The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-09
EX-SENATOR SHOTBY A WOMAN
BROWN OF SALT LAKE
CITY SERIOUSLY BOUNDED.
Mrs. Annie VI. Bradley. Mother OF W
Of His children, Came 10 W~ashIngten
TO Marry Him. and Tie Refused
She Shot Him in Ills Room at a Hotel.

10 Marry Him. and when re Refused
WASHINGTON. Dec s.-Arthur Brown,
formerly United States Senator from utahg
was shot and seriously wounded this after
noon in his room in the Raleigh Hotel by
Mrs. Annie NJ. Bradley of Salt Lake City,
a woman of attractive appearance and
formerly very prominently connected with
the Utah State Federation OF Women's
Clubs. Mr.. Brown was TAX en- to the Emer-
gency Hospital where. after a hurried
operation which disclosed a bullet lodged
against the pelvic bone, it was oun
that unless there were complications n 70
man had a good chance f9r recovery. Mrs.
Bradley was arrested and is confined at the
First precinct station until more is known
of Mr.. Browns condition and any charges
he may care to make against her.
Mr.. Brown was wounded in two places
but Mrs. Bradley said 10 the police that she
fred only one shot. The two wounds, one
in the abdomen and the other on the index
finger Of the right hand, which will be re-
moved entirely by the surgeons. Mrs.
Bradley say were caused by the one bullet
MIR. Brown having had his hand on his
stomach at the time the shot was fired.
The cause of the shooting dates back
several years and involves one OF the most
sensational adultery cases the State OF
Utah has ever known. The principals were
Mrs. Bradley and senator Brown. He
was acquitted, but Mrs. Bradley pleaded
guilty to adultery with Brown. Sentence
was suspended. Mr.. Bradley, husband or
the woman, secured a divorce and is now in
Nevada. According TO statements made
here this evening by residents OF salt Lake
and by people who know both Mr.. Brown
and NJ rs. Bradley their relations have been
notorious. To-day Mrs. Bradley said that
she has Jour Oh ldren, two by her husband
and two by ex-senator Brown. She old
the police that she came TO Washington
ex Expecting to marry Mr.. Brown here. IL 10
evident hat he refused to follow this plan
and the shooting resulted.
81 asked him If he intended to do the
right thing by me-" Mrs. Bradley said to
the police. and he put on his overooat and
started for the door. Then I shot him"
Mrs. Bradley said This evening that she
knew she was perfectly justified in doing
what she did. She calmly stirred a cup OF
coffee in the matron's room at the station
house and discussed the matter briefly,
although she would give no details. 1t was
only after a series of questions that she adj
mitted in a low tone that when she came 70
Washington it was with the expectation
| that she would be married to Mr.. Brown
here.
She arrived early this morning after q
four days journey from Salt Lake. When
she aliEhted from the train she was almost
penniless, having just 3l.25. Twenty-fvs
cents went to the cabman who carried her
to the hote'. and when arrested all the
money the woman had was a dollar
bill. From the station she went TO the
Raleigh Hotel, where she registered under
the name simply Of "A. M. Brown" After
her arrest she said she had been using the
e~x-Senator's name for a year. By the purest
accident a room was given her on the same
floor as that of Mr.. Brown and only four
doors away. The management of the hotel
thought nothing Of the similarity Of the
names Of the two guests and until after
the shooting was over did not know they
were acquainted.
The movements Of neither Mr.. Brown nor
Mrs. Bradley during the earlier part OF
the day are known. The first intimation
that there had been a shooting was when
a chambermAid heard a shot. She rushed
to the room from where it seemed TO come
and saw the form Of Mr.. Brown on tbs
floor. Mrs. Bradley. fully dressed and
wearing a hat and coat, stood near by.
The frightened chambermaid Immediately
Informed the hotel office and Manager
A. J. Tally went to the room. He found
n - AaI NhA nInnnh0r-
maid.
Ex-senator Brown was lying on the fioor
and Mrs. Bradley was standing near, APP
parentIy quite collected. Mr.. Tally be-
iieved at first tina Mr.. Brown had attempted
to commit suicide. He was conscious and
cool and did not show that he was suffering .
He held one bloodk.ained hand to his
abdomen and gained strength when Mr..
Tolty poured brandy between his lips.
The hotel manager asked him if he had
shot himself. All that Mr. Brown would say
was that the woman had Ion II. The re-
volver lay on the dresser.
Mr.. Tally questioned Mrs. Bradley. She
would say nothing until Mr.. Tally asked if
she we're Senator Browns wife. She then
said: mo. but l am the mother OF two OF
his children" A policeman was called and
] ] wv ""o BA1SbN NNANA WV
She did not show the slightest agitation
either in the hotel or in the station house.
where she was questioned by many deteo-
tives and reporters.
At first she referred all questioners Co
United States Senator Sutherland of Utah.
and she would not talk for publication until
she had seen the Senator. After he la
visited the station house and conferred with
the woman. which was about 8 O'Clock this
evening, Mrs. Bradley permitted the re-
porters 10 see her.
Gentlemen" she said -all that I can
say now IL that l feel perfectly justified In
doing what l did. There is nothing to add
to that, l think, and l do not wish TO attempt
at this time to give any details. II ! were
to try it would probably only result in my
plunging into a story which is simply end
less"
She was told that simply the bare facts
were desired.
The facts, the truth, are awful, and !
do not wish to go into them. | came to