. He'd be a
poor man IL he paid his debts"
Mrs. Bradford is a tall, muscular
woman ,and claims to be half-breed
IStian. She denied that Cherron was
an Indian. When seen In the matroh'
quarters OF the station she was dress
ed In a rather expensive blue suit.
which appeared to be Of silk. She
talked at first with comparative free
dom.
"Cherron was my first husband"
she said. IL married him when
was l6 years old and we have two
children. Part of this trouble is
over the children. Bradford wants
to get them but he'll have hard
time doing It. l dare him TO find
them. II l had given them up and
gone back to him there wouldn't have
been an arrest. But would rather
90 TO Jail than live with him again.
l never intend to go back to Medicine
Hat !. .sff g'fl
III any one says that l was div-
ing with, Cherron unlawfully It's q
lie. was hried by him as his house
keeper. When was over In Min
neapolis l worked out and got paid
for 1t. i can tell who worked for"
YRS. bradford was asked to tell just
how Bradford abused her
"Well, he came In and tried to beat
me once. but hewasn't big enough,
and 1t ended with me pulling q gun
on him"
Mrs. prsdford said that she has
been married three times. but de-
clined TO say who the other man be-
sides Cherron and Bradford was. She