Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1879 — A Sensational Trial. [ARTICLE]

A Sensational Trial.

Mrs. Mary C. Marx, late of New York, died at the age of 75 years, leaving a nansome estate. This she bequeathed te a young Cathelie priest who at various times had various names. He is known now as Rev. Aloysius J. D. Bradley. Her surviving sister to contesting the will, and as is usual in such cases the weakness and the follies of the deceased are being brought to light Bradley came from England, bringing with him proper credentials as a minister of the

1875 he happend to become an assistant TlJekuli She invited him to her house, and thmeafter she virtually supported him, and, dying, bequeathed him all her

Bradley was at that time a somewhat eccentric character. He opened a littie chapei at 1,285 Broadway, which he called the “Oratory of St. Sacrament.” To this plaee Mtoa Marx went to live in of housekeeper, in order to be near the object of her devotion. The prodding genius of the "Oratory of St. Sacrament” moved his nr rod emblems to a house on Weet 43d street, which he designated "The Orphanage,” and there Miss Marx followed him? They had one orokaa in the house, who was subsisted by Miss Mary for twelve months. About this time Bishop Potter began to inquire into Bradley’s performance, and nis License to preach wm revoked. On Friday, JanuSylO, 1872, Mtoa Mary noted iu her diary that Bradley had told her on that day of his intention to join the Roman Catholic church. Two weeks afterward Mias Marx was herself received into the Catholio church, aud five month later she and Bradley went to Europe together and remained abroad six years. She paid all the expenses of Bradley s education in an English college at Rome and in other institutions, and traveled exclusively with him on the Continent. During this period, her sister in New York remitted her upward of $20,000, all of which she lavished on Bradley. He apprised Miss Marx of his ordination as a priest, iu this tender note:

"My Dearest Aunt Betsy—Everything went off delightfully. I was sick with joy and the consolation Christ gave me. The whole congregation came up and kissed my hands. We had a champagne dinner afterward; nothing could have been nioer or more consoling.” In the Spring of 1878 Miss Marx returned to New York, and on May 22d of that year made the will which is aow being contested. She died oa July 4th, 1878, of paralysis of the heart. To her surviving sister she bequeathed SI,OOO a year during life,andsl,oooto Rev. Edward McGlynn, and all the remainder of her eetaß to the "Rev. Aloysius J. D. Bradley, of Liverpool, England.” Her personal property she gives to him absolutely, and he to to have the use of certain real estate dure ing his life, and at hto death it is to go to the Little Sisters of the Poor. The ground on which the will is contested is that the Rev. Aloysius J. D. Bradley exercised undue influence over Miss Marx as confessor and spiritual adviser; flattered her vanity and encouraged her love tor alcoholic stimulants.