Show BOYISH ayls SCUFFLE r ENDS v IN DEATH BEA TH matthew hiat thew bradley aged 19 and a senior of the carbon county high school sustained nod injuries in jurie in a scuffle with ff ith younger hie his half night which resulted in his death at R wednesday morning As told before a coroners j jury cry the facts are practically alli as follow follows mn mrs anna M bradley the mother who has up to a few fow weeks ago been engaged in tho the millinery business in this city had bad gone to nevada to seek a new location leaving her three sons matt blatt aged 19 arthur AK V MATTHEW BRADLEY 15 and montgomery aged 11 to attend school and keep house at the bome iome on main blain street tuesday evening while matt was engaged in washing dishes and arthur was cooking a stew for himself and montgomery matt suggested in a bantering way that he and wilford smith would eat cat the stew stow ha he started for the stove as if to make good bis his threat arthur picked up a butcher knife with which he threatened to strike his older brother on the knuckles unless be he di aisted at this matt grappled with the boy and in the scuffle which followed toll owed the knife was thrust deep into the older boys right groin and also diso cut a gash in hh his arm when he saw that bradley wa was cut wilford smith summoned drs chamberlain and sorensen and lajter dr F P F fisk ane physicians were not found readily and when they arrived they had considerable difficulty in stopping the flow of blood the wound being deep and hard to get at by the time this had been accomplished the bey had bad lost a great deal of blood and while 0 he lingered until nearly 5 next morning he finally died from loss of blood before he died matt exonerated his brother saying he was to blame for the quarrel and its results arthur ran from the room and to the home of a friend of the family af berward explaining that he thought matt was after him he was later taken into custody by juvenile officer harmon who placed him in care of mrs mcleod a friend of the family f I 1 mily wednesday evening an inquest was held before justice middleton when a number of witnesses were examined their evidence was practically as stated above the evidence tended to prove that arthur was not a bad boy that hit he was tractable at home and in school and had given he fhe probation officers any trouble lo the jury composed of geo goo A nixon goo A fausett and stanley ballinger decided from the evidence that deceased coaxed de came to hi his death by r of a wound inflicted with a knife in the this hand hands of arthur brown bradley the act being accidental dental the body was prepared for ship meat by pace tingle tingley and wax was sent stilt to salt sal lake city on no 9 yes berday afternoon being accompanied by mrs s ed garnett Garnet fc of salt lake P sister to mrs bradey who came down doril wednesday evening even ilig to look after the body and the little boys prof Bi bjarnason Bjarna arnason soa principal of the high school and clarence robinett classmate of dea deceased eased and arthur and montgomery brown bradley mrs irs bra bradley dley the distracted mother red from winnemucca nev that she would meet the body in salt lake the members of the senior class and tho 0 alib escorted the body bolh to the depot and furnished flowers for the funeral f the members of the bradley family came to this city from salt lake city a year ago list october and tho the mother has tried hard bard to make a living for her boys and keep them in school but a few week sago she sh failed fail cd in business abras anras and away eek ink ing a new moans of making ga a livelihood lien when this sad blow fell upon her home the fates have dealt unkindly with her and those she loved and the writer has no desire to dwell further on this sad occurrence |