Barber County KS Archives News.....Bradford, Henry - Kansas Murderer Arrested May 20, 1880
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Cawker City Public Record (Cawker City, KS) Thur May 20, 1880 Pg 1 May 20, 1880

       A Kansas Murderer Arrested
From the Denver News.
    The members of Sheriff Spangler's staff have been
for some time engaged in looking up a Kansas murderer,
for whose apprehension $700 reward has been offered
by the state. The murder was committed at Medicine
Lodge, Barbour county, Kansas, during the latter part
of the year 1879, and is pronounced to be one of  the
most brutal and cold blooded affairs known to that
section. After obtaining a full description of the
murder from the authorities at Medicine Lodge, the
Sheriff detailed Deputy Sheriff Bily Wise to look up
the case. The killing originated out of a dispute
between Henry Bradford and T. W. McClure over the
title to some land that was claimed by both parties.
The quarrel was renewed the following day, when 
Bradford left the room, declaring he would get even.
On the evening of the on which the last fuss between
the men took place, Bradford hid behind the corner
of the post office building, and as McClure was 
leaving the office with his mail, shot him down and
made his escape to Colorado, where he is supposed to
have been ever since. Deputy Wise, after obtaining
a clue to the whereabouts of Bradford, proceeded to
Alpine, where he found Bradford working under an
assumed name. The following telegram was reeived by
Sheriff Spangler yesterday:
                     Buena Vista, May 3.
"On way home with Bradford."  Wise.
   Bradford is about 38 years old, and will probably
arrive here to-day, where he will be confined until
the officers from Medicine Lodge arrive to conduct
him to Kansas.

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