Show COMMUNICATION Defends Boy Who Slew Pr ce I tah Apr 1 9 1915 Editor Tribune I ha e pat ently waited to see a statement of some k nd come out In your paper correct ng the Impression given in the art cle re al n to the death of our friend Matthew Bradley which was published March 2ft the morning after t e aceident occur ed I dep ore deeply tl e sen iment expressed n that artic e because of the nature of the cir cu nstances connected with the tragedy Tl e au hor of that report was ev dent y in a hurry to br ng the matter to the at tentlon of the public and thus probably unintentiona y failed to get the facts before e sent in the report It is in beha f of the brother Arthur Brown that I would speak It s enough for him to ha e t e consciousness of hav ing caused the death of 1 is brot e with out having t e st gma of intend ng to kill attached to th s onsclousness He was so ent rely innocent of any mal c ous intent that e d d not even real ze the seriousness of the accident unt 1 the next mom ng w en e was informed t at his 0 der brother was dead r e whole affa r was mere y a sad accident resu t ng from one of those ordinary boy sh content ons to wh ch al bothers are subject Tie two yo nger brothers Arthur and Mont gomery had prepared Mul gan stew for t e evening meal The r mother was uwaj and Matt ew with a school chum ane n and as boys w 1 proposed to ave some of the food a ready prepared Against th s Arthur protested and a teas ing wrang e common to a brothers en sued during whlc Matthew attempted to take son e of the food and Arthur picked up a kn fe with the intention of giving htm a rap across t e knuckles Then the kh fe became the Subject of content on the older boy demand ng that the younger put t away Of course as any other boy wou d have done under such ci cumstances Arthur refused and a souffle took place in wh ch Matthew attempted to compel him to do so It was during this scuffle and because of the sharpness of the knife that Matthew rece ed the wound that proved fatal Exasperated at the stubbornness of s brother Matthew became more agg es s ve btll and In a way Imposs b e to de term ne thrust h s leg against the sharp po nt of the knife thereby severing botl a ve n and an artery an acc dent that vou d not happen aga n in a thousand Instances. Art ur was n no way to blame except In the matter of h s stub born res stance for wh ch every fa r m nde man who knows a boy s d sposi on can not fa 1 to make a owances It s so natura to al boys T ese we e t e fac s brought out at he inquest and t e e are flozens of c t zens of s ommun v acqua nted wltn M s Brad ey and e sons who are ready to vouch for their va d ty I have known Art ur Brown s nee 1 came to Pr ce last fall He has attended one of my c asses and occasionally I have had him In the office for some petti breach of school d s ip ine bu a more lo able manly oy I a e ne er ad th p easure of knowing Be Is rig t en ene get an 1 ta en ed a d Y s always s o ved a d spos on to be o ed nt f ank and straightforward I ha e ne er de tected any essential y mean ra s n character He 1b as k n nea d as a g r and f given proper ra n ng w as sured y make a first class cl zen IvOFTER BJARNASON Princ pal of Carbon County H gh School. |